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Inventory of ICT tools and open educational resources

Welcome to the inventory of freely available online tools and open educational resources for language teaching and learning developed by the ICT-REV project! The inventory contains a list of tools that have been evaluated with specific criteria in mind. Read more
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This tool was developed within the framework of a cooperation agreement between the European Centre for Modern Languages and the European Commission

Rhinospike

Principal function(s): Audio recording

A tool to have native speakers of the target language read a text aloud for you. You submit a text file that you want native speakers to read, and receive back an audio file. Free with registration. Evaluation: Rhinospike is a useful tool for autonomous development of pronunciation and listening skills.

Cost: Free with registration

Website: https://rhinospike.com/

  

Categories

Type Of Interaction

  • Group/pair work - outsiders
  • Individual work

Skills

  • Listening
  • Speaking
  • Pronunciation

Content

  • Website/other users supply
  • You supply

Usability

Interface User-friendliness/complexity of the tool´s interface

Simple

Time efficiency Time needed for mastering the „how-to“ of the tool and a production of a task

Medium (one has to wait for a recording by a native speaker, otherwise quite easy and quick)

Interface language(s) The number of languages in which the tool is currently available/adaptable to

Interface in 11 languages, native recordings currently available in 71 languages

Respect for privacy Does the tool require registration? Who can see my data? Can I remain anonymous?

Strong

Saving work for future use Possiblity to save your or others´ work for reuse/reproduction

Yes

Tailorability (If so, how?) Possibility of the tool to be used for a range of different activities (e.g. to what extent you can organize a project assignment with a central activity based on this tool)

High

Interactivity

Engagement

High (the main idea, that is receiving native speaker inputs from across the world, is very engaging)

Collaboration

Communication

N/A (not the main purpose of the tool, but users may communicate in the course of exchanging files)

Technical requirements

Installation required?

No

Compatibility/ Operating System

Windows, …

Other technical requirements

Microphone, speakers


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Group/pair work - classmates
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Presenting (e.g. lecturing, storytelling)

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Listening
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Grammar
Pronunciation
Intercultural

Content
You supply
Website/other users supply

 


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