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'''Audio resource creation for English language teaching - an online course from English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) and ITfC'''
 
'''Audio resource creation for English language teaching - an online course from English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) and ITfC'''
  
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=== '''Background''' ===
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== '''Background''' ==
 
IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “'''Audio resources creation for teaching''' ” for KVS teachers. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - '''Creating with ICT'''. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the course.
 
IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “'''Audio resources creation for teaching''' ” for KVS teachers. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - '''Creating with ICT'''. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the course.
  
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=== Objectives of the course ===
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== Objectives of the course ==
 
# To explore the arbitrary connections between word and thought and script and sound  
 
# To explore the arbitrary connections between word and thought and script and sound  
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning.  
 
# Exploring new digital methods for language learning.  
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# Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers
 
# Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers
  
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=== Requirements from the participants ===
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== Requirements from the participants ==
 
# All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
 
# All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
 
# Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer [[Learn Audacity#Installation|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation]].
 
# Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer [[Learn Audacity#Installation|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation]].
 
# Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic.
 
# Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic.
  
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===Join the webinar sessions===
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==Join the webinar sessions==
 
The first session of this workshop will start on August 7th 2020 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
 
The first session of this workshop will start on August 7th 2020 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.
  
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=== Expected Outcomes ===
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== Expected Outcomes ==
 
It is expected that at the end of the course, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.
 
It is expected that at the end of the course, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.
  
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=== Agenda ===
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== Agenda ==
 
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|'''Webinars and dates'''
 
|'''Webinars and dates'''
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|'''Resources'''
 
|'''Resources'''
 
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|Webinar 1: July 21st 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
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|Webinar 1
 
|Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning
 
|Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning
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|1. Introduction to the course and agenda. Norms
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|1. Introduction to the workshop and agenda.  
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2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a [https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Karadi tale]
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2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a [https://youtu.be/hW57awyt024 Karadi tale] and participants will identify different audio elements
  
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3. Participants will identify different audio elements
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3. Participants will choose one topic to create audio
  
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4. Participants will choose one topic to create audio
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4. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio
  
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5. Instructions on installing the required software for the hands-on session and doing an initial recording.
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5. Go through basic audio recording  options in audacity
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6. Save the recorded audio files.  
 
|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]
 
|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]
  
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Assignment - Install Audacity. Record the audio using  Audacity
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Assignment -  
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# Select topic to create audio
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# Record the audio using  Audacity
 
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|Webinar 2: July 24th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
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|Webinar 2
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|1. Using different applications for audio recording
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|1. Understanding of Audacity editing tools.
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2. Understanding the technical specifications for audio – headphones, microphone
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2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's
  
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3. Understanding of Audacity editing tools.
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3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.
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|1. Go through basic audio recording  options in audacity
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|1. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed
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2. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio
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2. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files
  
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3. Go through the audio recording process - record pause, play, stop
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3. Use some of the Audacity features like noise removal, fade in/out to make your audio more rich and clear.
  
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4. Save as project file, export recorded audio files
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4. Use the "amplify" feature to adjust the volume of the audio files
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|[[Learn Audacity]]
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|Webinar 3
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|1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
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2. Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio
  
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5. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed
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3. Publish created audio's on the web.
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6. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files
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1. To understand what is tracks and how tracks can be used
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|Learn Audacity - [[Learn Audacity|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity]]
 
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|Webinar 3: July 29th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
 
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|1. Effectiveness of adding audio effects
 
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2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's
 
  
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3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.
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2. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
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|1. Use edit tools to refine audio by removing unwanted part
 
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2. To understand what is tracks and how tracks can be used
 
  
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3. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio
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3. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
  
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4. Use "noise removal" to clear background noise
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4. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.
  
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5. File export as audio files and save as a project.
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5. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.
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|[[Learn Audacity]]
 
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|Webinar 4: July 31st, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
 
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|1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource
 
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2. Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio
 
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|1. Use amplification to adjust the output volume of audio files
 
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2. Fade in/out to adjust the audio -voice modulation
 
  
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3. Use Silence, noise reduction, pitch change and echo features
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|[[Learn Audacity]] and [http://www.SoundCloud.com SoundCloud website]  
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4. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places
 
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|[[Learn Audacity]] and www.SoundCloud.com
 
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|Webinar 5: August 4th, 2020 from 5.30 to 7 pm
 
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|1. Understanding OER and different OER licenses.
 
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2. The presentation of participants created audio files.
 
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3. Publish created audio's on the web.
 
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|1. Understanding about OER resources.
 
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2. Understanding the types of OER licenses.
 
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3. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.
 
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4. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.
 
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|SoundCloud handout : [[Learn Soundcloud|https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Soundcloud]]
 
 
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=== Resources ===
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== Resources ==
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====Technology resources====
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===Technology resources===
 
# [[Learn_Audacity#Installation|Install Audacity application in your computer]]
 
# [[Learn_Audacity#Installation|Install Audacity application in your computer]]
 
# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Download different background music's to your computer]
 
# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1rpuG1V8ISYUS0IbbS7-EVNzWiDl-3VRD Download different background music's to your computer]
 
# [https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
 
# [https://teacher-network.in/OER/images/3/32/Checklist_to_record_good_audio.pdf Checklist for recording good audio clip]
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# [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSff7Mu3ezMZGQK2jt6Bt9ZY3BSnSCb2-_prXBKtC8XQ9zMKVA/viewform Fill this form, with your topic for audio resource creation in the course]
 
 
# What is copyright and what is OER - See short [https://youtube.com/watch?v=zeQy4a6alU0&list=PLWUrlh2K8RdTORtWrlMIDjEPgdD-VC7BN&index=10&t=0s video]
 
# What is copyright and what is OER - See short [https://youtube.com/watch?v=zeQy4a6alU0&list=PLWUrlh2K8RdTORtWrlMIDjEPgdD-VC7BN&index=10&t=0s video]
  
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==== Online OER audio repositories====
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=== Online OER audio repositories===
 
# [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files WikimediaCommons]
 
# [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Audio_files WikimediaCommons]
 
# [https://www.bensound.com/ BenSound]
 
# [https://www.bensound.com/ BenSound]
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# [https://soundcloud.com SoundCloud]
 
# [https://soundcloud.com SoundCloud]
  
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==== Reading materials on ELT ====
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== Additional resources ==
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===Audio resources===
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# [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must  listen to [https://youtube.com/user/karadionline/videos all]
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## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
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# https://www.swarasforschools.com/
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
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=== Reading materials on ELT ===
 
# [[Krashen hypotheses|Krashens hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
 
# [[Krashen hypotheses|Krashens hypotheses for SLA]] (Second Language Acquisition)
 
# [https://academia.edu/7452953/Multilinguality_education_and_harmony Multi-linguality, education and harmony] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
 
# [https://academia.edu/7452953/Multilinguality_education_and_harmony Multi-linguality, education and harmony] - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
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# [[:File:Revised - Digital stories - a new approach to curricular material development, Ranganathan and Kasinathan, June 2017.odt#file|Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum]]
 
# [[:File:Revised - Digital stories - a new approach to curricular material development, Ranganathan and Kasinathan, June 2017.odt#file|Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum]]
 
# [https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition]
 
# [https://www.sk.com.br/sk-krash.html Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition]
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# '''[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1SNUrMMwmGvZ7mxm__AhEE5IU1IUlJVEo?usp=sharing Webinar participants presentations on the above readings]'''
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== Course feedback ==
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====Additional resources====
 
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# [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIPCWV2LAifpieVp4akjZ_A Karadi tales] - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must  listen to [https://youtube.com/user/karadionline/videos all]
 
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## [https://youtu.be/eSEgbhGokPA Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah]
 
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=LPMq2GOmBj8 Crickematics] with Rahul Dravid
 
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## [https://youtube.com/watch?v=3sPJgJXMjWw Monkey on a Fast] with Sanjay Dutt
 
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# https://www.swarasforschools.com/
 
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# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr]
 
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# [https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cxZhcqxYIEVtdsiojo9cgd2HPNoE6jBK?usp=sharing Click here to see the last session (August 5th) session recording]
 
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=== Course feedback ===
 
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To fill the course feedback form [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSclxhQQ49FfOVT3F4P0BlUtAHwz43dWd7Q653ii9nUFBNM45Q/viewform click here]
 
 
[[Category:English]]
 
[[Category:English]]
 
[[Category:Course]]
 
[[Category:Course]]

Revision as of 07:30, 6 August 2020

Audio resource creation for English language teaching - an online course from English Language Teachers Association (ELTA) and ITfC

Background

IT for Change and Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan (KVS) are collaborating to design and conduct an online workshop on “Audio resources creation for teaching ” for KVS teachers. The course is based on the National ICT curriculum theme - Creating with ICT. This note discusses the objectives, approach, requirements of participants and expected outcomes from the course.

Objectives of the course

  1. To explore the arbitrary connections between word and thought and script and sound
  2. Exploring new digital methods for language learning.
  3. Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) to create language resources for language teaching
  4. Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity. Making audio resource richer by using multiple sources
  5. Understand the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources (Open Educational Resources created with FOSS)
  6. Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for the benefit of all teachers

Requirements from the participants

  1. All the participants should have a computer (desktop or laptop) along with a good mic + speaker (headphones).
  2. Audacity application must be installed on the computer. For installation instructions, refer https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity#Installation.
  3. Each participant need to select poem, phrase or drama to create audio material on the topic.

Join the webinar sessions

The first session of this workshop will start on August 7th 2020 from 2.30 pm to 4 pm.

Expected Outcomes

It is expected that at the end of the course, each participant would have created an audio resource, on their selected topic (poem or prose or any other resource). This resource would be published on a public repository.

Agenda

Webinars and dates Particulars Activities Resources
Webinar 1 Role of Audio in Language Teaching Learning 1. Introduction to the workshop and agenda.

2. Demonstration and discussion about listening and ELT. Hearing a Karadi tale and participants will identify different audio elements

3. Participants will choose one topic to create audio

4. Go through the checklist of recording a good quality audio

5. Go through basic audio recording options in audacity

6. Save the recorded audio files.

Learn Audacity - https://teacher-network.in/OER/index.php/Learn_Audacity

Assignment -

  1. Select topic to create audio
  2. Record the audio using Audacity
Webinar 2 1. Understanding of Audacity editing tools.

2. Understanding when and how to use audio effects to the audio's

3. Using an audio editing tool to add sound elements.

1. Edit recorded audio files using basic tools as we needed

2. Get familiar with audacity project files and the audio files

3. Use some of the Audacity features like noise removal, fade in/out to make your audio more rich and clear.

4. Use the "amplify" feature to adjust the volume of the audio files

Learn Audacity
Webinar 3 1. Using an audio editing tool to enhance an audio resource

2. Understanding of using different background music to make more effective of the audio

3. Publish created audio's on the web.

1. To understand what is tracks and how tracks can be used

2. Use multiple tracks to add background music for the audio

3. Add different audio elements to the audio in any particular places

4. Understanding of SoundCloud audio repository.

5. Upload and share our created audio files on SoundCloud.

Learn Audacity and SoundCloud website

Resources

Technology resources

  1. Install Audacity application in your computer
  2. Download different background music's to your computer
  3. Checklist for recording good audio clip
  4. What is copyright and what is OER - See short video

Online OER audio repositories

  1. WikimediaCommons
  2. BenSound
  3. Soundible
  4. FreeSound
  5. SoundCloud

Additional resources

Audio resources

  1. Karadi tales - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must listen to all
    1. Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah
    2. Crickematics with Rahul Dravid
    3. Monkey on a Fast with Sanjay Dutt
  2. https://www.swarasforschools.com/
  3. I Have a Dream speech by Martin Luther King .Jr

Reading materials on ELT

  1. Krashens hypotheses for SLA (Second Language Acquisition)
  2. Multi-linguality, education and harmony - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri (Multi-lingualism, as a resource for ELT
  3. Multi-linguality_and_the_teaching_of_English_in_India - Prof Rama Kant Agnihotri
  4. National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching English
  5. National Curriculum 2005 Framework Position Paper on Teaching of Indian Languages
  6. Digital Storytelling, an ICT-based method of co-constructing and transacting curriculum
  7. Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition

Course feedback

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