In his blog, Nik Peachey lists a number of benefits of using infographics in class: They are easy to find using sites such as Daily Infographic and Cool Infographics. The visual and statistic aspects help to convey meaning so theyRead more…
Task design and evaluation
The topic for this week was task design and evaluation. It makes sense to begin with a definition of task. In Materials Development in language teaching, Ellis (2011) offers the following definition: The focus of a task is on ‘meaning’.Read more…
Creating a worksheet
This week’s task involved creating a worksheet. Rather than use Jolly and Bolitho’s framework, I used the ideas from the methodology module to help plan the lesson. I will compare my materials to Jolly and Bolitho’s framework towards the endRead more…
Using video in the classroom
In Language learning with digital video, Ben Goldstein and Paul Driver provide a number of ways video can be used in the classroom. There are many reasons for using video in the classroom, which are similar to the reasons forRead more…