1 00:00:04,900 --> 00:00:08,250 MIN-MIN LIANG: Lingt, it's an online tool, 2 00:00:08,250 --> 00:00:10,710 so many teachers use it. 3 00:00:10,710 --> 00:00:12,200 You can record your voice. 4 00:00:12,200 --> 00:00:14,330 You can ask your students to record a voice. 5 00:00:14,330 --> 00:00:18,220 You can assign the speaking lessons assignment on that. 6 00:00:18,220 --> 00:00:22,590 It's very convenient, because everybody has a computer. 7 00:00:22,590 --> 00:00:25,240 You don't need to go to the lab anymore. 8 00:00:25,240 --> 00:00:30,380 So the tooling is created by two MIT students. 9 00:00:30,380 --> 00:00:32,640 So when they started, they want us 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,800 to participate as a guinea pig. 11 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:37,860 So it was fun. 12 00:00:37,860 --> 00:00:40,850 What I use for this class, because I discover, 13 00:00:40,850 --> 00:00:44,990 I usually think in our class is the time to speak. 14 00:00:44,990 --> 00:00:50,240 I don't like to spend a lot of time explaining things, 15 00:00:50,240 --> 00:00:52,640 or teach them how to pronounce words, 16 00:00:52,640 --> 00:00:55,490 because they know the alphabet part of the [INAUDIBLE] 17 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:57,040 already. 18 00:00:57,040 --> 00:01:01,690 So I like them to do with these mechanic works at home. 19 00:01:01,690 --> 00:01:03,700 And in class they are well prepared 20 00:01:03,700 --> 00:01:05,920 and then we talk about this lesson. 21 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:13,840 And I realize that giving them a quiz of this content 22 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:14,600 is not enough. 23 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:16,980 Because I realize students study, they do. 24 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:19,290 So they want to do well in their quiz. 25 00:01:19,290 --> 00:01:23,710 So they read the text, silently, at home. 26 00:01:23,710 --> 00:01:25,510 So they might know what it means, 27 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:27,520 they don't know how to pronounce it. 28 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:28,620 So how do I fix that? 29 00:01:28,620 --> 00:01:31,730 Because I used to spend time, ask everybody 30 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:35,520 to read one line of the class, and I encountered this problem. 31 00:01:35,520 --> 00:01:38,460 The kids just-- they can translate the sentence, 32 00:01:38,460 --> 00:01:43,380 they cannot say the vocabulary in Chinese when they read it. 33 00:01:43,380 --> 00:01:46,400 They say I know that word, but I don't know how to pronounce it. 34 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,710 So I-- that's it dawned on me that they did prepare, 35 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:53,350 but they not reading out loud at home. 36 00:01:53,350 --> 00:01:56,010 So they don't know how to pronounce the words. 37 00:01:56,010 --> 00:01:58,320 If you don't know how to pronounce it, 38 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,850 you're not learning it. 39 00:01:59,850 --> 00:02:03,160 So I create this-- I didn't create it, Lingt-- 40 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:06,240 actual assignment every new lesson, 41 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,770 I ask them to read the textbook and record 42 00:02:08,770 --> 00:02:11,290 a voice on the Lingt. 43 00:02:11,290 --> 00:02:13,580 Lingt is the web tool. 44 00:02:13,580 --> 00:02:16,410 And send it to me where I can check. 45 00:02:16,410 --> 00:02:20,580 So I found out that many students 46 00:02:20,580 --> 00:02:23,650 want to have a perfect recording, so they will read 47 00:02:23,650 --> 00:02:26,810 10 times before they record it-- which is great, because they 48 00:02:26,810 --> 00:02:28,850 say they memorize the text. 49 00:02:28,850 --> 00:02:31,430 And they know every words, how to pronounce it. 50 00:02:31,430 --> 00:02:32,830 That's my goal. 51 00:02:32,830 --> 00:02:34,415 So that's how I use it. 52 00:02:34,415 --> 00:02:38,240 I find that I don't need to spend more time to check 53 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,260 do you know how to pronounce this words anymore, 54 00:02:40,260 --> 00:02:42,010 because they have to do it. 55 00:02:42,010 --> 00:02:45,570 Yeah, so that's how I use.