Sanako Speak! takes language learning into a new era.
Language learning wherever you have a computer and an internet connection
For the teacher
- Extends the potential for using and practising language outside the physical classroom space. Teachers retain control of the structured learning experience as they set the exercises for the student to complete.
- Enables teachers to set versatile and effective exercises that combine speaking, listening and written text – learning by doing that suits all learning styles
- Improves elements most difficult to teach, pronunciation and intonation, with voice insert activities
- Individualises teaching – exercises can be sent to individual students as easily as to entire groups
- Allows to create interesting and engaging activities by utilizing the latest multimedia teaching content and allowing your students to gain valuable hands-on practice
For the student
- Language learning can take place anywhere a computer and an internet connection exist, allowing students to continue practising their language skills independently.
- Important self-evaluation enabled by recording student speech and exercises.
For the school
Due to the delivery being Cloud computing:
- No extra software required
- Software maintenance is automatic
- Easy deployment
- No extra infrastructure investment
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Activity-based learning
In order to make language learning interesting and efficient, we have engaged an activity-based learning approach with Sanako Speak! It offers teachers a multitude of different activities that can quickly and easily be assigned to students as practise or homework exercises.
These activities are designed to develop all the core skills of language teaching and learning: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Using traditional language lab activities like listen and repeat exercises gives the teacher many options for providing fun and inspiring exercises to their students.
Practise speaking
Speaking a language is generally one of the most difficult elements for language learners to develop, especially without prolonged exposure to the language like when living abroad or having lots of time to practise in a language lab.
Using a simple method of dual track recording and allowing students to insert their recordings into a master track/file enables many engaging activities, including:
- Simple listen and repeat exercises
- Role playing
- Vocabulary games
- Translation activities
- Interviews
- Reading practise (pronunciation)
Develop listening
Listening comprehension is actively used both in and out of the classroom. It facilitates the language learner to engage with active mimicry and enables the learner to understand and hear the language used in context.
Sanako Speak! allows the teacher to quickly build and deliver comprehensive listening activities using either a tutor led voice file or externally sourced video and audio files. The teacher can easily integrate these listening sources with MCQs (multiple choice questions) or gap-filling exercises, thereby creating a fully integrated and managed exercise. Some activities that could be achieved are:
- Vocabulary games
- Translation activities
- Writing exercises (gap-filling)
- Spelling exercises
- Grammar teaching
Flexibility
Teachers using Sanako Speak! are not tied to pre-prepared content within the system. Content supplied by publishers and other media producers can be easily integrated. The users can utilise any content that they believe will engage and interest their students. The system offers the flexibility to rapidly and easily integrate the most up-to-date content from the internet and other sources. Sanako Speak! gives teachers the choice and flexibility to use whatever they want, whenever they want, and to deliver it in the type of activity they want.
Individualisation
Sanako Speak! offers the teacher full individualisation capabilities. Exercises can be assigned as easily to one student as they can to ten or the entire class. If a student joins the class late, the teacher can simply assign any exercises required to that person regardless of what the rest of the class is doing.
Sanako Speak! domains are institution specific. They can include the address, the institution details and the logo on the login page.
Cloud technology
Sanako Speak! uses cloud computing with little need for software installations in the computer lab or software upgrades. All the tools and software teachers and students need to complete or build the exercise are delivered from the cloud after logging in. This offers the user institution scalability, accessibility and agility.
Cloud computing also provides seamless access from anywhere in the world. Students with access to a computer with an internet connection and headphones and a microphone can simply and quickly deploy Sanako Speak! wherever they are.