CALL Lessons 2005-2007

A blog for the CALL lessons with my three 5th and 6th grade classes (2005-2007)

Report on CALL lesson 5

Last week's lesson went more or less according to plan. This week wed no school, because it's a holiday in the greater Lisbon area. It's Saint Anthony's Day, the patron of Lisbon.

5D is a larger class with 28 students and also a little more agitated than the other two, so it isn't always possible to do everything in the plan. However, they did quite well in CALL lesson 5 and were able to visit and leave a message both in Holling's blog (May 21) and in the Brazilian students' blog (Carolina and Bianca's post, May 22), but there wasn't time for the recording. Tiago and Natanael took turns at the keyboard and Marta was at the board.

Then came 5C who was able to visit Sharon and Holling's blog, leave a comment for them and record it. Raquel was at the computer and Luis was at the board.

Sharon left this message for 5D and 5C in Holling's blog (May 21 post):

Hi 5C and 5D,
I hope that you have read my answers to your questions on your class blog.
You will be surprised to find out how early in the morning that I get out of bed.
When are you all coming for dinner? Your teacher is bringing her very special cod dish. I think that I'll make some brownies. Do you like brownies? Yum!
Ooops, it's getting late and I have to leave for school. Holling can't type so I will have to end this message.
See you soon ;-)
Sharon and Woof! Woof!

Finally, 5E visited teacher Magda's students' blog and left a message in Laura and Rayssa's post (May 22) and recorded the message. Margarida was at the computer and Mariana at the board. There is no message from the Brazilian students yet. 

The tech part was as usual, with my laptop and a video projector. We recorded the messages with Audacity and saved them as mp3.

I think that I had an overly ambitious plan, difficult to carry out even with smaller classes as 5C and 5E. However, most important is that there was great motivation and participation the whole time. BTW, students copied the messages in their notebooks.

I'd also like to point out that, through the students, I've often asked parents to visit both blogs, see what their children are doing and leave a comment in Portuguese. No response so far...

Our last CALL lesson of this school year is next Tuesday, a week from today. It's been great so far! Kids, you've done a wonderful job in these lessons. 

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