iReflection on an oral assignment: A) Please choose one sample of your recent oral work: -videoblog 1 -videoblog 2 -oral (either part 2 or 3) Now listen to this sample carefully after having re-read the directions of the assignment. 1) What oral assignment did you choose? What was the goal of the assignment? In order to answer this question read the prompt of the assignment. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 2) Overall, do you think that you achieved the intended goal of the assignment? Are there some aspects that you achieved better than others? What needs improvement? Develop your answer in relation to the directions of the original assignment.

Mystrengthsare…Ineedtoimprove…..

3) How do you assess these specific aspects of your performance? Mark the appropriate cells below with an X: Very good! Good Competent In progress Pronunciation:

Intonation:

Fluency:

Body Language:

Vocabulary:

Grammar: 4) Are you able to spot at least two frequent grammar mistakes you did in this oral assignment? Are you able to correct yourself? Please provide examples and self-correction. Mistake Correction Type of mistake Why this mistake? Esempio: i studenti /il spazio

gli studenti/lo spazio etc...

Agreement Article and noun

I don’t remember the rule or I know the rule but etc...

5) Are you able to spot specific sounds that you tend to mispronounce? Ex: I mispronounce the sound K in words like “casa” “chiesa” “chiaro” .... ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ For fun: go to this site, choose a “scioglilingua” (tonguetwister- but literally tongue melter...) practice it a few times and then record it in Warpwire (name_scioglingua). Don’t worry if you are not perfect. Divertiti! B) Now that your tongue is “melted”, re-record your oral assignment:

Taking into consideration the different elements you analyzed so far, record a new and improved version of the oral assignment you chose. You can provide a shorter version selecting specific passages of the previous oral work. However, record a video of at least 1-2 minutes. Please be careful to avoid the mistakes you noticed in the previous version.

When you are done, upload your video in Warpwire with the title: First_Last_Name_Oral_Self_Assessment C)Looking to the future:

In the future, what kind of everyday practice and strategies do you think you should implement in order to improve your oral production in Italian?