Application Evaluation Checklist
CALL Project
Podcast
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A work done in collaboration of
Theresia Hayuning Wilujeng, Arina Dwi Ramadhani, and Zuhrufi Latifah
The podcast is a medium in the form of audio, video, or others which are in episodic series uploaded on the Internet and downloadable. The audiences are often required to subscribe if they want to get notifications whenever the new episode is out. This kind of medium is getting popular since it becomes one of the media that contributes in enhancing learner’s ability to learn a language. The simple format, various kinds of topics and activities that follow also become the consideration why we choose to make an audio podcast to help learners learn further about English.
Naming our Podcast as Tips Seeker Podcast, we decided that our podcast focuses on talking and sharing various tips. The first episode that we made discusses some tips on how to get through a bad day. We believed that using a daily related topic would make the target learners which are in senior high school interested in listening to it. The use of simple sentences in the Podcast is also given to help the learners who are in high school easier to understand. Adopting a radio talk show program, we also inserted some interludes with an easy catching, energetic music back sound to attract the learners and show that the information we delivered will be useful and interesting.
There are three main parts presented in the podcast. The first part is hosted by Arina and Ifa as the hosts and Ajeng as the guest of the day. The adopted form of radio based talk show is chosen because we believe that it is part of contextual teaching and learning which makes the process of learning easier and interesting. The second part is a continuation of a dialogue between Arina and Ifa discussing the other tips from another source. The last part is delivered by Ajeng as the one who discusses idioms, the language focus we chose in the make of the podcast. Thus, instead of giving some information about the ways to overcome a bad day we took from psychologytoday.com and lifehack.org in the first two parts of the podcast, we also gave the learners a short discussion on the language we use in the form of monologue in the last part. We thought that many idioms used in the dialogue would be helpful for them to learn a little bit about the various form of English language.
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The follow-up activities are also given for the learners to improve their other skills despite listening. In the middle of the dialogue between Arina and Ifa, we invite the learners to also give comments or opinions towards the topic discussed in the website. In addition, while listening to the last part of the podcast which is Ajeng’s monologue, we ask them to fill in a closed text based on what Ajeng said. This form of completion task is given because it will help them to enhance their listening activities. The next exercise given is pairing and matching. This task is also based on the last part of the podcast about the meaning of the idioms that Ajeng had explained, enabling them to improve their listening comprehension. The last exercise is short answers, which covers the topic discussed in the whole podcast.
CALL Database
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A collaboration work of Ramadhani, Fadhlillah, and Latifah
This checklist is designed to help teachers assess an application for student learning.
Webquest
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A collaboration work of Rohmah, Ngatalina, Latifah
This webquest is designed to both teachers and students. Click the link below to download the complete file. Any inquiries please drop a message through contact available.
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This CALL material database is organized based on the four skills in English which are listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Each skill then is organized again based on the level of the materials that are going to be accessed by the users. The users meant here can be either the learners or the teachers because the materials provided in this database are universal, allowing either learners or teachers to use them without limitation on one side only. The materials presented are in the form of the title of the website and a brief description of what the website contains. By clicking on the title, the user will be hyperlinked to the website. While the brief description of the website gives the users a glance overview to choose which website is suitable to explore further.
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The outlook of the database is designed as simple as possible. The first moment the users open the database, they will be presented by the title of the database and a brief identity of the creator. Then, some menus consisting of listening, speaking, reading, and writing will appear on the next slide. By clicking on the menu, the users will be brought to another slide containing three levels of materials (beginner, intermediate, advanced) that are already sorted out to match the level of the users. Each level has also been linked to another slide containing some sources of materials in the form of links. The organization of the materials is not based on the ranks of the website nor the other reasons. The arrangement of the sources is purely designed randomly without having a purpose of prioritizing one or another. In addition, whenever users see the slide, there will be five menus on the right side of the slide. These menus are hyperlinked to target slide. Not only menus to go back or jump to other materials based on the skills, there is also a home menu that helps the users to directly go back to the main slide to choose other materials or exit. To bookmark on what slide the users are, one of the menus on the right side will always bigger than the others, giving information to the users on what skill they are in at that moment.
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Finally, through this CALL database, the users will find it hopeful to search the materials easily. This CALL database is in the form of long-term use, giving chances for the users to use it whenever they need it. In addition, the grouping of four language skills and classification based on levels are totally designed for universal use, allowing either students or teachers to use it for their own good.