Do It Yourself
Videos for
production of online
materials
Videos
demonstrating what
the TextBlender can
do for you
(temptation), how to
make webpages
available on the
Internet, how to use
the TextBlender, some case stories
with the TextBlender,
and how to work with Hot
Potatoes from
installation to ready to
use exercises.
The first
classroom material is a web
based multimedia program with a video on
how to wire an electric plug
followed by exercises like
vocabulary training etc. The text
and video sound is in Basque,
Danish, Dutch, English, Gaelic,
German, Romanian and
Spanish meaning that the program can
be used for teaching all the
languages in the partnership!
N.B. the list of
activities below has
been expanded with many
ready to use online
units. Please click on
"Learning units" in the
main menu to access
these.
The ECS Health
and Safety Assessment - General
Health and Safety
Selections of questions used for
assessment. The text has an audio
track and is followed by 14 multiple
choice questions to test the
understanding of the content.
Selection of 40 and 43 questions
used for assessment. The tests are
based on an original text from SJIB
with the quiz made with the "Hot
Potatoes" software. The tests do not
resemble the ECS tests; the
percentage given is not a true
percentage and the number of
questions in test B is 43 (the real
ECS test has 40 questions).
Original Text: https://www.sjib.org.uk/ecs-questions.htm
Used with permission from
www.select.org.uk Tel: 0131 445 5577
Fax: 0131 445 5548 The Walled
Garden, Bush Estate, Midlothian EH26
0SB
The project teams
have prepared a number of WebQuests
for teaching the project languages
please try some of these:
The
German team has prepared a WebQuest by for teaching technical
English/transport, the quest is in .htm
format.
Try it out
The same Webquest prepared for
teaching German with links to
German sites.
Try it out
The Dutch team
has prepared a WebQuest which can
be used in most European languages,
the actual WebQuest is in Dutch
and English with introduction for
the teacher. The aim of the
WebQuest is to prepare students
for a visit in another country.
Try it out
The Spanish team has
developed a WebQuest where students
create a brochure about the museums
of Valladolid (Spain,
the WebQuest can easily be ported to
other languages and areas. The
WebQuest is in English and Spanish.
Try it out
The Romanian
team has made a WebQuest for
speaking Romanian in
Transylvania - a daring quest.
Try it out
and meet Dracula ..
The Danish
team has made a WebQuest where
the first version is for
teaching English. It's called the
Fuel Cell and deals with
alternative energy.
Try it out
Another WebQuest
made by the Danish team is for
learning Danish (but with
instructions in English). The
students have the tasks
to gather
information about the
traditional energy supply and
about renewable energy in
Denmark in general.
Try it out.
The Basque
team has made a webquest where
the students prepare a three
days trip for tourists to the
Basque country.
Try
it out
The final part
of the student's work above is practical
use of the learned language, i.e.
the student will instruct another
student to wire a real plug and
afterwards change roles.
During Eurocall 2009 Dr Caoimhín Ó Dónaill gave an
inspiring presentation titled "Integrating computer assisted
task-based learning into the language curriculum". Caoimhín
has allowed pools to share his presentation with our users.
Click here to download his PowerPoint presentation:-)
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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