Revision History: Lifeplayer project 2014

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On Thursday, the 28th of August 2014 we finally reached the last phase of the Lifeplayer project. Therefore Antje Hering, two Victoria girls from the Lifeplayer project (Siphosethu Mboleka and Yamkela Mcatsha) and I headed off towards Samuel Ntsiko Primary School in Joza, Grahamstown.
For one hour in the afternoon, we used our recorded stories onto the Lifeplayer to assist and teach grade six learners in reading English. Siphosethu and Yamkela decided to work together with the students on the Aesop fable "The ant and the grasshopper". The grade six learners practiced their English language skills in reading the fable, listening to our recorded audio book and answering questions according to the story. At the end of our English lesson, the VG girls recorded the students while reading.
Learner both enjoyed listening to the stories and recording themselves reading. The Samuel Ntsiko English teacher was glad her learners experienced something new apart from their usual English lesson.

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On Thursday, the 28th of August 2014 we finally reached the last phase of the Lifeplayer project. Therefore Antje Hering, two Victoria girls from the Lifeplayer project (Siphosethu Mboleka and Yamkela Mcatsha) and I headed off towards Samuel Ntsiko Primary School in Joza, Grahamstown.
For one hour in the afternoon, we used our recorded stories onto the Lifeplayer to assist and teach grade six learners in reading English. Siphosethu and Yamkela decided to work together with the students on the Aesop fable "The ant and the grasshopper". The grade six learners practiced their English language skills in reading the fable, listening to our recorded audio book and answering questions according to the story. At the end of our English lesson, the VG girls recorded the students while reading.
Learner both enjoyed listening to the stories and recording themselves reading. The Samuel Ntsiko English teacher was glad her learners experienced something new apart from their usual English lesson.

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On the 7th and the 13th of August in the afternoon, we headed off towards the Rhodes University journalism department. After a few months praciticing to read stories and taking part in drama sessions, we finally reached our goal and recorded five stories at the recording studio. Therefore we were assisted by the third year radio student, Candice Theres le Kay in recording the German fairytale "Little Red Riding Hood" and four Aesop fables.
In the following awarenet session, the students wrote blogs about their experiences during the recording sessions.

recording session:

Siphosihle Mboyo

My personal experience with the life player so far has been a very nice one.I was taught many things like voice training, pronounciation and communication. I enjoyed playing the games which prepared us for the recording sessions.I was working on a short story called The Lion and The Mouse I had to read it several times inorder for me to have the perfect tone and reading speed.Knowing that the life player will help many children with reading and understanding english I felt quite privillaged.

When we got to the Recording studios at the university of Rhodes I was very excited.I enjoyed the recording session with Candice because it taught me a lot of things like concentration,reading speed,pronounciation and confidence. This experience was a one of a kind because its not everyday that one gets the chance of helping others while doing what they love the most.

If you would like to read all of the blogs, please click HERE.

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On the 7th and the 13th of August in the afternoon, six Victoria girls from the Lifeplayer project, Antje and I headed off towards the Rhodes University journalism department.
After a few months practicing to read stories in an exciting way and taking part in drama sessions, we finally reached our goal and recorded five stories at the recording studio. Therefore we were assisted by the third year radio student, Candice Therese le Kay in recording the German fairytale “Little Red Riding Hood” and a bunch of Aesop fables.

In the following awarenet session, the students wrote blogs about their experiences during the recording sessions.

recording session:

Siphosihle Mboyo

My personal experience with the life player so far has been a very nice one.I was taught many things like voice training, pronounciation and communication. I enjoyed playing the games which prepared us for the recording sessions.I was working on a short story called The Lion and The Mouse I had to read it several times inorder for me to have the perfect tone and reading speed.Knowing that the life player will help many children with reading and understanding english I felt quite privillaged.

When we got to the Recording studios at the university of Rhodes I was very excited.I enjoyed the recording session with Candice because it taught me a lot of things like concentration,reading speed,pronounciation and confidence. This experience was a one of a kind because its not everyday that one gets the chance of helping others while doing what they love the most.

If you would like to read all of the blogs, please click HERE.

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According to the section "8. Sound recordings" -
please find the recordings and the stories from VG below:


1 The ant and the grasshopper:

1.1 recordings:

1.2 text:

Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow.
All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains of wheat from the farmer's field far away. She would hurry to the field every morning, as soon as it was light enough to see by, and toil back with a heavy grain of wheat balanced on her head. She would put the grain of wheat carefully away in her larder, and then hurry back to the field for another one. All day long she would work, without stop or rest, scurrying back and forth from the field, collecting the grains of
wheat and storing them carefully in her larder.

The grasshopper would look at her and laugh. 'Why do you work so hard, dear ant?' he would say. 'Come, rest awhile, listen to my song. Summer is here, the days are long and bright. Why waste the sunshine in labour and toil?'

The ant would ignore him and would just hurry to the field a little faster. This would make the grasshopper laugh even louder. 'What a silly little ant you are!' he would call after her. 'Come, come and dance with me! Forget about work! Enjoy the summer! Live a little!' And the grasshopper would hop away across the meadow, singing and dancing merrily.

Summer faded into autumn, and autumn turned into winter. The sun was hardly seen, and the days were short and grey, the nights long and dark. It became freezing cold, and snow began to fall.

The grasshopper didn't feel like singing any more. He was cold and hungry. He had nowhere to shelter from the snow, and nothing to eat. The meadow and the farmer's field were covered in snow, and there was no food to be had. 'Oh what shall I do? Where shall I go?' wailed the grasshopper. Suddenly he remembered the ant. 'Ah - I shall go to the ant and ask her for food and shelter!' declared the grasshopper. So off he went to the ant's house and knocked at her door. 'Hello ant!' he cried cheerfully. 'Here I am, to sing for you, as I warm myself by your fire,
while you get me some food from that larder of yours!'
The ant looked at the grasshopper and said, 'All summer long I worked hard while you made fun of me, and sang and danced. I stored just enough food for the winter, it's true. I can't feed you all winter, or I'll starve too’.

The ant gave the grasshopper a few crumbs, but the grasshopper was cold, miserable, and hungry all winter. The next summer, the grasshopper worked hard to store food for the upcoming winter. That next winter, grasshopper was well fed and happy! He had learned to think ahead and plan for the future.

2 The town mouse and the country mouse:

2.1 recordings:

2.2 text:

Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went to visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town mouse and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely.

The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this dinner and said: "I cannot understand, Cousin, how you put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in the country; come you with me, I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week you will wonder how ever stood a country life." No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for town and arrived at the Town residence late at night.

"You will want some refreshment after our long journey," said the polite Town Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and barking. "What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the dogs of the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse. "I do not like that music at my dinner." Just
at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country Mouse, "What! going so soon?" said the other. "Yes," he replied; "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."'

3 The lion and the mouse:

3.1 recordings:

3.2 text:

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to scare her.

"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and someday I will surely repay you." The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.

Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free. "You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."

4 The fox and the stork:

4.1 recordings:

4.2 text:

The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing.
"You must come and dine with me today," he said to the Stork, smiling to himself at the trick he was going to play.

The Stork gladly accepted the invitation and arrived in a good time and with a very good appetite. For dinner the Fox served soup. But it was set out in a very shallow dish, and all the Stork could do was to wet the very tip of his bill. Not a drop of soup could he get. But the Fox lapped it up easily, and, to increase the disappointment of the Stork, made a great show of enjoyment.

The hungry Stork was much displeased at the trick, but he was a calm, even-tempered fellow and saw no good in flying into a rage. Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. The Fox arrived promptly at the time that had been set, and the Stork served a fish dinner that had a very appetizing smell. But it was served in a tall jar with a very narrow neck. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor. And when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly: Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.

5 Little Red Riding Hood:

5.1 recordings:

5.2 text:

Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next. Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Cap.

One day her mother said to her, "Come Little Red Cap. Here is a piece of cake and bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your sick grandmother."

Little Red Cap promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him.

"Good day to you, Little Red Cap."
"Thank you, wolf."
"Where are you going so early, Little Red Cap?"
"To grandmother's."
"And what are you carrying under your apron?"
"Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her some cake and wine."
"Little Red Cap, just where does your grandmother live?"
"Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three large oak trees. There's a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must know the place," said Little Red Cap.

The wolf thought to himself, "Now there is a tasty bite for me. Just how are you going to catch her?" Then he said, "Listen, Little Red Cap, haven't you seen the beautiful flowers that are blossoming in the woods? Why don't you go and take a look? And I don't believe you can hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on your way to school in the village. It is very beautiful in the woods."

Little Red Cap opened her eyes and saw the sunlight breaking through the trees and how the ground was covered with beautiful flowers. She thought, "If I take a bouquet to grandmother, she will be very pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I'll be home on time." And she ran off into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even
more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods. But the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked on the door.

"Who's there?"
"Little Red Cap. I'm bringing you cake and wine. Open the door for me."
"Just press the latch. I'm too weak to get up."

The wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them on, and put her cap on his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.

Little Red Cap had run after flowers, and did not continue on her way to grandmother's until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she arrived, she found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and everything looked so strange that she thought, "Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at grandmother's." Then she went to the bed and
pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.

"Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear you with."
"Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see you with."
"Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!"
"All the better to grab you with!"
"Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!"
"All the better to eat you with!" And with that he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red Cap, and ate her up. As soon as the wolf had finished this tasty bite, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.

A huntsman was just passing by. He thought it was strange that the old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take a look. He stepped inside, and in the bed there laid the wolf that he had been hunting for such a long time. "He has eaten the grandmother, but perhaps she still can be saved." thought the huntsman. So he took a pair of scissors and cut open his belly. Little Red Cap jumped out of the wolf’s belly and cried, "Oh, I was so frightened! It was
so dark inside the wolf's body!" And then the grandmother came out alive as well.

Together they chased away the wolf and the three of them were happy. The grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine that Little Red Cap had brought. And Little Red Cap thought to herself, "As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to”

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According to the section "8. Sound recordings" -
please find the recordings and the stories from VG below:


1 The ant and the grasshopper:

1.1 recordings:

1.2 text:

Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow.
All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains of wheat from the farmer's field far away. She would hurry to the field every morning, as soon as it was light enough to see by, and toil back with a heavy grain of wheat balanced on her head. She would put the grain of wheat carefully away in her larder, and then hurry back to the field for another one. All day long she would work, without stop or rest, scurrying back and forth from the field, collecting the grains of
wheat and storing them carefully in her larder.

The grasshopper would look at her and laugh. 'Why do you work so hard, dear ant?' he would say. 'Come, rest awhile, listen to my song. Summer is here, the days are long and bright. Why waste the sunshine in labour and toil?'

The ant would ignore him and would just hurry to the field a little faster. This would make the grasshopper laugh even louder. 'What a silly little ant you are!' he would call after her. 'Come, come and dance with me! Forget about work! Enjoy the summer! Live a little!' And the grasshopper would hop away across the meadow, singing and dancing merrily.

Summer faded into autumn, and autumn turned into winter. The sun was hardly seen, and the days were short and grey, the nights long and dark. It became freezing cold, and snow began to fall.

The grasshopper didn't feel like singing any more. He was cold and hungry. He had nowhere to shelter from the snow, and nothing to eat. The meadow and the farmer's field were covered in snow, and there was no food to be had. 'Oh what shall I do? Where shall I go?' wailed the grasshopper. Suddenly he remembered the ant. 'Ah - I shall go to the ant and ask her for food and shelter!' declared the grasshopper. So off he went to the ant's house and knocked at her door. 'Hello ant!' he cried cheerfully. 'Here I am, to sing for you, as I warm myself by your fire,
while you get me some food from that larder of yours!'
The ant looked at the grasshopper and said, 'All summer long I worked hard while you made fun of me, and sang and danced. I stored just enough food for the winter, it's true. I can't feed you all winter, or I'll starve too’.

The ant gave the grasshopper a few crumbs, but the grasshopper was cold, miserable, and hungry all winter. The next summer, the grasshopper worked hard to store food for the upcoming winter. That next winter, grasshopper was well fed and happy! He had learned to think ahead and plan for the future.

2 The town mouse and the country mouse:

2.1 recordings:

2.2 text:

Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went to visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town mouse and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely.

The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this dinner and said: "I cannot understand, Cousin, how you put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in the country; come you with me, I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week you will wonder how ever stood a country life." No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for town and arrived at the Town residence late at night.

"You will want some refreshment after our long journey," said the polite Town Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and barking. "What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the dogs of the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse. "I do not like that music at my dinner." Just
at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country Mouse, "What! going so soon?" said the other. "Yes," he replied; "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."'

3 The lion and the mouse:

3.1 recordings:

3.2 text:

A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to scare her.

"Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and someday I will surely repay you." The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.

Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free. "You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."

4 The fox and the stork:

4.1 recordings:

4.2 text:

The Fox one day thought of a plan to amuse himself at the expense of the Stork, at whose odd appearance he was always laughing.
"You must come and dine with me today," he said to the Stork, smiling to himself at the trick he was going to play.

The Stork gladly accepted the invitation and arrived in a good time and with a very good appetite. For dinner the Fox served soup. But it was set out in a very shallow dish, and all the Stork could do was to wet the very tip of his bill. Not a drop of soup could he get. But the Fox lapped it up easily, and, to increase the disappointment of the Stork, made a great show of enjoyment.

The hungry Stork was much displeased at the trick, but he was a calm, even-tempered fellow and saw no good in flying into a rage. Instead, not long afterward, he invited the Fox to dine with him in turn. The Fox arrived promptly at the time that had been set, and the Stork served a fish dinner that had a very appetizing smell. But it was served in a tall jar with a very narrow neck. The Stork could easily get at the food with his long bill, but all the Fox could do was to lick the outside of the jar, and sniff at the delicious odor. And when the Fox lost his temper, the Stork said calmly: Do not play tricks on your neighbors unless you can stand the same treatment yourself.

5 Little Red Riding Hood:

5.1 recordings:

5.2 text:

Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next. Once she gave her a little cap made of red velvet. Because it suited her so well, and she wanted to wear it all the time, she came to be known as Little Red Cap.

One day her mother said to her, "Come Little Red Cap. Here is a piece of cake and bottle of wine. Take them to your grandmother. She is sick and weak, and they will do her well. Mind your manners and give her my greetings. Behave yourself on the way, and do not leave the path, or you might fall down and break the glass, and then there will be nothing for your sick grandmother."

Little Red Cap promised to obey her mother. The grandmother lived out in the woods, a half hour from the village. When Little Red Cap entered the woods a wolf came up to her. She did not know what a wicked animal he was, and was not afraid of him.

"Good day to you, Little Red Cap."
"Thank you, wolf."
"Where are you going so early, Little Red Cap?"
"To grandmother's."
"And what are you carrying under your apron?"
"Grandmother is sick and weak, and I am taking her some cake and wine."
"Little Red Cap, just where does your grandmother live?"
"Her house is a good quarter hour from here in the woods, under the three large oak trees. There's a hedge of hazel bushes there. You must know the place," said Little Red Cap.

The wolf thought to himself, "Now there is a tasty bite for me. Just how are you going to catch her?" Then he said, "Listen, Little Red Cap, haven't you seen the beautiful flowers that are blossoming in the woods? Why don't you go and take a look? And I don't believe you can hear how beautifully the birds are singing. You are walking along as though you were on your way to school in the village. It is very beautiful in the woods."

Little Red Cap opened her eyes and saw the sunlight breaking through the trees and how the ground was covered with beautiful flowers. She thought, "If I take a bouquet to grandmother, she will be very pleased. Anyway, it is still early, and I'll be home on time." And she ran off into the woods looking for flowers. Each time she picked one she thought that she could see an even
more beautiful one a little way off, and she ran after it, going further and further into the woods. But the wolf ran straight to the grandmother's house and knocked on the door.

"Who's there?"
"Little Red Cap. I'm bringing you cake and wine. Open the door for me."
"Just press the latch. I'm too weak to get up."

The wolf pressed the latch, and the door opened. He stepped inside, went straight to the grandmother's bed, and ate her up. Then he took her clothes, put them on, and put her cap on his head. He got into her bed and pulled the curtains shut.

Little Red Cap had run after flowers, and did not continue on her way to grandmother's until she had gathered all that she could carry. When she arrived, she found, to her surprise, that the door was open. She walked into the parlor, and everything looked so strange that she thought, "Oh, my God, why am I so afraid? I usually like it at grandmother's." Then she went to the bed and
pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.

"Oh, grandmother, what big ears you have!"
"All the better to hear you with."
"Oh, grandmother, what big eyes you have!"
"All the better to see you with."
"Oh, grandmother, what big hands you have!"
"All the better to grab you with!"
"Oh, grandmother, what a horribly big mouth you have!"
"All the better to eat you with!" And with that he jumped out of bed, jumped on top of poor Little Red Cap, and ate her up. As soon as the wolf had finished this tasty bite, he climbed back into bed, fell asleep, and began to snore very loudly.

A huntsman was just passing by. He thought it was strange that the old woman was snoring so loudly, so he decided to take a look. He stepped inside, and in the bed there laid the wolf that he had been hunting for such a long time. "He has eaten the grandmother, but perhaps she still can be saved." thought the huntsman. So he took a pair of scissors and cut open his belly. Little Red Cap jumped out of the wolf’s belly and cried, "Oh, I was so frightened! It was
so dark inside the wolf's body!" And then the grandmother came out alive as well.

Together they chased away the wolf and the three of them were happy. The grandmother ate the cake and drank the wine that Little Red Cap had brought. And Little Red Cap thought to herself, "As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to”

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According to the section "8. Sound recordings" -
please find the recordings and the stories from VG below:


1. The ant and the grasshopper:

1.1 recordings:

1.2 text:

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According to the section "8. Sound recordings" -
please find the recordings and the stories from VG below:


1. The ant and the grasshopper:

1.1 recordings:

1.2 text:

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