ACTIVITIES

Crosswords
Vocabulous!
Word Dictation
Unscramble
Plug-n-Play

Try each of the following activities one time through. Which activities were
particularly helpful to you? Which ones were not? Why?

The activities that I found particularly helpful and not intimidating were Word Dictation, Unscramble and the Crosswords. I enjoyed Word Dication because I could listen to the dictation as many times as necessary before making my guess. Crosswords also allowed a feature like this by allowing the viewer to watch the clip in question. Unscramble was probably the easiest activity for me because the English and Ojibwe were side by side.

The activities I found challenging were the Vocabulous! and the Plug and Play. Although I do appreciate the progress tracking on all of the software.


PRONUNCIATION

Try a dozen or so words on your first attempt. Did your pronunciation improve as you used this feature. Did it improve on your second attempt?

My pronunciation did improve on attempts after my initial attempt. I figured out some of the tricks of using the pronunciation software. Imitating the rise and fall of the first language speaker's voice helped immensely. The phrase I had the most trouble with was waabiski-miigwan-- it was nearly maddening! After doing the series of vocabulary words I attempted the sentences, which was extrememly challenging, but rewarding when I got a WOW!