Thursday, October 23, 2008

Funny activity for Halloween!

This is a matching activity! If you are willing to learn about witchcraft and wizardry then this activity is for you!Match the name with the correct picture and find out how much you know about that topic
Go to : http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-games-wizardry.htm

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Reasons and types of listening we find in textbooks

In this particularly case,I worked with SNAPSHOT(Intermeditae level)
The reasons given for listening:
Listen for comprehension
LIsten and repeat (for intonation)
Listen to check answers
Listen and complete
Types of listening:
-Monologues ( scripted)
-Dialogues (Telephone conversations)
I think that it would be nice to say ´listen and enjoy', but sadly, all textbooks ask our students not only to listen but to write and comprehend the listening at the same time! It would be nice to include other kinds of listenings, such as the listening of stories, songs, sounds(so as to let their ears and minds enjoy rather than worry about what they have to listen in order to do sth else)