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Orals practice and preparation

Sonru is an excellent means of preparing the language student for oral examinations that they will encounter in their senior cycle language education. The ability to speak the language is of paramount importance and should be reflected in the amount of time allocated to oral lessons and assessment. However it is often the case that a high quality focus on oral ability only really occurs in the senior cycle. Even in the senior cycle oral preparation can be overlooked as the teacher whilst trying to cover the entire syllabus cannot afford to spend countless classes testing each student’s oral ability on an individual basis.

Sonru can help eliminate such dilemmas and ensure the students oral ability is being examined from the very first language class.
The language teacher can now assess and examine his/her students’ oral ability as often as he/she wishes. The following are the simple steps involved:

• Create oral interview and send to class Create questions, select how much time the student has to answer the question, select a deadline by which the student must complete the assessment. (Students will receive email reminders from Sonru with notification of upcoming deadlines).
• Send to class
• Students complete assessment within or outside of school hours.
• Teacher reviews Once completed the teacher can review the students answers within or outside school hours.
• Instant feedback The teacher can send an instant email from their Sonru account to the student email with all review points.
• Overall review The teacher and student can meet, reflect upon and review a batch of videos completed throughout the term month etc, any mistakes that have not already been corrected by the emailed review points can be highlighted and discussed at this point. New learning goals and objectives can also be established at this point.
• Access to video files The student and teacher will have access to all completed videos; these can be viewed at any time for reflection and review purposes.

Thus the teacher can carry out a much more rigorous oral education for his/her students without sacrificing other aspects of the syllabus or important class time. On top of this students will have a unique opportunity to hear and see themselves speaking the language from the teachers’ point of view. The student will be much more likely to take review points on board whilst viewing their completed video at the same time.