Assign, record & assess student Easter dialogues on a timeline.

A daily habit of speaking and recording boosts the speaking skills of foreign language students, especially if extended to the long holiday periods. Using the dialogue function in Schoolshape lends motivation to conversation practice with peers at home and abroad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLOD3ePwARg

Connect students for social interaction

Meaningful connections with partners abroad are powerful tools at the language teacher’s disposal. Your online language lab provides the structure for making & maintaining international relationships. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh4W-vMGulI

Bonobos: Example Schoolshape worksheet showing multimedia & interpersonal functionality

Spanish with bonobos: 1. Listening comp with drag-n-drop cloze test 2. Interpersonal speaking practice with dialogue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62p3365M9nE

Connect & record

Motivational student audio connections in Schoolshape offer effective pair & group formative assessment: a paradigm reboot for rewarding modern language achievement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gPUV9d2T-Y

Asynchrous dialogue: a simpler approach to conversation practice

In the Schoolshape Language Lab, you can have students working in pairs on any assigned task. They do not necessarily need to work simultaneously, making it easy for teachers to link learners in partner schools abroad on any worksheet, rendering all tasks truly international at every stage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbFFcSSqBDw

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