Reciting a poem in Spanish.
In a previous post, I wrote about how recording students is a great way to get them speaking. They love to listen to their own voice and are quite happy to be recorded again if they did some mistakes in their intonation, pronunciation or in the structures they used.
I teach a grade 7 class (aged 12-13 years old) of only boys. First we studied the Spanish poem called Mi escuela, mis escuela from Gloria Fuertes. Then, I asked the boys to divide the poem into four parts, either a verse each or a strophe each, and to recite it whilst being recorded. Once I said the word "recorded", they rehearse their parts again and again asking me if they were pronouncing each word correctly and if their intonation was correct. I recorded them for the first time but they thought it was not good enough! They asked me if they could be recorded a second time! And so we did! Unfortunately, the lesson was coming to an end but they still wanted to be recorded again because they thought it was still not good enough!!! I think I could have recorded them one hundred times if needed be!
