Extempore eliminates the need for an expensive language lab for speaking and listening practice. Students work on their computers or mobile devices. Timing parameters ensure spontaneous responses.
You create your classes and assessments on Extempore’s website.
You determine how much time students can have to prepare their answer.
Students hear or watch the prompts on the app or computer and record their responses.
You grade and provide audio or written feedback on your computer or device.
Guest Post by Susana Perez-Castillejo, PhD, Assistant Professor of Spanish, University of St. Thomas. Beyond the Zoom breakout rooms for speaking activities and shared Google docs for collaborative writing practice, there are other tools we can leverage to make our synchronous class meetings a bit more interactive. These are ideas I have been learning these past few[...]
Posted on 2020-04-16 by Thomas Murr
If you would like your students to practice the format of the AP World Language and Culture Exam now instead of waiting until May, Extempore can help. This guide shows how to create Extempore assignments that replicate the same time constraints and environment that your students will have during the test, when completing the Simulated[...]
Posted on 2020-04-10 by Thomas Murr
Nowadays technological developments have affected our lives, how we communicate, how we learn and, of course, our way of teaching. Indeed, it is almost impossible to find a language class that does not use some technological support. Computer assisted language learning has changed the practice of teaching (Chapelle & Voss, 2016). Technology in Language[...]
Posted on 2020-02-10 by Thomas Murr
