Week 3

  Enjoy practicing! 

SPEAKING CHALLENGE                                 (Click to Open/Close)

Welcome to the SPEAKING CHALLENGE!

YOU WILL NEED GOOGLE CHROME FOR THIS FEATURE! (Click here to download.)

     Listen to the Avatar say the phrases a few times until you're comfortable with them. Then, read each line out loud several times. After practicing, click on the little microphone and say those words to the computer.
      Practice speaking with the computer until the words you say match the dialog.
     Please enter three words or sounds you cannot say into our spreadsheet in the CLOUD!

      (The microphone icon is sometimes unresponsive, you may have to click it more than once to start it or reset it. Don't give up!)
1. SAY: My living room has a fireplace in the corner.

2. SAY: On one side of the fireplace is a bookcase and on the other side is an end table.
3. SAY: Next to the end table is a cabinet for CDs and another bookcase.
4. SAY: Over in front of the window is a smallish couch.

5. SAY: Above the couch is a Russian icon.

6. SAY: Our living room is carpeted with a beige carpet.

7. SAY: Our entryway has a brick floor.

8. SAY: We also have a Japanese-style chest in our living room.


     Did the computer have any trouble understanding you? Please CLICK ON THIS LINK and type 3 words that were hard for you.

LISTENING CHALLENGE                                 (Click to Open/Close)

Here is a short listening exercise. Please listen to the AVATAR and then take the quiz at Quia.com. (Click this text!)