Try out of Voki: Speaking Character of Education

Before looking at my Voki:

Students' age, grade level and proficiency level

Aiming for middle school students, specifically 7th grade ESL students. Their English proficiency level is intermediate ESL students.

Goal of the speaking / listening task

This activity requires both listening and speaking skills. The goal of this task would be comprehending what Voki's concern is and providing appropriate suggestions/solutions to Voki's problem.

Rubric:

- Students are able to produce in complete sentences (2)

- Students are able to provide three appropriate solutions (3)

- Students understand Voki's problem fully (2)

- Students pronounce words correctly (1)

- There is no grammar error in sentences (1)

Activity instructions

Please listen to Voki and figure out what the problem is and reply with three appropriate suggestions which could help resolve Voki's issue.

Link to Voki:

http://tinyurl.com/stean3j

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My Reflection of trying Voki as an educational tool:

The first impression after I tried out Voki was that it could be an amazing tool for listening/speaking tasks. I believe that listening and speaking cannot go apart from each other when it comes to language learning. One big merit of Voki is that its tone and manner is very appropriate for language learners. Meaning that when native teachers speaks English, it may be too fast, could have accents, or too small to hear; however, Voki speaks very clearly, gently, with appropriate speed in which it is very comfortable to listen. Another advantage of Voki is that it has diverse language selections, and multiple types of English as well (UK, Australia, USA...etc). The broad selection enables to create variety of teaching materials. I would definitely be willing to use it in the future!