Oral+Communications

There are many ways students can develop their oral communication skills in the classroom but often teachers do not provide time for students to practise this skill. Using Skype or other VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocal) software can be downloaded for free and used either in the classroom or at home to communicate for free to anyone in the world.

Language Classes
Setup a project with another class located in Quebec or France and have students converse several times a week with one another. If you don't have the equipment at school, have students do this assignment from home and ask them to blog about their conversations with their partner classmate in another language. Here at fleetwood, we have the headsets and laptops but not the web cams. If you would like to try something like this, we will look into purchasing some web cams.

Any Classes
Have students find an expert in the field you are studying and interview them using VoIP. They can do the interview during class time for the benefit of all students or they can complete the interview on their own time and write about their conversation in a blog.