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This is where you can help your friends learning a language that you speak and get help from native speakers. You can help your friends by reviewing their work and answering their questions. You can get help by reading or listening to their feedback about your exercises and questions. The reviewing process works like a forum where you can have multiple comments about a single exercise. Comments can be in writing or by sending a recorded message.
- The submissions are divided in 2 lists:
- Submissions to review: These are your friends’ submissions. You can access their submissions by clicking on the exercise name on the list. You can also sort their submissions by Language and search among friends and all members. To search for a specific member or friend, put their name on the "Search" box.
- My submissions: These are the exercises you submitted from Let’s Practice 2. You can access your submissions by clicking on the exercise name on the list. You can also sort your submissions language, just click on the drop-down button by "Sort" and select the language. You can delete your submissions by clicking on "Delete" next to each exercise on the list.
- 5.1 Types of Submissions
There are 3 main types of submissions: Writing, Speaking and Questions
- 5.1.1 Speaking Submissions
Help your friends learn your language! Listen to their responses and submit your feedback in writing or audio. There are 2 types of speaking submissions:
- 5.1.1.1 How is My Pronunciation?
Here your friend is supposed to read a dialogue out loud and record. The text of the dialogue that he/she was supposed to record will be displayed so you can read it while you listen. Click on the "Audio" icon to listen to their audio exercise and give your feedback in writing or by recording a message.
- 5.1.1.2 How is My Pronunciation?
Here your friend is supposed to follow the instructions for the exercise and record his/her response. Read the instruction of the exercise he/she was supposed to follow, click on the "Audio" icon to listen to his/her response and give your feedback in writing or by recording message.
- 5.1.1.1 How is My Pronunciation?
- 5.1.2 Writing Submissions
Help your friend learn your language! Read to their responses and submit your feedback in writing or audio. There is 1 type of writing submission:
- 5.1.2.1 Check Out My Written Responses
This is where your friend was supposed to follow the instruction of the exercise and type his/her response. Read the instruction of the exercise he/she was supposed to follow, read his/her response and give your feedback in writing or a recorded message.
- 5.1.2.1 Check Out My Written Responses
- 5.1.3 Questions
Help your friends and answer their questions! Read the questions and submit your answer in writing or record a message.
- 5.1.1 Speaking Submissions
- 5.2 Give your feedback
Help your friends! Click on Writing, Speaking or Questions and choose a submission from the list. Follow the instructions, read or listen to your friends’ response and give your feedback. Note that the descriptions of the exercises will be displayed so you know the instructions of the exercises that your friend was supposed to follow.
- Text feedback: Write your feedback on the text box below the response and click "Submit".
- Audio feedback: Press the "Record" button and begin to speak. When you finish, press "Stop" and then "Send" to submit the exercise to your friends for review. You can listen to your recording before submitting by clicking on "Play" BEFORE clicking on "Send". You will need to refresh the page to see your recording on the list. DO NOT press "SEND" more than once or it will show your feedback duplicated.
If you wish to replace the recording just click on "Record" button again and begin recording. Once you click on "Send" you cannot replace the audio file. You will need to have Java installed in your computer. To get Java software for free click here:http://www.java.com.
* If you are using a laptop, you probably have a microphone built in the computer. Check the volume of your microphone before recoding.
Windows Vista: Go to: Control Panel - Hardware and Sound - Sound - Recording - Select the microphone - Levels
Mac: Go to: System Preferences - Sound - Input - 5.3 Listen/Read to feedbacks
Get help from your friends! Click on Writing, Speaking or Questions and choose a submission from the list. The feedbacks will be listed below your response. Click on the audio icons o listen to audio feedbacks.