Coomber and the National Curriculum _ Modern Foreign Languages

Talking

Do people understand me?

What do we sound like when we are learning a new language? Recording our speech, or listening to what we say - as we say it - can have a profound affect on our understanding of how we sound to others. Ultimately it affects our ability to be understood.

The use of CD recorders and cassette recorders in the classroom gives children the opportunity to develop their own language communication skills so that they can be clearly understood.

Listening

What did he just say?

Accessing the vast collections of material on audio tapes and CDs allow children to more clearly understand a language than by simply reading it.

Using audio tapes to support Modern Languages lessons helps children to improve fluency of speech and their understanding of what is being said.

Model	Features	Use
393	Cassette Recorder	Group listening
396	Audio Active Cassette Recorder	Group communication with headsets. Ideal for primary learning
2020	PA Cassette	Classroom listening of language tapes and PA
2015	CD Player	Classroom playback of language CDs
2017	CD Player & Cassette Recorder	Classroom playback of language CDs / cassettes
2018	Audio Active CDPlayer & Cassette Recorder	Group communication with headsets. Variable speed CD for improved hearing of pronunciation. Ideal for primary learning.
6000	CD Recorders	Record direct to CD from microphone, playback in the classroom, group listening with 6 headphones. Lesson preparation, assessment recording, CD (whole or track) duplication.
2241	CD Player & Cassette Recorder	Large classroom listening
844	Cassette Copier/Editor	Twin deck cassette for lesson preparation
Language Lab	Portable cassette driven lab with 8 student stations	Teacher led training, monitoring and assessment of foreign language learning

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