4. Audio
4.3. Skills Development
Because of the ability of the learner to stop and start recorded audio, it has been found to be particularly useful for:
- Enabling students through repetition and practice to master certain auditory skills or techniques (e.g. language pronunciation, analysis of musical structure, mathematical computation);
- Getting students to analyze primary audio sources, such as children’s use of language, or attitudes to immigration from recordings of interviewed people;
- Changing student attitudes by:
- Presenting material in a novel or unfamiliar perspective
- By presenting the material in a dramatized form, enabling students to identify with someone with a different perspective