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The target group for this wiki page is foreign language teachers of children who want to use the app with their classes. To make a message learners should be between 7 and 17 years old. (There are no age limits for teachers to help.) The time to record and upload a message can be between a few minutes (if the student knows what to say and the app doesn't crash). If the focus of the project is more collaborative (children should do research before creating the message or should share messages with their classmates as a way to practice and receive feedback) several school lessons for a more elaborate projectcan be needed.
Here are several sample messages students from the Freie Universität Berlin helped children from a grade 6 class to make during the spring semester of 2021.
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Data Privacy and Permission The easiest way to explore using the app is to find a child who is between age 7 and 17 to who you help you make and upload several messages. (Adults are allowed to help, but they are not allowed to make Earth Speakr messages.) However, as page 8 says in this the pdf below says, children who are under 16 need permission from a parent or guardian to upload their message. Permission can be granted inside the app, which is a nice feature, but this requires sending an email and the parent or guardian responding before the message can be uploaded. This can be a source of disappointment because children who are able to download the app and try it on their phone, can mistakenly think that "everything is working" until they find they want to upload their message and can't.
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This is a possible learning procedure for one-on-one instruction for which can be used either online or in person. In a slightly adapted form, it also works in the classroom.
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Here is a paper on gesture and foreign language spatial term learning which provides theoretical background on why and how gestures can help with foreign language learning. (The nuts and bolts of the argument can be found in ton page 2.)
If you as a teacher become stuck coming up with a gesture or if you are ever curious about sign languages, please look heresign languages Spreadthesign has gathered suggestions of signs from different sign languages around the world.
Macmillian has an interactive IPA chart which is helpful for teaching English.
Adrian Underhill on Teaching Difficult Sounds.
