CELT RIESI Language Workshop

One-day workshops on "Audio materials development" for participants of the CELT program (different batches) of RIESI - July 27, 2019, August 24, 2019, September 8, 2019, January 25, 2020, March 1, 2020.

Objectives of the workshop

 * 1) Exploring new digital methods for language learning. Exploring Audacity FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) tool to create rich language resources for use in a language lesson
 * 2) Learning recording and editing audio using Audacity.  Making your audio resource richer by using multiple audio files (background music)
 * 3) Introduce the philosophy of creating and adapting existing audio resources (Open Educational Resources created with FOSS)
 * 4) Publishing created audio resource on a public repository for use of all teachers

Pedagogical principles (Principles for recording conversations amongst two or more people)

 * 1) Relevant to the student school community home context.
 * 2) Meaningful. Richness, variety.
 * 3) Allowing scope for background music, sounds.
 * 4) Appropriate level of language complexity.

Technology rules (Rules for getting a good quality recording using your mobile phone or laptop)
Download this checklist from here
 * 1) Script need to be ready before recording and detailed
 * 2) Find out a less noisy and closed place to record
 * 3) Turn off fans and air conditioners, use curtains or thick cloth to cover windows
 * 4) Don't use computer which makes noise
 * 5) Keep your Mic at-least 15cm away from your mouth
 * 6) Use good head phones –
 * 7) Audio jacks are working fine
 * 8) Mic input is working
 * 9) Headphones should support audacity or any other audio tools
 * 10) Input level should be less than 100%
 * 11) Do test recording to check quality. Satisfy yourself before final recording

Resources

 * 1) Some ideas (non-fiction) for developing audio resources. (Stories are powerful and effective. They are also available in plenty - identify local stories, folk stories etc). In addition non-fiction audio resources can be quite thought provoking and creativity enhancing for older students.
 * 2) Audio resources created in the RIESI workshops
 * 3) January 2020 CELT participants
 * 4) September 2019 - CELT participants
 * 5) August 2019 - CELT participants
 * 6) July 2019 - CELT participants
 * 7) Audio's  created by IT for Change  - Tabla Bhols and Flute resources
 * 8) Swaras for schools - combining English rhymes with Indian tunes
 * 9) Audacity handout (Free and Open sources audio editor tool) - to create audio resources
 * 10) Karadi tales - Very rich and brilliant audio stories based on Indian stories and using Indian tunes... must  listen to all
 * 11) Karadi tale - Blue Jackal by Naseeruddin Shah
 * 12) Crickematics with Rahul Dravid
 * 13) Monkey on a Fast with Sanjay Dutt
 * 14) Online OER audio repositories
 * 15) * http://soundbible.com&#x20;URL
 * 16) * https://freesound.org/&#x20;URL
 * 17) * &#x20;https://Wikimedia commons
 * 18) * https://soundcloud.com/
 * 19) Reading resources
 * 20) Teachers' toolkit for creating and re-purposing Audio
 * 21) Stephen Krashen's Theory of Second Language Acquisition

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