This assignment was part of a process where first semester students were first asked to write up a self-portrait with the intention rendering it eventually into a movie.
Step 2: After the draft and rewrite, one of our native speaker proctors read each portrait and saved an audio file on our server which the students used for practicing their pronunciation.
Step 3: students made a first draft of their videos. This page represents this 3rd stage of the project. Ideally each student was to critique three of his/her classmates work; a rubric was given for this purpose. Unfortunately, we had some technical slow-downs, so students were only able to critique one or two.
Step 4: Create a final version taking into account the comments received from students and their instructor. Again, please note that these are not the final projects.

Objectives: developing 4 modes of communicative competence (listening, speaking, writing, and presentational) , developing the metacognitive skills to improve their personal learning,  building a community of learners where students are given the opportunity to help others all while reinforcing their own personal, learning experience.

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Instructor: M. Toulouse                            Lafayette College