Using online voice recording in oral assessment by Colm O'Callaghan
Channel: ELT Ireland
Date: 05/01/2018

Oral language provision within the framework of the Revised Language Curriculum, draws students and teachers into a wide range of communication experiences, in classrooms that are rich and diverse.  They are classrooms where several languages coexist and many cultures harmonise with one another.  Technology can play a part in supporting how oral language is developed but is also essential in supporting effective oral language assessments that are child led, pertinent, formative and engaging.  This presentation describes how online voice recording tools have been used to support student led reflection and introspection in a learning support environment.  

Colm is a primary school teacher working in a large urban primary school in North County Dublin.  Having completed an M.Ed (DCU) and M.Sc (TCD), he recently extended research into formative assessment techniques in a learning support environment as part of a Masters in Applied Linguistics course with Mary Immaculate College in Limerick.  His research focuses on how students might be drawn into a culture of assessment for learning.