I recently wrote a post about using choice boards in the foreign language class. I included 2 ways to use Google Slides and Forms to show 9 options that include the three communication modes and choices around learning style. You can read that post here and copy the template to your Google Drive.
The organizational part is step one, then we need to figure out what the actual choices are. I compiled suggestions for each option below. Since the choice board template is designed to be used for any language, theme or proficiency level I am keeping the suggestions and resources general so that you can easily adapt them to the content that you are focusing on in your classes. Hopefully this list will spark some ideas and make the process of creating choice boards more manageable.
Nuts and Bolts:
- Video; Comprehensible Input
- PACE
- Vocabulary with pictures
- Quizlet
- Google Slides
- My Languages
1-Way Speaking:
- Flip Grid
- Vocaroo
- Ad for Podcast
- Ad for YouTube Channel
- Voicemail
- Movie Talk-watch a video clip with no sound and tell what happens
- Describe picture or story or storyboard
Writing:
- Create an Ad
- Make an Infographic
- Write a quiz
- Make a Storyboard and write what happens
- Comic strip
- Write an Email
- Write a text
- Social media post
- Movie Write -watch a clip with no sound and write what happens
2-Way Speaking:
- Sign up for in-person or Zoom, one-on-one or small group
- Role play
- Themes in advance
- Record (audio or video)
Listening:
- YouTube videos
- Teacher speaking/reading
- Music/songs
- Podcast
- News report
- AudioLingua
- Digital Dialects
- LangMedia
Reading:
- Websites
- Book
- Articles
- Infographics
- Lingro
- Classmates’ writing
Art, Music, etc.:
- Paint and describe (write or speak)
- Draw and describe (write or speak)
- Sculpt and describe (write or speak)
- Write song lyrics
Web Activities:
Culture:
- Pictures
- Videos
- Movies
- Countries and their cultures
- LangMedia
