Enjoy practicing!
SPEAKING CHALLENGE (Click to Open/Close)
Welcome to the SPEAKING CHALLENGE!
YOU WILL NEED 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!)
YOU ARE ASKED FOR DIRECTIONS TO THE LIBRARY AT THE GAS STATION IN THE MAP.
1. SAY: Excuse me, can you tell me how to get to the library?
2. SAY: Yes, do you know where the museum is?
3. SAY: I'm not sure, is it on third avenue?
4. SAY: Yes, it is. It's on third, between Main and Columbus Streets.
5. SAY: Walk past the museum and turn left, heading west on Columbus Street.
6. SAY: Keep going west on Columbus Street until you get to Fifth Avenue.
7. SAY: Turn left onto Fifth Avenue. The entrance is part way down the block.
8. SAY: I think I can find it now. Thank you very much!
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!)
      
      
