This document provides guidance on using technology to help win back a lost love. It discusses using online tools to turn a song or video into a letter to the lost love. Some example online tools mentioned include Lunapic, Smilebox, Powtoon and Animoto for creating images, videos, animations or talking pictures to convey the message. The task for learners is to create a message using at least one online tool to explain how they would win back their love.

1. Listen to a song

2. How to win back your love?
Through … technology of course!
A task-based scenario for an ICT-mediated
skills development
Marianthi Kotadaki, School Advisor

3. ‘A Framework for Task-Based Learning’,
Jane Willis (1996)
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4. Tradition vs Progress
• present-practice-produce
• learners guided to learn
• from accuracy to fluency
• concentrating on L2
features
• structured materials and
tasks
• prepare-produce-reflect
• learners “"thrown in at the
deep end"
• from fluency to accuracy
• promoting genuine L2 use
• authenticity in materials
and tasks
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PPP TBL

5. Creative skills on Bloom’s taxonomy
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6. Dear darlin’
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7. Part A: Pre-task
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What do these words have to do
with a breakup?

8. https://penzu.com

9. http://www.tuxpi.com

10. 10
http://www.tuxpi.com

11. http://chogger.com
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12. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1IZZ-emAnlI0ozHq5hxedwh5xddrgRHBqCxfdQO_
HQR8/viewform
https://www.youtube.com http://batlyrics.net
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13. Another way of winning back your love
https://polldaddy.com
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https://polldaddy.com/poll/8224408

14. How would you describe them?
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15. Using Word Clouds
http://www.wordle.net https://tagul.com
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16. Part B: Task Cycle
a. Writing a short message
b. Turning the song or the video into a letter
c. Creating a written text using ICT
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17. Let’s turn the song into a letter
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18. Let’s turn the song or the video
into a letter
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19. How would YOU win back your love?
Your task is to create a message (oral,
written or video) using at least one
ICT tool
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20. Use LUNAPIC (http://www171.lunapic.com/editor) to
create photo messages
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21. Use SMILEBOX (http://www.smilebox.com)to
create photo-related products

22. Use powtoon
(http://www.powtoon.com ) to create
an animated presentation

23. Use Animoto (http://animoto.com) to
create a video text.
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Insert
images
Insert
videos
Insert
music

24. Use blabberize (http://blabberize.com) to
send your message in a talking picture

25. Use Domo Animate
(http://domo.goanimate.com) to create an
animated story with your message.

26. Or use dvolver
(http://www.dvolver.com/moviemaker) for
an animation
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Part 3: Language Focus

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Order Functions (in verbs)
He regrets
He explains
He remembers
He apologises
He confesses
He promises

29. Parts of the letter Functions Lyrics
Personal
letter
opening
greeting
introduction
reason for
writing
main body
closing
closing
greeting

30. What next?