TESOL 2012, Philadelphia
March 31, 2012, 2:00-3:20 p.m.
Electronic Village (Room 103A)
Mini-Workshop
Using Online Resources to Enhance
Listening and Pronunciation Instruction
Presenter: Robert Wachman,
Yuba College, Marysville, CA
rwachman@yccd.edu
A. Introduction
My background in CALL and a peek at my “blended” High Beginning
to Intermediate Listening and Pronunciation classes in Blackboard
• Embeding a YouTube video
• Links in Modules
• Web Links tool
Please go to http://tesol-lipro.wikispaces.com/ to easily access the websites I
have selected for this workshop.
B. Listening Comprehension
Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
Many Things—Listen and Read along
Story Corps
C. Listening Discrimination
Randall's Basic Listening Quizzes
Many Things: Minimal Pairs
D. Pronunciation Features
• English Club.com: Pronunciation
• Sounds of English (Segmentals and Suprasegmentals)
1. Suprasegmentals (Stress, Intonation, Rhythm, Linking,
Thought Groups)
• Syllables and Word Stress
• Holly's Corner: Word Stress Exercises
• Sentence Stress
2. Segmentals (sounds)
Pronouncing English Sounds (Vowels and Consonants)
a. Vowel Sounds
• The Color Vowel Chart
b. Consonant Sounds
E. Audio and Video Recording and More
1. Voxopop A website that provides free voice recording for
listening and speaking practice.
2. A National Virtual Language Lab (ANVILL) "A modern webbased replacement for the audio and video consoles of old."
ANVILL in many ways resembles a course management
system, such as Blackboard or Moodle, but specifically for
oral language development.
3. Burlington English A proprietary blended (face-to-face and
online) ESL program which includes feedback to oral input.
TESOL 2012 ANVILL Demonstration
Robert Wachman, rwachman@yccd.edu
Instructions for creating an account and registering for our “class”
ANVILL: A National Virtual Language Lab
Go to the ANVILL home page: https://anvill.uoregon.edu/anvill2/
To Create an account
• On the right side, click on Create new student account
• Type your e-mail address
• Type your e-mail address again in the “Confirm e-mail address”
window
• Make a password (write it down somewhere in case you forget)
• Enter the Group registration key: TESOL 2012
• Type your first and last (family) names in the boxes.
• Click on “Create new account.”
To Use ANVILL
1. Go to the ANVILL home page
2. Log in to your account
3. At the upper right, click on TESOL 2012 Sandbox