Using a virtual platform to help students improve their pronunciation

San Miguel de Tucumán

Jornada; II Jornadas de Actualización para Profesores de Inglés; 2010

Universidad Nacional de Tucumán

In this paper, we will focus on the description of a project that is being carried out with the virtual platform Moodle to complement face-to-face classes of English Pronunciation Practice. We will explore how to make use of the multiple tools that the virtual classroom offers, to provide our students with a place where they can to have access to extra practice, ask and answer questions, exchange ideas with classmates and teachers, and so on. The Pronunciation Practice virtual platform is written entirely in English because this subject is common to three courses of study offered by the Faculty of Languages: English Translation, English Teaching Training Course, and Licenciatura (which is similar to a Bachelor?s Degree). However, Moodle can be used in a variety of languages. The platform has been organized according to the topics in the current syllabus of the subject. Thus, we have selected a ?topics format? because we consider it to be the most appropriate one, taking into consideration the content of the subject. Each topic corresponds, in general terms, to one unit of the syllabus. Each topic is, in turn, subdivided into several practical activities.