The presentation of the topic above was done by Aafina and Maslinda. They introduced several CALL activities for listening and speaking. Here are several things that I remember about the presentation.
1. A CALL listening activity is more effective if text support is not provided for the learners. This will be a challenge for students to depend only on their listening skills in order to answer comprehension questions based on the audio they listened to.
2. CALL speaking activities can be either asynchronous or synchronous. The use of Yahoo Messenger and Skype for real time interaction is synchronous. Examples of asynchronous activities are those that use voicemail and podcasts.
Podcasts was explained in detail in this presentation. Podcasts are audio shows on the Internet which can be subscribed to. I wasn't aware that podcasts can be used for educational purposes. Now I know that there are thousands of podcasts on the Web that can be accessed. The best part is there are a lot of podcasts that are available for free.
Podcasts can be used by students for doing interviews, radio drama, story telling, and reading aloud of poetry. There are many possibilities of using podcasts for listening and speaking in ELT. I liked that podcasts can be listened to even when you're on the move.
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