GoAnimate
2014 World Languages Meet
Language Resource Center
Kutztown University
Kutztown, PA 19530
T 484-646-5865
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Description:
GoAnimate4Schools is an online animated video production software, in which students will draw at random a scenario and pre-made
GoAnimate4Schools template. As a team they will develop and record a dialogue to match the linguistic challenge of their selected scenario and the
visual cues of the animation. Time management and team skills will be crucial due to the tightly restricted creation time.
Rules for Goanimate:
The objective of this challenge is to have students create a dialogue to accompany a GoAnimate4Schools shell that has been pre-made with actions.
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Each team will select a scenario out of a hat.
Teams will log into the GoAnimate4Schools account assigned to their scenario.
The team will view the pre-prepared GoAnimate4Schools scenario, which is centered around a theme and has been formatted without dialogue.
Each team should work efficiently to create and record a dialogue to match the selected the scenario and accompany the pre-prepared
GoAnimate4Schools shell.
Dialogues should emulate natural conversation and address each of the requirements of the scenario.
Team members will use the GoAnimate4Schools software to record and place their voices in the dialogue.
The team is permitted to make some alterations to the animation in order to make a better fit with their dialogue. However, students must be
conscientious of their time and use limited alterations so as to focus their attention on developing a functional and linguistically rich dialogue.
Each member of the team must play an active role in the development of the final product.
Hints for Success:
• Students should practice with structures that create natural or colloquial speech patterns such as interjections, variations in word order, idioms and
colloquial phrases.
• Students should listen to authentic dialogue about common, intermediate level topics.
• Students should practice with the GoAnimate4Schools environment, particularly with the full video creation mode.
• Challenge students to develop interesting and creative dialogues in class as teams. Emphasize natural, often off topic dialogue.
• Have students role play dialogues as improvisations and have them focus on reactions in equal importance to dialogue completion.
• Practice team-building and have students assess each others’ strengths and weaknesses so that they develop trust in each others’ strengths.
Scoring Rubric:
Criteria
Excellent 5
Good 4
Fair 3
Poor 2
Storyline/
Task
The video accomplishes the full task
as assigned and emulates natural
conversational dialogue.
The video accomplishes the core
content of the task as assigned. and
some attempt to emulate natural
conversational dialogue is made.
The video somewhat
accomplishes the task as
assigned but the dialogue is
mechanical.
Little or no evidence of task
completion. Dialogue is
disjointed or incomplete.
Language Use The video effectively demonstrates a
knowledge of the vocabulary and
structures. The grammar and target
vocabulary used have minimal errors
that do not distract from
communication.
The video effectively makes use of
simpler structures and common
vocabulary. Errors increase with the
complexity of language used. At times
these errors distract from flow of
communication.
The video somewhat
demonstrates knowledge of
structures and common
vocabulary. Frequent errors that
distract from or momentarily
impede flow of communication.
The video does not
effectively demonstrates a
knowledge of the
vocabulary and structures.
These errors impede the
communication of meaning.
Pronunciation/ Understood easily by native speakers
Flow
accustomed to dealing with non-native
speakers. Correct intonation. No
unexplained gaps in dialogue.
Non-native accent may be strong but
can be understood by native speakers
accustomed to dealing with non-native
speakers. Correct intonation.
Strong first language
Unintelligible utterances.
interference. Can be understood Reliance on English.
by sympathetic listeners with
repetition. Errors in intonation.
Teamwork
Video was a group effort with all
participants sharing an equal part.
When adequate characters exist each
participant takes a speaking role.
They successfully accomplished a
complex challenge in limited time.
Video was a group effort and team
worked towards a common goal. They
adequately accomplish the task but
with flaws due to lack of unity or lack of
acknowledgement of individuals’ skills.
Video appears to lack
cooperation and equal
responsibility. The task is
minimally complete.
The team is unable to meet
the challenge in the time
allotted.
Synergy
Expressions and character reactions Expressions and character reactions
are well matched to the dialogue and are well matched to the dialogue but
the video shows conscientiousness of are subdued or minimal.
reactions and emotions. Humorous
and exaggerated reactions add to the
flavor of the dialogue and the
engaging aspect of the video.
Expressions and character
reactions are somewhat
disjointed from the dialogue.
Little care and attention was
given to the visual cues.
Dialogue and animation
lack any cohesiveness.
Dialogue does not match
location or characters.
Dialogue appears to have
been written without
viewing the pre-made
animation.
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