"The mediocre teacher tells, the good teacher explains, the superior teacher demonstrates,
the great teacher inspires." William Arthur Ward

Thursday, 8 September 2011

BEAUTY, SELF-ESTEEM, ADVERTISING

Cecilia suggested these two videos in her comments to a previous post. I watched them, shared them with another teacher and decided to do something together.

They're really interesting and food for thought. We'll be dicussing with Natalia's students, who are in level 11.

Please, follow these steps:

1. Before watching, it would be nice to read about your opinions. Read the questions, and then write your answers in the comments section:

  • How much influenced by commercials/advertisements do you feel at the moment of buying things?
  • Is there a commercial/an ad that has made you change your mind when having to choose among a line of products?
  • Do you think commercials/ads have the same kind of influence on all target ages? Who do you think are the most vulnerable?
  • What do you think commercials/ads must have in order to be good?
  • Do you think government organizations should be tougher when regulating advertizing?
2. You can now watch the videos:





3. It's now time to TALK! We'd like you to give us your opinion in the following site: www.voxopop.com


HOW?! Follow these steps:

Here, you'll be able to listen to the thread. You will find paticipants from another course and people from other countries might participate, too.
You will need a microphone to record your voices.


Once you've listen to everyone, you'll record your own message.

How?
Follow these steps:

1st) Click on " ".

2nd) Choose "Take me to the signup page". It is not necessary to complete the optional details column.

3rd) Fill in the required details. Remember: do not write your surname, just your first name. Select a nickname.

4th) If you want to, you can upload a photograph.

5ht) Click on "I agree, sign me in"

6th) Go back to the discussion page.

7th) You are now ready to record a message! You'll need a microphone and "java", just that.

Listen to your previous classmates comments and answer them as well. By double-clicking on them you can access to their accounts and leave a peronal message in their accounts.

We are all eager to listen to you!

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