Facebook Photo Albums Expand Vocabulary
- By Cary Elcome
- Published 01/4/2009
Cary Elcome
Cary Elcome, currently based in Japan, has taught English as a Foreign Language for more than 20 years. His worksheets have helped hundreds of students pass Cambridge Certificate exams (such as the First Certificate and the Advanced) and the TOEFL test. You can learn more about his range of products for teachers by writing to him at bradstow2@yahoo.co.uk.
Facebook is a popular social networking web site that also provides storage for photos. Why not use a series of photos wiht captions to convey a vocabulary lesson?
That's what my colleague Steve McCrea does regularly wiht his students on his PHOTO ALBUM at "Steve McCrea" (his Facebook account). You can access his work at this outside
link:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80168&l=bfd10&id=585273766
He has similar photo albums on ORKUT.com
Look HERE.
For more about using Facebook in the classroom, look for his article here.
That's what my colleague Steve McCrea does regularly wiht his students on his PHOTO ALBUM at "Steve McCrea" (his Facebook account). You can access his work at this outside
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=80168&l=bfd10&id=585273766
He has similar photo albums on ORKUT.com
Look HERE.
For more about using Facebook in the classroom, look for his article here.