Technology and Listening
The technology and listening centre is available for students during literacy centers every day in the 5-day cycle. As discussed in the Oral Language Development section, listening to a new language is the first step to learning how to speak it. Here, students can listen to audio books, watch children's television shows and short videos, listen to songs or lists (such as the numbers from one to twenty), or play interactive games in French involving listening or the development of language skills (phonological awareness and phonics).
Recorded reading provide superior models of fluent and expressive reading. This is particularly useful for student's who are working on developing their reading fluency skills. When listening to an audio book, students are encouraged to first listen without reading to try to develop their listening comprehension skills. They then have the opportunity to read along with the recording, either with a book or transcript on paper, or on the device they are using. When their fluency and reading confidence increases, they can then be encouraged to read to others afterwards (Cunningham & Allington, 2011). Some websites offer highlighted read-alouds, which would be made available to children. Later in the school year, after children have larger listening and speaking vocabularies, comprehension questions will be included in the technology and listening literacy center.
The centre includes one classroom computer, two iPads, and two CD players, with a maximum of eight children at this centre at once. All devices are used with headphones and headphone splitters, so two children can listen to the same text, song etc. at once.
Related Food Groups
Oral Language
Motivation for Literacy
Knowledge Building
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Recipes
Listening to Reading
Prepare audio-texts on mobile apps or online videos for the PC and iPads, as well as audiobooks on CD for CD players.
Word Family Listening Center
A listening center for word families where students are encouraged to create their own words after listening to the audio.
Resources
Check out the Listening Resources section
Recorded reading provide superior models of fluent and expressive reading. This is particularly useful for student's who are working on developing their reading fluency skills. When listening to an audio book, students are encouraged to first listen without reading to try to develop their listening comprehension skills. They then have the opportunity to read along with the recording, either with a book or transcript on paper, or on the device they are using. When their fluency and reading confidence increases, they can then be encouraged to read to others afterwards (Cunningham & Allington, 2011). Some websites offer highlighted read-alouds, which would be made available to children. Later in the school year, after children have larger listening and speaking vocabularies, comprehension questions will be included in the technology and listening literacy center.
The centre includes one classroom computer, two iPads, and two CD players, with a maximum of eight children at this centre at once. All devices are used with headphones and headphone splitters, so two children can listen to the same text, song etc. at once.
Related Food Groups
Oral Language
Motivation for Literacy
Knowledge Building
Vocabulary
Reading Comprehension Strategies
Recipes
Listening to Reading
Prepare audio-texts on mobile apps or online videos for the PC and iPads, as well as audiobooks on CD for CD players.
Word Family Listening Center
A listening center for word families where students are encouraged to create their own words after listening to the audio.
Resources
Check out the Listening Resources section