Aim: Help students follow text by allowing them to read and listen simultaneously
Moodle modules: Moodle Web page or Book
Extra programs: NanoGong or Audacity
Ease of setup: *
How can we help students when they find it difficult to understand what they hear? One simple solution is to let them read a transcript while they listen to the text. This is straightforward to set up. We can use a Moodle Web page for a one-page text, or we can use another module called Book if you want to divide up a text into several parts. The Book module is a helpful way of organizing web pages. It's like an independent website. Here's what a Book module with a selection of stories might look like. The Table of Contents is on the left and the text is on the right.
If the text is short, you can record it on NanoGong (the add-on recording facility), as in the screenshot above. That's the easy option. See the introduction to Chapter 4, Speaking Activities if you need help...