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We won a weekend in a Luxury RV but we are just as happy in a tent with no electricity.
Me, my 102-yr old aunty and my Mum, 85
An EAP student gets a rare opportunity to hold a baby Ringtail Possum
Live in the moment and look for things that make you smile
Karen's Web Projects: CLN618
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About Me
- kazlivmo
- Hi, I'm Karen. I teach English language at a university in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and make movies in my spare time. I love travelling, photography, musical theatre and learning languages but more about that as time goes on.
The Four of Us
We won a weekend in a Luxury RV but we are just as happy in a tent with no electricity.
My Family
Me, my 102-yr old aunty and my Mum, 85
My favourite websites
Musical Theatre
- The Producers
- 42nd Street
- Sunset Boulevard
- Beauty and the Beast
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Avenue Q
- Gilbert and Sullivan
An EAP student gets a rare opportunity to hold a baby Ringtail Possum
Sem 2, 2007 CLN618 Blog lnks
Blog Archive
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- ► 4 November (2)
- ▼ 28 October (8)
- ► 21 October (4)
- ► 16 September (2)
My favourite things
- Fishing
- Thunderstorms
- Tigers
- Frogs
- Snakes
1 comment:
Hi Karen
Clearly you have a carefully worked-out plan to help your learners to learn more about art and history from your website. Your product is very successful and you give lots of interesting visual inputs (music, video, songs, pictures, dramas, and graphics) to motivate your learners to learn English. Your instructions are very clear and easy to follow. The materials are well-selected and your activities are highly-focused on your topic.
However, you didn’t mention your learner’s background, for example, EFL? ESL context or native speakers? As an EFL/ESL learner, I think some contents are too hard for me, let alone the year 8 to 10 students. Your learners should have a very high English proficiency such as reading skills, listening skills and some knowledge about art and paintings. Otherwise, they can’t achieve your goals. Art itself is abstract and it’s not easy to understand. I think your target audience are senior high students or young adults. They are interested in reading visual art or abstract things.
Regarding activities, you put a famous song about Van Gogh on your cloze exercise, it’s a comprehensible input for your learners and they can learn with fun. I think Year 8 to 10 students maybe like pop songs or popular culture things rather than classical songs. I played piano for years however I liked the pop music.
Just one more point, please check the wikipedia link, because it doesn’t work! Match 1 and 2 repeat.
Overall, you have done a good job! And I think you spent much time on creating such lovely product with varies and communicative exercises. However, from my point of view, you overestimate your learners’ abilities and their patience. I think some of your learners are finding your tasks very difficult, e.g. crossword and jumble exercise.
I love your ideas and I enjoy reading your websit.
Maggie
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