Task Purpose Feedback Offline version: In class, Create an interest in the Depending on the age brainstorm questions to task, help students get and language level, the ask a colleague, check the information needed teacher may have to that the questions are to create a short help with forming, correct, choose a biography correcting or choosing number to create a list the questions. of interview questions. Online version: add questions to the class wiki page for the task, correct any mistakes in other questions and choose a number for a personal list of interview questions Interview a colleague Practice speaking (pair The level of the and make notes of the work) teacher’s guidance in answers. Use the writing and correction of answers to write a short Practice writing a short depends on the age and paragraph introducing paragraph describing a language level of the the colleague. Show person students your writing to the colleague to help you Peer correction correct /finish. Online version: write your paragraph on the class wiki page for other students to read/help you correct or finish. The teacher supervises and helps the students. In the computer lab log Revise vocabulary, Students who have on to to create an speaking practice written about each other avatar representing can be paired to work yourself, choose an on the avatars together appropriate background so they revise and frame. vocabulary together and agree on each other’s Record your message features. using the microphone or If two students work on paste the text to turn it one computer, they into speech. create one avatar at the Play to check everything time, so the time for is correct and publish the exercise has to be your Voki on the carefully planned. appropriate wiki page or send it to the teacher’s email address.
Task Purpose Feedback Offline version: In class, brainstorm questions to ask a colleague, check that the questions are correct, choose a number to create a list of interview questions. Online version: add questions to the class wiki page for the task, correct any mistakes in other questions and choose a number for a personal list of interview questions Create an interest in the task, help students get the information needed to create a short biography Depending on the age and language level, the teacher may have to help with forming, correcting or choosing the questions. Interview a colleague and make notes of the answers. Use the answers to write a short paragraph introducing the colleague. Show your writing to the colleague to help you correct /finish. Online version: write your paragraph on the class wiki page for other students to read/help you correct or finish. The teacher supervises and helps the students. Practice speaking (pair work) Practice writing a short paragraph describing a person Peer correction The level of the teacher’s guidance in writing and correction of depends on the age and language level of the students In the computer lab log on to to create an avatar representing yourself, choose an appropriate background and frame. Record your message using the microphone or paste the text to turn it into speech. Play to check everything is correct and publish your Voki on the appropriate wiki page or send it to the teacher’s email address. Revise vocabulary, speaking practice Students who have written about each other can be paired to work on the avatars together so they revise vocabulary together and agree on each other’s features. If two students work on one computer, they create one avatar at the time, so the time for the exercise has to be carefully planned.