Archive for August, 2007



#120 Crossfire Dictation

Published on August 22, 2007

Contents
=> Crossfire Dictation – a multi-listening/writing task
=> In the Next Issue

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Crossfire Dictation
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I tried this activity in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. It’s a listening/writing
task that is, well, pandemonium. Chaos. But the teachers in Dushanbe
seemed to like it.
Here’s what I did: I gave each teacher a picture of a US State. […]


#119 Multi-Listening Tasks

Published on August 10, 2007

Contents
=> Multi-Listening Tasks
=> Welcome to Subscribers from CATEC and Tajikistan
=> In the Next Issue
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Multi-Listening Tasks
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What’s a multi-listening task? I’m not sure–I just made up the name. But recently I worked in Tajikistan, by invitation of of the US Embassy there in Dushanbe.
I tried a couple new listening activities. They take very little […]