Recording your own voice is great to practice pronunciation. By playing it, you can spot errors yourself and you can also send it to a friend / lecturer to get some feedback. There are two web 2.0 services that make recording (even on the go) very convenient. Audioboo and Soundcloud. You can also find some small projects you can do to practice pronunciation, grammar and phrases. (more…)
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Tools for students: tumblr and posterous
Why blogging is great.
Writing is a skill that needs to be learned, the more you practice the better you’ll become. And that applies to your mother tongue as well as to your foreign language. Blogs also offer the opportunity to reflect about complex issues, resulting in better understanding and the emergence of new ideas. So, blogging is good for your critical thinking abilities.
In the foreign language you have to start small first (more…)
Links für Online-Mindmaps
Ich habe bei mindmeister.com für jede Gruppe eine MindMap zum Thema “Lebensmittel” erstellt.
Gruppe 6: http://www.mindmeister.com/39818304/lebensmittel-gruppe-6
Gruppe 3: http://www.mindmeister.com/39818513/lebensmittel-gruppe-3
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Who am I?
Lecturer for German at the Centre for Language Studies of the National University of Singapore.
Interested in neurocognition, CALL (with emphasis on Web 2.0) and science.
