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Title | Arriving in a New City: Creating a Vocabulary Mind-Map |
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Source | CASLS Activity of the Week |
Body | by Renee Marshall The goal of this activity is to expose language students to a valuable language learning tool, Mind-Mapping, in order to help them expand their vocabulary in the target language. Mind-Maps provide a way for students to synthesize new vocabulary in a non-linear way. For the example activity, I use a German listening activity from the video series JoJo such das Glück from Deutsche Welle (http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/jojo-staffel-1/s-31564); however, I have written the activity in English so it can be easily modified for other languages and for use with other audio/video sources. Objective: Students will be able to create a mind-map using words taken from a listening exercise on the topic "arriving in a new city." Resources: Vocabulary Mind-Map handout Procedure:
Note: After listening to an audio/video file a few times, it can be useful for students to see a written transcript as well. Often websites and podcasts offer free transcripts of their audio/video resources, such as Deutsche Welle's JoJo sucht das Glück (http://www.dw.de/deutsch-lernen/jojo-staffel-1/s-31564) video series. Radio France Internationale's Le journal en français facile (http://www1.rfi.fr/lffr/statiques/accueil_apprendre.asp) news podcast offers free transcripts and so do many of TV5Monde Enseigner's (http://enseigner.tv5monde.com/) videos and audio files. |
Publishdate | 2014-11-10 02:15:01 |