What is amazing about it:
1.You can do recordings of yourselves whenever you want to.
2. There is no time limit given for the length of the video.
3. You can send the video right away to the intended recipient.
4. Motivating.
5. Fun tool to use individually and with friends and teachers.
6. Multiple functions and not only for classroom purposes.
7. Appeals to visual aid learners.
8. Flexible for different types of topics as long as it get the students to speak.
Limitations :
1. Too intimidating for beginners to speak and record themselves right away.
2. Internet connection is crucial for this task therefore it is truly limited to areas which do not have good connections.
3. If it is done in the classroom, it may be too noisy for one to record themselves. They may be too distracted with others and perhaps being cautious of their own language use and limit themselves from speaking.
4. If it is done in the classroom, students may not take it seriously as they would have at home for the atmosphere generated by this tool is a fun atmosphere so they may take it lightly and have too much fun at it while the task is neglected.
5. However, on the other hand, with a fun atmosphere it may actually motivate students to do the task immediately and not postpone their work any longer. Thus, enabling them to finish their homework in time and learn not to procrastinate.
6. In areas which have limited access of internet, it is awfully good to ask students to do it straightaway for they may not have the facilities at home.
How it could be used in a language learning classroom (suggestion):
This is a great way to promote speaking in a second language for second language learners for they may do it in the comfort of their own home. Then after a recording has been made, the recordings can be sent to the teacher's mail for private assessment. The fact that it is only viewed by the teacher may console students who are conscious of their own performance and thus motivates them to speak for they feel they do have an audience but the audience is not too intimidating.
Teachers will find the time to assess students' speaking performance based on the video, and they too can do so in the comfort of their own home. Teachers may gain a lot of information on their students' progress based on their recording, although there may be a tendency for students to have corrected themselves repeatedly to get it right and may even read a script for the recording.
Teachers will find the time to assess students' speaking performance based on the video, and they too can do so in the comfort of their own home. Teachers may gain a lot of information on their students' progress based on their recording, although there may be a tendency for students to have corrected themselves repeatedly to get it right and may even read a script for the recording.
Though there is a danger to that, still the effort made by students to actually produce a non grammatical script might as well benefit them in the long run in terms of self correcting and self learning skill.
Click on the link to give it a go : http://intervue.me/
Have fun trying!
Click on the link to give it a go : http://intervue.me/
Have fun trying!
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