| | Review of Chapter 5 - Grammar Activities
Note
- You can do the QuizPort, Hot Potatoes, Choice and Lesson activities as a Guest (that is, not logged in). You can also do the Quiz activities if you click on Preview.
- For the other activities (Forum, Assignment, Chat and Wiki) you need to create an account on this platform (it's free!) and Enrol in this course.
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Creating a Podcast lecture to present grammar in a lively way (p 204)
- Aim: Provide students with a recorded presentation, illustration of grammar and drills
- Moodle modules: None
- Extra programs: Mediacenter block, Audacity
- Ease of setup: **
This is not a podcast grammar lecture, but a Voki introduction to a set of grammar exercises.
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  The Story of Megan's Doll QuizPort
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| 2 | Using the Lesson module to get students to notice grammar points (p 207)
- Aim: Help students identify grammar points
- Moodle modules: Lesson
- Extra programs: Audacity, YouTube
- Ease of setup: ***
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| 3 | Using polls to get students to vote on the correctness of grammar items (p 219)
- Aim: Get students to focus on a grammar point in a fun way
- Moodle modules: Choice
- Extra programs: NanoGong (optional)
- Ease of setup: *
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| 4 | Practicing grammar through dictation (p 221)
- Aim: Get students to listen out for grammar and transcribe it accurately
- Moodle modules: Lesson or Wiki
- Extra programs: NanoGong
- Ease of setup: **
| The Pessimist is a humorous poem written by Ben King (1857–1894).
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Variation 1
Each student works individually on a dictation prepared with WebRhubarb (presented through the Hot Potatoes or QuizPort modules). The Pessimist - Hot Potatoes version Hot Potatoes Quiz- The Pessimist - QuizPort version
Variation 2
The students work as a group to transcribe the text in a wiki. Group dictation: The Pessimist Wiki
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| 5 | Using the Quiz module to practice grammar (p 233)
- Aim: Help students to identify correct grammar
- Moodle modules: Quiz
- Extra programs: None
- Ease of setup: ***
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| 6 | Using a chat session transcript to analyze grammar errors (p 247)
- Aim: Help students analyze language errors generated by an online chat
- Moodle modules: Chat plus optional use of Wiki and Forum
- Extra programs: Optional use of word processor or Audacity
- Ease of setup: *
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| 7 | Peer grammar review using the Forum module (p 249)
- Aim: Get students to review grammar in each other's writing
- Moodle modules: Forum
- Extra programs: None
- Ease of setup: *
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| 8 | Providing feedback on grammar using the Assignment module (p 254)
- Aim: Practice grammar in extended pieces of writing or speaking
- Moodle modules: Assignment
- Extra programs: None
- Ease of setup: **
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