Talk to Move is a technological platform to increase the level of English for the students at Liceo Sinai High School. With four platforms, a resource database, blogging, video chat and digital library, the students can practice real-life authentic English, increase their exposure to real-life situations, and create their own English experiences. Talk to Move serves to create cross-cultural connections, as well as, to motivate the student's to learn and produce English in the English Conversation Classrooms. Through technology students are motivated and encouraged to practice their English through several mediums, including video chat, a database, blogging and creating their own ebooks. They can increase their cultural understanding of the world whilst practice their spoken and written English. Instead of reading another textbook or worksheet the content is created on an authentic situation in conjunction with the MEP curriculum. The majority of twenty-first century high school students have cell phones at the tip of their fingertips ready to navigate away.
As Liceo Sinai is the first accredited institution in the Southern Region of Costa Rica as an International Baccalaureate school it is vital for the students to increase their cultural understanding and connection to the world.
Talk to Move will encourage students to practice their English speaking and listening skills with other peers or Native English speakers in a controlled but authentic setting. Our goal is to increase the students potential to produce their own thoughts by creating their own conversations and build confidence and opportunities to practice the language.
Talk to Move is here to:
Talk to Move was created in response to a student survey in 2016, our student body was interested in increasing their cultural understanding through the use of technology, willing to use technology at home or in the classroom, and more confident in practicing their English skills with a native speaker. Teachers realized student’s needed more motivation and engagement in the English classroom and more opportunities to practice their speaking skills. Talk to Move is a part of the National Educational Innovation Program.
As Liceo Sinai is the first accredited institution in the Southern Region of Costa Rica as an International Baccalaureate school it is vital for the students to increase their cultural understanding and connection to the world.
Talk to Move will encourage students to practice their English speaking and listening skills with other peers or Native English speakers in a controlled but authentic setting. Our goal is to increase the students potential to produce their own thoughts by creating their own conversations and build confidence and opportunities to practice the language.
Talk to Move is here to:
- Improve English speaking, reading, writing, and listening skills through experiential learning.
- Share ideas, experiences, and opinions.
- Create cross-cultural communication between Costa Rica and the United States.
- Share our resources.
Talk to Move was created in response to a student survey in 2016, our student body was interested in increasing their cultural understanding through the use of technology, willing to use technology at home or in the classroom, and more confident in practicing their English skills with a native speaker. Teachers realized student’s needed more motivation and engagement in the English classroom and more opportunities to practice their speaking skills. Talk to Move is a part of the National Educational Innovation Program.