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Voice Mail or Telephone Answering Machines Learning English Homographs Directions: Look up the word you want in a Dictionary. Match the correct definition to the correct pronunciation. Use the pronunciation guide inside the dictionary to help you pronounce these words correctly. Make notes so that you can pronounce the word correctly the next time you read each sentence. You may also want to note the definition of the words you dont know. Then call Bro. Christensen and leave him a voice mail of you reading these sentences (see instructions at bottom). 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. We must polish the Polish furniture The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. The soldier decided to desert in the desert. This was a good time to present the present. A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum. When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes. I did not object to the object. The insurance was invalid for the invalid. The bandage was wound around the wound. They were too close to the door to close it. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. Upon seeing the tear in my clothes I shed a tear. I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

Extra Credit 1. After a number of injections my jaw got number. 2. The buck does funny things when the does are present. Sentences taken from the Web and emailed to a multitudinous slurry of recipients till they finally came to me. The original source may be Dlchrane. Its hard to tell. Voice Messaging (anytime day or night) 1. Dial 3991 (or 293-3991 if off campus) 2. Enter 3358# 3. Say your Name clearly (no name, no score) after the beep 4. Read the 15 sentences above (Don't worry if you don't finish before you run out of time, about 1min. 10 seconds) 5. Hang up Voice mail can help Students leave their messages for the teacher even though they couldnt contact the teacher immediately. Voice mail can help teachers to hear students messages

even though they couldnt answer their phone calls immediately. They can still know the messages and answer them back later. EILville (example of Audio, Drawing, and Comparing) Sometimes teachers cant find the right materials they want, so they create them. This was the case for EIL. The EIL program administers the SLEP test. On the test was a map section. This would often cause problems because it which was different from any exercise we did in class. To help the students become familiar with the map exercise format we developed a practice exercise we call EILville.

The exercise provides a chance for students to practice their listening and their comprehension. It can also practice the vocabulary of directions all at the same time. Students need to listen very carefully and choose the correct answer. I think map reading is a good one for students in a writing class because it can require students to comprehend and write down the answer. Writing about directions according to the map would be a good writing assignment. Audio Recording Software There is a lot of software that can be used to record your voice to a computer. One piece of software I like is called Audacity. Audacity is a free download from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/.

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Using MP3 Recorder is very useful when it comes to a speaking test. Students can just simply record their answers and then the teacher can listen later and grade them. Generally, a speaking test is face-to-face between a teacher and a student orally. I think recording could another way in a speaking test. Search about a mp3 or an mp3 In my research, a mp3 has about 3,970,000 results and an mp3 has about 2,890,000 results. I think a mp3 is more common to use, and I will use an mp3 The most common kind of digital music file. Short for MPEG-2 Audio Layer-3, a digital media standard designed by the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG).