What is the Audacity?
Audacity is a free audio editing and recording computer programme. With Audacity, you can edit record live audio, cut; copy or mix sounds together and change the speed of a recording. Audacity is the perfect tool for podcasting.
The Benefits to Teachers
Audacity enables teachers’ unique way in distributing information to students by being able to pre-record information before class. Teachers can use Audacity to record lectures, dialogues or other types of speaking text and upload them to a server to be available for anyone. Teachers can also use Audacity to create videos of additional resources and information for help outside of the classroom.
The Benefits to Students
Audacity can be used in the classroom to create presentations. It helps the students become more involved in their learning. Students have more practice time on computers and they also learn how to use this software as a tool for future ideas and projects.
How to use Audacity in language classrooms?
• Record oral language test,
• Read and record story or conversation ,
• Use to self-evaluate or critique as class,
• Record vocabulary words and meanings.
• Students write a story,
• Read it on audacity,
• Listen to the story for expression,
• Download the story on school web page for parents.
Audacity can be used to:
• Record live audio,
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings,
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV, or AIFF sound files,
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together,
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording…
