Saturday, 19 April 2014

a walk through the forest: memory activities for language learning

A very stimulating exercise
Jay Doubleyou: a walk through the forest - personality test

... can be taken in a very different direction.

From Nick Bilborough's 'Memory Activities for Language Learning'
Memory Activities Language Learning | Memory Activities for Language Learning | Cambridge University Press
Book Review: Memory Activities for Language Learning

... we have 'Skeleton Stories' - simple stories which are told to the class who then have to reconstruct them using only a grid giving just the number of words and syllables:

Box 2.12a: Skeleton stories:
A walk in the forest:
I was walking in the forest.
I saw a box on the ground in front of me.
I picked it up.
I slowly opened the lid
,..

Box 2.12a: Skeleton stories:
A walk in the forest:
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- ------ -- --.
- ----- ------ --- ---.
...

Using Physical Activity to Make a Story Memorable
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