Suitable for first or second language acquisition for any age student, the Anybook Reader is an amazing new device that allows you to read to a student without your even being there! Shaped like a fat pen or pencil which houses a recording device with mini speaker playback capabilities, it runs on 2 AAA records up to 15 hours of audio - enough for a favourite book, enough for 50 books!
Is it easy to use? VERY!
Here are the basics:
Step 1: The first step includes picking a book and placing one of the included AnyBook stickers on pages. Each sticker uses a unique code which allows you to associate different recordings with every page of your book. Don't worry, these stickers use special glue that won’t damage your book so you can remove the stickers at any time. You cannot record on the pre-recorded stickers but the blank stickers may be re-recorded so that you can continue to update and use them.
Step 2: You then activate the sticker by touching it with the AnyBook reader device.
Step 3: Next, you enter record mode and record that page.
Repeat Steps 2 & 3 for the remainder of the book.
Step 4: Done! Allow your students to use the AnyBook Reader to hear the recorded book.
The Anybook Reader can be applied very easily to the other areas of the classroom. Students can progress independently with aural exercises without following the rest of the class, or indeed groups of students can work together using the device. The Anybook Reader encourages independent learning that a teacher can oversee by preparing the audio content in advance. The advantages for a student’s language & pronunciation skills after using this device are endless. What about talking dioramas?
Each Any book reader already comes with 200 stickers, but more are available - see Any Book Reader Stickers for more information.