In this paper I will share a simple four skills activity that can be set up in the Moodle database module that “kills many birds with one stone.” In many activities in the foreign language classroom there are logistical problems that need to be overcome when an instructor wishes to do communicative activities. For example, in a class with a large number of students, 40 or more, it can be difficult and time consuming to create pairs or groups. If you want people to have multiple partners, again there is the problem of moving students around and the delays involved in the process. If the activity is paper based then there is the problem of collecting and redistributing the paper. If the instructor wants to get an idea of the students’ output, there is the... |