Session 7: Reflection

Paul mentioned in this lesson that many teachers do not always ask students to read aloud in class but this is not my case. I almost ask my P.5 students to read aloud every day because I do think that reading aloud is very important for learning a language. As I have mentioned in my blog before, I teach a less-able P.5 class this year and this is a challenging job for me. Most of my P.5 students lack confidence in English so I would like to build their confidence through two ways. They are reading aloud and spelling. Once they know how to read and spell those words, they would start thinking that they are actually not that weak in English.

Using Fluency Tutor may allow them to have more practice. I can create a text which can be found in the textbook so they can record their own reading at home and I will be able to listen to it. I can also add some interesting texts for them so as to encourage them to challenge themselves and have fun! Audacity is easy to use and I may record my own reading and ask my students to listen to it at home. In the last 2 weeks, some of my students told me that they were quite interested in using Padlet. I am sure they would like to try more tasks that I create for them.