MailVu.vom
What is this?
This is an extremely powerful tool for both learners and teachers to make a video of themselves and send it to the person they would like to.
Why and to use it?
It makes use of multimedia by utilising sound and video so that learners can see themselves speaking at the same time of recording the video. They can repeat their video-recorded message as many times as they would like with a click of a button. Their video message could be sent to their peers or teachers.
It increases awareness of weaknesses in pronunciation areas not to mention developing natural speaking skills. Paralinguistic features like face expressions, gestures, and some bodily movements have been proven to increase the level of second language acquisition and the development of multi-functional skills for learners. I can spot great potential for the use of this tool in the classroom and take the learning process outside the classroom in a fun, interactive, motivating, and outside-the-box way.
How to use it?
Russell Stannard has suggested some way for teacher to use it in the next video:
Just type mailvu.com, press record, and send it to your students. Yes, it is as simple as that. You can also set a number of times to be shown or to be deleted automatically after a certain times of viewing it. I think this could be a useful way for teachers to ensure that their students have watched the recorded message on a particular day to set a time limit for them. Learners could be also assigned to interview each other and scaffold their language until they are satisfied with the recorded message. In a way it teaches students to do video editing which is a skill rarely, if ever, used in the classroom.
Limitations:
There are two limitations for this tool. First, it cannot be shared with an on-line community like podcasts, and seccond, you cannot embed it on your website or blog. However, you can e-mail it to yourself and watch the recorded message as much as you desire!
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