Culture Capsules is a collaborative, Web-based project that incorporates basic language skills and promotes intercultural communication. Go on-line with the presenter to learn everything you need to help students create and publish Culture Capsules on the Internet. Participants receive copies of a Web page containing essential information. This workshop explores the advantages of using games to motivate classes with a wide range of proficiency levels. The presenters introduce innovative and adaptable games for participants to gain hands-on experience playing and sharing variations to cope with students' diversity.
Handouts provide detailed explanations and blank masters.
Participants partake in the activities as though they were students, experiencing the joy of receiving and producing art while learning English. Movies and music provide an enormous number of language learning opportunities. The presenter describes how the music in Evita is used with intermediate students. The activities focus on the four language skills. The presenter provides handouts and discusses student reaction to the movie.