Our Special Place Right Here in Riccarton

Our Senior ESOL group visited Riccarton Bush earlier this year as part of an environmental study.  Video footage and photographs taken by the students formed a visual record of the visit. Once the sequence of visual images was embedded into iMovie the students used Garage Band to record a commentary that was then attached to the movie track.

A number of parents attended a gathering at the end of Term Three to view this work. Feedback for the students was very positive. We appreciate the parents taking time out from their busy day to celebrate this work with ESOL groups.  This is the movie shared at the end of last term.

 

RADIO PLAYS for ESOL STUDENTS

We have been researching how effective it is to use radio plays in an ESOL setting to improve spoken English. To become fluent in a script of any length requires determination and much rehearsal on the part of the students. This video footage is the end result of a group of Year 2/3 ESOL students in our school recording their radio play using Garage Band. Elena (aged 7 years) kindly created a series of images that were able to be linked to the radio play using iMovie. The students are now able to share their work on the Blog with you. They all thought that this work was a fun way to learn to speak English. Please feel free to provide feedback.

TERM FOUR