Plec generates foldable Catalan dictations, with audio, so that students can mark their own work
An open app creates lists of words or pseudowords to dictate in class, printed on a folded sheet so that students can check their own answers.
Plec, created by Aarón Fortuño according to the project’s website, is an open resource (MIT licence) for practising Catalan spelling. Teachers choose between dictations of words or of pseudowords, from 8 to 24 items, with an indicative level (middle primary, upper primary or secondary school) and filters by spelling difficulty. Its presentation mentions a catalogue of around 3,300 words.
The result is printed as a PDF with a fold into thirds or quarters of a sheet, so that the solution stays hidden: the teacher dictates, the students write and then unfold the sheet to mark their own work. Each dictation has a code that makes it possible to retrieve the same list, with the same words in the same order, from another device.
The words can be listened to, which allows it to be used as an independent task in class or at home. There is audio in Central Catalan and Valencian; the Mallorcan variety is on hold while its phonetic transcription is reviewed.
The app requires no accounts and does not store dictations on a server. It is entirely in Catalan.
Plec generates foldable Catalan dictations, with audio, so that students can mark their own work
An open app creates lists of words or pseudowords to dictate in class, printed on a folded sheet so that students can check their own answers.
Plec, created by Aarón Fortuño according to the project’s website, is an open resource (MIT licence) for practising Catalan spelling. Teachers choose between dictations of words or of pseudowords, from 8 to 24 items, with an indicative level (middle primary, upper primary or secondary school) and filters by spelling difficulty. Its presentation mentions a catalogue of around 3,300 words.
The result is printed as a PDF with a fold into thirds or quarters of a sheet, so that the solution stays hidden: the teacher dictates, the students write and then unfold the sheet to mark their own work. Each dictation has a code that makes it possible to retrieve the same list, with the same words in the same order, from another device.
The words can be listened to, which allows it to be used as an independent task in class or at home. There is audio in Central Catalan and Valencian; the Mallorcan variety is on hold while its phonetic transcription is reviewed.
The app requires no accounts and does not store dictations on a server. It is entirely in Catalan.
