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This time we are going to work with some useful Internet tools(quizzes on youthink.com, a video, a listening and a reading), which are intended to help students to get a better understanding of the topics and they also have a big chance to reinforce some skills in the target language. That is why, we have prepared 3 quizzes which contain 12 questions each, and they are designed for three different age levels: kids, teens and adults.
To continue, we will describe what each quiz is based on and then we will give you an idea on how to develop each of them.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE QUIZZES
These are multiple choice quizzes constituted by 12 statements with three possible options each. You have to go to the different links and then based on that, you have to choose the most appropriated answer. If you cannot open the links from here, you can Google them. At the end of each quiz you can check your score and see how accurate you were in your answers.
FIRST QUIZ
1)-This is an amazing quiz for kids and it is based on a very nice story narrated by a kid who wanted to eat a cake his mother had baked. At night, he makes the decision to go for it, and he tiptoes toward the kitchen fearing to wake up his parents just to discover out that his sister has eaten the cake.
2)-The first thing you must do is to watch the video and pay close attention to single details to answer the quiz in a correct way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL6xzw7kKN8
3)-After watching it, go to: http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=208422&filter=my_qs&f_cat_id=-1&time_span=all
SECOND QUIZ
1)-This quiz is for teenagers and it is based on a reading about the smell of a book. It says that each smells remembers us something and that everything has a different smell. The author says that his favorite smell is of a book’s, and he also describes some books he has bought because his favorite hobby is reading.
2)-Go to the following link to read the article:
3)-After that, go to this link to carry out the quizz.
THIRD QUIZ
1)-This quiz is for adults, and it is based on a listening about “the ideal woman.” We can listen to the opinions of two friends who have different points of views about the ideal woman. There is one man who seems to be possessive and perceives a woman as a slave, and the other who describes a woman with wonderful feelings and emotions.
3) Go to the following link to carry out the quiz:http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail&sub_action=take&obj_id=208414&filter=my_qs&f_cat_id=-1&time_span=all
It is important to say that some of the statements need your critical thinking because you cannot find the exactly answers in the audio.
CONCLUSION
This activity has been meaningful for us because most of the time students and teachers are accustomed to the traditional quizzes based on paper, but with these tools we can change the methodology, and it can benefit our pupils and the teacher. As you can see, by using these methodologies, we have access to most of students’ skills. We are sure that students will enjoy the experience of taking online quizzes and little by little they will get practice on the use of Internet tools.
That is great that you are including critical thinking questions. And of course I agree with you when you say that this is a very cool option to change the methodology and students may love it since they are in touch with all kind of technology nowadays. However I think that you should have looked for a video for teenagers as we already know they do not like to read that much. But in general I like your quizzes.
ReplyDeleteIF THEY ARE NOT USED TO, THEY HAVE TO CREATE THAT HABIT
Deletewell i really like your quizzes.they are very nice. i also like the video and the listening which is a new tool for me so far, and I like the way you have prepared the questions, I mean, there are questions that require learners to think carefully on their answer, and that is good because we have to develop critical thinking
ReplyDeleteHello Vane and Xavier!
ReplyDeleteYour video for children is pretty cool since kids love suspense and funny things. The quiz is organized and its vocabulary is understandable and appropriate. I like it!
I like your reading for teenagers and quiz. I think the reading can be useful for beginners since it is pretty short and easy.
I really like your listening for adults since it’s understandable, appropriate, and the narrator´s voice is fluent and clear; actually, I registered its web page as favorite to use it in my classes. I also like the quiz because is a listening-comprehension quiz in which you also have to apply your critical thinking as you say.
In short, I like the fact that I didn´t have mishaps opening any web page of the videos, reading, listening and quizzes. In addition, I like your clear introduction about the quizzes and tools you used.
Such great links you used to create your quizzes. I liked the conversation and the quiz for adults since you are calling them up to use critical thinking, and that´s what adult learners enjoy because they like to share their experiences and to let the rest know about their knowledge. The story for the quiz for children was so great and interesting; I really got into it while I was reading it, so I guess it would happen the same to children.
ReplyDeleteIt´s so great having our students interested on what they are reading or listening because it helps them improve their skills while they´re doing something they like and enjoy.