Hello, everyone
Here we are, at the end of the sixth week. I have just read Marija's blog post and share her thoughts about how we will miss the course. I hope we will keep in touch.
This week was very interesting. Using Power Point is very interesting and useful. My students like it although they like everything that is new and interesting and involves technology. I showed them the presentation I had made and they liked it very much.
As I mentioned before, the problem I am trying to resolve is their speaking skills. I don't expect that it could be done quickly but I will use the tips and technology to make the first steps toward the solution.
At the beginning of the course I thought of the topic concerning Food and Restaurant. I had already given them the task to explore the vocabulary concerning food and I will make a power point presentation. I suggested this site for vocabulary http://www.englishpage.com/vocabulary/interactivelesson4.html They will use this site at home because we do not have access to the internet. Here they have fill in gaps exercises concerning this topic.
There are 10 of them in the group. They will work together making menu by using Word and we will have it printed. When speaking is concerned their task is, with my help of course, to make dialogues for Restaurant. They will have roles as waiter, guests, chef etc.
So far, we have collected the vocabulary and some common expressions used at a restaurant.
I recommended listening to bbc http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/general/expressenglish/2012/01/120130_ee_coffee_tea.shtml and they will use some phrases. They found an interesting restaurant sketch on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfhkuXuQ9eA
As a tool, I am considering of making webquest to have this project in one place. I have so many ideas, I don't know if I am going to succeed and sometimes I am in a panic... There are so many useful sites..
I will write more....
Hi Bojana,
ReplyDeleteAlthough it seems in my week 6 blog reflexion that I have thought of everything, the truth is I also sometimes get panicky. I guess we share a common fear of unknown, will our projects succeed and will we choose the right tools and implement them properly. There is no other solution then to dive into the sea of web tools and find the key to the chosen problem.
I like the topic you have chosen, as restaurant situations are always popular and students enjoy them. At least mine do. And one more plus goes to your students or should I say 12 points (because Eurovision is approaching :), because Monty Python is one of the best TV shows ever.
Marija