Voice Thread

In Meng's Voice Thread, she used pictures to let her students choose a part of it to make sentence, using adjectives as many as they can. To be one of her students, I think it's a really good way to motivate students by some visual materials. Meanwhile, students could use their imagination to create their own sentence without a limitation. Also, the teacher asked to choose a part and circle it by using the colors, which means they can pick any part they prefer and circle it in the color they like. The activity is like a game that including pictures and colors which usually students like the most. According to the above, it's really an appropriate way for practicing vocabulary for young learners.

In Ye's Voice Thread, she offered a picture full of words significant for L2 learning, and let her students to choose one which is the most important for them and make comments about it. I think it's much appropriate for advanced L2 learners who will teach the language in the future. Comparing to give a list using the Word, a picture with colors and distinct size of words looks more interesting.

The two Voice Threads above share a lot of features in common. By using Voice Thread, instructors could give their direction in word, recording or video. And students can answer it in the same way which seems more diversity for both of them to teach and learn the language. Meanwhile, students can see the other answers which offers a way to communicate with their peers.