The Famous Thai Food Task

On zunal.com, I have found a task which is quite satisfactory. The task is called "The famous Thai food".

You may find it below in the link;

http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=274396

The activity starts with grouping the students in 4-5 people. Each group makes an online research on Thai recipes and create a menu.

The task process on what the students should have a research on is described in the site with bullets;


* The brief description of the menu
* The ingredients
* The tools used
* The recipe


Finally they post their works on teacher's facebook and comment on each others' works as a feedback.

In addition to those, the teacher uses a rubric for the grading which you can find in the link below;

http://zunal.com/evaluation.php?w=274396

I have found this activity quite interactive and authentic as it includes real life materials and group work yet i am in a slight doubt about the grade selection. It says in the site that this activity is for 9-12th graders which i found not actually challenging for that age group and assumed proficiency level as finding a recipe, understanding it and turning it into a presentable form are more likely to be suitable for lower graders in my opinion.

If you think in a dofferent or the same way, ypu can always comment below!

Stay tuned for more,
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A New Online Dutch Course

As a new language learner and a language teacher to be, I was in a search for new resources to learn it efficiently. In this need of resources, I have found a new web site which gives online Dutch course in lower-beginner level. The Dutch course and the instructions are given by Groningen University. (Only the classes are shared on the site) It is definitely efficient on giving clear information and a number of exercises. Afterwards, it gives quizzes about the topic and listening tasks. If you want to take a Dutch course, this must be the site you should surely visit beforehand in order to have a basic knowledge.

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/dutch

I have been taking the course for two weeks now and I have already learned articles, plurals, common phrases, time usage, basic question/sentence structure and many other subjects.

In addition to all those, this online course is totally online but only if you want to get a certificate, it charges 30 Euros. Unfortunately without registering for the course, it is not possible to see information about the certificate.

This course has already started but the university gives one more Introduction to Dutch course which starts on 1st June!

For more, stay tuned!
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