A blog for the CALL lessons with my two 5th classes (2007-2008) at Esc EB 2,3 Sto. António - Parede, Portugal

CALL Lesson 4 (6-7 Mar 08)

    Learner autonomy

Today you will go to the "Activities" page to learn how to choose the most appropriate exercises (= os exercícios mais adequados) to practice and reinforce (= reforçar) grammar and vocabulary that you studied (= estudaram) in class. You will get more practice with interactive exercises and develop your learner autonomy. Finally, you will write and record a voice message about this lesson. All this will help you develop the four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing - and guide you in working on your own (= a trabalhar sozinho).

Objectives

Students will:

• look at the "Activities" page and see how it is organized
• choose different interactive exercises and do them
• develop the four language skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing
• develop learner autonomy.

Activities

1. Open the Activities page

2. Look through the different exercises by grade, skill and topic area

3. Look for exercises to practice Vocabulary, Grammar and Listening

4. Complete the exercises

5. Write a message about this lesson

6. Record it in the voiceboard. 

Classwork

5B message

CALL Lesson 4 was very fun. We liked the exercises about the family, the colors, time and school objects. They are good to practice English. Bye-bye, 5B

5A message

CALL Lesson 4 was fun. We liked the new exercises: time, colors, classroom, this/that..., a/an/nothing. We prefer the exercises with colors about the classroom. Bye-bye, 5A
 

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Report

CALL Lesson 4 went on with the usual equipment.

We started by looking at the "Activities page and I guided the students through it explaining it's layout and how they should look for exercises to work and practice autonomously. It was a success, because they saw how much stuff they have to work with.

The interactive exercises with images and sound are always a hit with the kids. They chose the exercises about the family, telling the time, colors, classroom, school objects, demonstrative adjectives and indefinite articles. The excitement and involvement of the students were enormous and contagious, with most students giving tips about the answers. If this translates into autonomous practice outside the classroom, I don't know. They don't send messages about that, even though I ask them to.

Gonçalo (5B) and Clara (5A) recorded the messages that they all participated in and copied in their notebooks. It's a thrill for them to listen to these messages at the click of the mouse before leaving class. However, though they enjoy doing this, it hasn't materialized in voice messages outside of class.

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