News reviews

Created using a moodle forum in a shared course area. Our virtual classroom area was open to students of all abilities studying French/English in UK and France.

Having tasked each student/group of students to identify a news item that interests them (in the target language) they post the item or link to it as a forum post, adding their opinion/reason for choice. They can record their comments through text and voice. They then monitor and respond to each other&#39 s news items.

Institution reporting the task:

University of Warwick home page

Language of task instructions:

English

Target Group:

Level:

Any

References and acknowledgements:

None

Type:

Collaborative tasks

Estimated Duration:

1 session

Topic:

student chosen

Tags:

Acknowledgements:

None

Language Configurations:

Bilingual

Language(s) that the task can be used in:

Any

Dominant language production:

Writing/reading asynchronous
Speaking/listening asynchronous

Target Competences:

Language competence
Online communication skills

Specific pedagogical objectives:

Development of students interest in cultural similarities and differences

Suggested Communication Tools:

Asynchronous text
Collaborative tools
Voice recording tools
Moodle-like

Suggested Resources:

news sites list: we used http://1jour1actu.com/
for lower levels of French


Instructions:

Create a shared forum space which allows hyperlinks and voice recording.


This task is created and introduced in class time but mostly takes place outside the classroom as social learning.

Learner Texts:

None

Document related to the task:

None

Criteria for Completion:

None

Comments and suggestions:

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Author/copyright:

None