TV adverts aimed at attracting tourists are quite predictable when it comes to presenting the characteristics of a country and its people. Showing the most beautiful and interesting places of the country, inserting the adequate background music, adding some filters to create the specific atmosphere of those places and people, and there you are, you […]
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How to Build Your Own Vocabulary: Creating Videos!
When learning a foreign language a tedious task is learning and training new vocabulary. You can do this by means of rote memorization or you might want to build up your own word bank in a more creative way. Some might use a web-based flash cards builder and tester, such as Quizlet or Ediscio. The […]
Dictation Race Using Google Docs
Dictation race is a method that employs movement, short-term memory, listening, reading and spelling abilities. This video shows how dictation race can be used with Google Docs. Each group is given a different text section and they have to type it into the computer. After that you can merge the text sections and do various […]
Test Prep
1. The activity I’m proposing here is aimed at revising your knowledge on country names and their adjectives (and nationalities if they are different from the adjectives). You will work in pairs with one computer. You will play together the game called ‘Can you name the Countries of the World?‘ The online player has to […]