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**Audio Dropbox**
Created specifically for teaching world language, this tool allows you to set up an audio dropbox for students to submit recorded responses that can be as long as 30 minutes. You organize submissions by creating class folders right in your account. There is also a video conversation feature that allows you to ask a question, then prompt students for an immediate response. Sign up at http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/audioDropbox/ Click here for an example media type="custom" key="12695078"

Narrated Powerpoints
Students can use the audio record feature of Powerpoint software to respond to pre-made slides OR ones that they create themselves.

IPODS/IPADS
Probably the quickest and easiest way to collect oral proficiency examples. Students use the memo voice recorder app and email the file.

**Lingt Language**
Lingt Language is a resource that is used for teachers to create online assignments. Teachers can use voice narration, mp3 files, images, text and videos to create assignments. Students can respond orally or in writing.

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**Blabberize**
Blabberize is a resource that students can use to upload a picture and have their voice be spoken through the picture.

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**Woices**
Woices a resource that students can record location based audioguides. They can explore on the map a place where they want to make the audioguide.

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**Voki**
Voki is a website that students can use to create an avatar. Students can record their own voice or type in something for the avatar to say. media type="custom" key="11301480"

**GoAnimate**
GoAnimate is a website that students can create animated videos using dialog or voice recordings. media type="custom" key="11480440"

**VoiceThread**
Voice Thread is a website that students can comment on many types of media via video, voice, or text. media type="custom" key="11481700"

**Vocaroo**
An extremely easy to use website for collecting oral responses. Students just visit www.vocaroo.com, hit record, listen and share their recording via email. Responses can even be embedded on a wiki page like below. media type="custom" key="12692160"

**Oral Proficiency Activities**
A document of activities to increase oral proficiency in the world language classroom. There are activities that use technology and ones that do not. All activities that use technology have a link to an example. media type="custom" key="11300584"

Websites for Resources
[|World Language Classroom Resources] Great Resource for World Language Teachers across the curriculum. [|Rich Internet Applications] Fantastic Applications for Any World Language Classroom by Center for Langauge Education and Research at Michigan State University [|Byki]: a language-learning software, both on computer and mobile, includes MP3 audio, pronunciation practice, and games [|Busuu] – the language learning community [|Memrise]: a rich language resource for different languages, created by the members of the community. [|The Mixxer]: a free educational site for language exchange through Skype hosted by Dickinson College. [|Openculture]: “the best free cultural and educational media on the web,” including free language lessons, movies, audio books, etc. [|bab.la] – dictionaries, quizzes, flashcard sets for many languages [|Conjugation.io] – A free online website for verb conjugation (conjugation tables in Spanish, German, and French) [|ELLA] – online language learning software with interactive courses in French, German, and Spanish [|Innovative Learning] – free language resources [|Language 101] – Spanish, French, and German resources (lessons, movie clips, and songs) [|Learnalanguage]– Spanish, French, Chinese, German, and Latin <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Duolingo] – a language learning community/independent language website (Spanish, English, French) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Open Culture] a list of online resources, including websites with texts, audio, video material, e-textbooks, online language courses, etc. (German, French, Spanish, Chinese) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|SCOLA] – a website for watching or recording TV programs from around the world in 65 different languages <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">UserID: Yale <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Password: SCOLA (must be in all caps)