Philoxenia; A radical approach to friendship is a discourse of friendship that, according to Gandhi, finds its existence through philoxenia, “a love for guests, strangers, and foreigners.” Ghandi continues that “philoxenic solidarities are .. emotionally risky.
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Newsletter : Another merry soul in seoul -Cardoner team
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Monday, June 15, 2015
interesting webquests for English learners
Some interesting webquests for English learners – by
Miquel Angel
You can find the full list (44) here:: http://webquestcat.net/category/llengua-anglesa/
1st level
1 All
about britain
2 level
2 BECOMING A KNIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
AGES
3r level
3a) Young
explorers: Australia
Laia González i Prat, -
12th July 2009.
3b)
GONDWANA TALES
WEGENERS’S theory
(1912) wasn't accepted at the beginning: it would take time to other scientists
to accept that Earth had a so long and complex history. (1933)
Project work:
Step 1: Work in teams of three. One session (1 h).
Step 2: Work in teams of three, reorganized from the previous session. One
session (1 h).
Steps 3 and 4: Work in teams of three, keep the same teams as in Step 2.
Two-Three sessions (2-3 x 1h).
Step 5: Same teams as in the precedent step. Two sessions, complemented by
homework.
Portfolio and Workshop sessions should be inserted in this calendar
following the needs and possibilities of the project. You should consider 2
additional hours for portfolio ( 40 x 10 min sessions) and Workshop sessions (5
x 15 min sessions).
4rt level
4a) NAME: Hollywood
and the Oscars -2009
LEVEL: 4th of English of Escola Oficial d'Idiomes
TIMING: 3 / 4 sessions of about 1 hour 40 minutes
STUDENTS: groups of 4 people,
4b)
Victorian Times
the brand new Time Machine !! The only chance you will
have in your life to meet Charles Dickens, to follow the trail of the infamous
Jack the Ripper, to witness the invention of the photography, to listen to
Rigoletto for the first time, to wander round the Great Exhibition ….Come and
join us !!!
Autors: Anna Aznar i Jordi Jordán
developed as part of the project LET'S LIVE A COUNTRY , with which students in Batxillerat learn about
History and Literature of the countries whose language they are studying
The lesson is organized so that 2 or 3 students can follow the WebQuest
directions at the computer to complete 7 tasks. Ideally, this project will take
about ten, 50 minute class periods
Teams ( 2 o 3 people ) and each team will be in charge of a
different section.
assignment, you will need to produce
the following pieces of work:
1. A printed newspaper (
group-class)
2. 2. Written article/s (
individual work)
3. 3. A website ( team work
)
4. 4. Oral presentation of
team work to class (team)
5e level
5a) TODAY’S NEWS – ISABEL PEREZ (2009)
English
Department has organised a seminar about the press in Britain
First, you are going to participate in
several activities including a workshop about newspapers in Britain.
- After the workshop, you will take part
in a competition to show which team has learnt more by doing two
front pages of two papers covering a week period
5b) OLOA: On Line and On Air
JOHN MCDOWELL
AWARD -2009
Your school radio is now a real
project. You have been selected to create a school news bulletin with your team. You are part of an editorial team of
four people.
C1
level
6a) HUNTING FOR THE GENE
INS Vilanova del Vallès
Discoverning new genes related to neurodegenerative diseases could be a way
to make better diagnosis and to investigate ways to treat these illnesses.
Your goal is to identify genes that through their activity promote or
prevent the development of neurogenerative processes.
To do so, you will work as a scientist, using real data and real bioinformatic tools from real in silico research to look for genes.
To do so, you will work as a scientist, using real data and real bioinformatic tools from real in silico research to look for genes.
The whole activity takes about 12 sessions (x1 hour each).
Portfolio and Workshop sessions should be inserted in
this calendar following the needs and possibilities of the project. You should
consider 2 additional hours for portfolio ( 4 x 10 min sessions) and Workshop
sessions (5 x 15 min sessions).
Saturday, June 13, 2015
Filling in the Newsletter (timing)- SEOUL and ME
Filling in the Newsletter (blog/flyer)- SEOUL and ME All 12 entries
(Getting to know our webquest)______ 30 min
ACTIVITY-1. _ 2h. 10 min
ACTIVITY-2. _ 1h. 30
min
ACTIVITY-3. _ 1h. 15 min
ACTIVITY-4. _ 2h _
ACTIVITY-5. _ 1h. 10 min
TOTAL 9h. _
READING IN CLASS THE
WEBQUEST
BROWSE SECTIONS: index + introduction +
task + assessment + process)_____________________________ 30
min
ACTIVITY-1A. Read a webpage
& write
_______________________________________________________ 20
min
Read the
link and select the 3 aspects (out of 14). Write in ENTRY_01), (150 words)
ACTIVITY-1B.
Listen to the video and answer questions 1-5 ____________________________________________ 50 min
Get to know
your two guides in episode 1. The
expat life to this
AWESOME city with a double answer questions task:
We
introduce Erik and Tiffany and discover a little bit
about their story and why they are in Korea.
Here you will have to see the first 8 minutes of the video twice, until their first guest, Hassan
turns up. TASK: Watch the first 8 minutes
at this link:
ACTIVITY-1B-KEY. Check the answers at ACTIVITY KEYS below
TASK: Watch the
first 8 minutes again
Once inside the chapter ONE, do these in-depth questions about Eryk and Tiffany
below
ACTIVITY-1B
in 12 in-depth questions-KEY.
Check the answers at ACTIVITY KEYS
below
ACTIVITY-1C.
Listen to the video and answer questions 6-10
_______________________________________ 30 min
Get to know our first two EXPATS_ Hassan
and Tory
TASK: Watch the last 15 minutes once.
ACTIVITY-1D.
Read a webpage & write ______________________________________________________ 30
min
Write in your blog/flier a 12-line entry (BLOG-ENTRY_002),
stating FIVE things you enjoyed about our hosts
AND another
12-line entry (BLOG-ENTRY_003) with ...
TWO things that surprised you from what Hassan said and other TWO from what
Tory said.
ACTIVITY-2A. Listen
to the video and record yourself _____________________________________________ 25
min
TASK: WATCH this 7-minute video
What to expect: First impressions of Korea. by Korean Junkies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRYvV-pTOA
TASK: WATCH this 7-minute video
What to expect: First impressions of Korea. by Korean Junkies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HRYvV-pTOA
Record
yourself ENTRY_04 with a final version of a 2-minute selection
from the 13 topics he offered:
ACTIVITY-2B. Read a webpage & write____________________________________________________________
5 min
Write in your blog/flyer ENTRY_05), stating your choices for each one:
name1 + Episode xxx // name2 + Episode xxx // name3 +
Episode xxx (name4 + Episode xxx)
ACTIVITY-2C. Listen to the selected videos and answer
questions_______________________________________ 50 min
SEVERAL
Episodes 8+9+10+15+17+19 on Semipermanent Seoul.
Click at the episodes of your choice below and you will see the questions
Watch them at this webpage: https://vimeo.com/user14591985
Click at the episodes of your choice below and you will see the questions
Watch them at this webpage: https://vimeo.com/user14591985
-
Episode 08 (10 Questions a - b - c): A
Fine Pair
-
Episode 09 (11 open questions): We
Are Family
We are family
-
Episode 10 "
High Performance "
-
Episode 15 (10 Q a - b - c): "Paws
and Claws"
-
Episode 17 Body issues (10
open Questions): "
Body issues"
-
Episode 19 (10 open
Questions) : "Money
Talks"
ACTIVITY-2C-KEY.
Check the answers here
ACTIVITY-2D. Listen to the videos and record your
voice: _______________________________________ 15
min
Record in your blog/flyer ENTRY_06)
for
every learner with their own recording (groups of 3 = 3 recordings).
React
to the content of the Semipermanent programme of your choice with a 3-minute
speech each.
Activity
3. Intro. Our riddle
today is about .... Reading korean words... easy-piecy !? _____________________ 10 min
ACTIVITY-3A. Watch a
3-minute video and record your reaction to it_______________________________________ 15 min
A
singular Korean feature. Social Surrey. Record in your blog ENTRY_07 where
you inform the audience
about
the content of the video and your reaction to it!. Watch this video on the
link below:
ACTIVITY-3B. Read from webpages and take notes___________________________________________________ 20 min
Korea: a modern country inside an old culture. Read each of these THREE themes offered below.
Explore
each link for 20 minutes and take notes on your notebook.
·
THEME
ONE. Arirang broadcasting channel: a window to the world.
·
THEME
TWO. With no doubt, a High tech life for the XXI century.
·
THEME
THREE. Korean language and Culture.
ACTIVITY-3C. Condense the notes & write ________________________________________________________ 45 min
Write in your blog/flyer an TRIPLE entry on EACH
CULTURAL theme from the three you worked above. One done by a different
member of the team (the extra member reviews the work)
ENTRY_08_a-b-c. stating reasons why Korean life is surprising; comparing THREE surprising
things which you would like to be transfered to our country.
ACTIVITY-4A. Work as a team to listen & write Q & A. ________________________________________________ 70 min
HELP to know
another episode on EXPATS. Now, you know about 4 (or 5) of
the 20 episodes on SEMIPERMANENT.
Read the synopsis in the link below and select the
2 (out of 14 left) you were more keen on.
You
chose episode ................. Click
at any episode below and you prepare a SET with a 10-12 open Questions (and
KEY).
Add
them to your blog in ENTRY_09 with the final version
revised by the team.
TASK: Watch
the selected episodes at this link:
ACTIVITY-4B. Condense the content & write________________________________________________________ 45 min
Read
the link below and select the 7 aspects (out of 50) which were
mentioned/visited in our webquest
Write
in your blog an entry (BLOG-ENTRY_010) , stating why you chose them and found them interesting for you.
ACTIVITY-5A.
VIDEO on AMADA -AMADEUS -Speech/Presentation___________________________________________ 30 min
Choose one of
these THREE options for your video. Create in your blog only ONE VIDEO ENTRY_11),
ENTRY_11a) SEOUL and AMADA
Pretend
you have a friend, Amada, who has been
living in Seoul for a while.
You
decided to contact our guides, Tiffany and Eric, telling them about Amada.
You may well use some of these ideas in the link below to guide your
presentation...
ENTRY_11b SEOUL a city to be in
your heart
Pretend you have a friend, Amadeus, who wants to visit
Seoul in the forthcoming year.
Use these ideas here to guide
your presentation...
ENTRY_11c
SEOUL and us
Record a
VIDEO & add in your blog/flyer an entry with a final version of a 5-minute speeches (its
contents is a choice of yours).
ACTIVITY-5B. Create a RADIO programme_______________________________________________________ 25 min
Audio
- Radio days from SEOUL
Record a
radio program & add in your blog/flyer ENTRY_12),
with
a final version of
a 8-minute interview with one conductor and the other members of the team
on the things
you
enjoyed in the process (its roles are a choice of yours). Add the
questions aswell.
ACTIVITY-5C. Create a RADIO programme_______________________________________________________ 20 min
Now that you have finished, add assessement (see assessemnt page in our webquest)
form each member of the team at the Newsletter.
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