Module+5--Dinner+at+the+Shelter

=Module 5: Dinner at the Shelter=

Activity:
In this activity, students take a seat at a table in the Shelter's restaurant. Other avatars stroll through here occasionally, and newcomers to SecondLife will sometimes sit down and strike up conversations here. The teacher can assign students to write a series of conversational questions before going to the Shelter and try them out on other avatars.

It's most likely that other SL residents will be using the "chat" function in SL rather than voice. Therefore, students will have an opportunity to "chat" and practice their Wh- and Yes-No question grammar in "real time" with other students in the class and/or new acquaintances in SL.

How it meets the EAP 91 learning outcomes:
Students practice **question grammar for information** and **yes-no questions** by holding **real conversations** with other students in the class and/or strangers in SL.

Notes for Teachers:
Encourage students to open the chat window and review their conversations as they are chatting! Alternatively, if you wish to assess students' performance in this activity, have students open CamStudio when they log onto SL and record their conversations for 5 minutes. They can save the movie to their USB and then transcribe their conversation for homework. This is a good way to reinforce the grammar through self-editing.

Sample Photos/Video:
[] This is a rather long--but if you've got the patience to sit through it--good demonstration of SecondLife as a constructivist learning environment that expands the borders of the classroom while directly addressing learning outcomes. And...is a lot of fun!