This activity aims to prepare students for their Mobility programme experience and should be presented when they already know their destination.This activity could follow the activity <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a>, or also be implemented on its own.<strong>Outcomes:</strong>On completion of the task students will be able to:<li>discover their Mobility Progamme host city</li><li>analyze online texts to learn more about their Mobility Programme destination</li><li>recognise vocabulary linked to their Mobility Programme experience (in particular vocabulary connected to their host city and university).</li>
<br />In order to develop this activity, you need to have a class blog. The blog could be a general classroom blog, where a specific section is devoted to the Erasmus experience or it could also be a blog entirely created for Erasmus-related activities.(For blogs in the language classroom, please see: <a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a> and <a href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum”>Writing strategies: using blogs</a>).<strong>Procedure:</strong>In class, you can work together or in groups to brainstorm information that the students think may be useful to know about their host city. You can collect ideas and make a list with the students on the everyday life of an Erasmus student in their host city. For example:<li>transport and travel</li><li>accommodation</li><li>cultural aspects</li><li>university life in the host country</li>
You can revise:  <a href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″>Search Literacy…. what is it?</a>  to help students develop their search literacy for this task.Students work alone (in-class/in the language lab or at home) to research information on one or more of the topics chosen.The teacher will create a post for each topic with a general presentation and the students will comment referring to the specific information they collected for their own host city.<strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>Students could be assessed on:<li>Quality of target language used in the blog</li><li>Originality and quality of the blog entry</li><li>Usefulness of search results and contents selected</li>
During or after their Erasmus stay, students could review their blog entries or add new ones.__________________________<strong>Related activities:</strong><li><a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a></li><li><a href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″>Writing strategies: using blogs</a></li><li><a href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″>Hypertext literacy: what is it?</a></li>
<strong>Source/attribution:</strong>  DigiLanguages<strong>Author:  </strong>Valentina Rizzo<strong> (</strong>with reference to the <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a> activity, by Emma Riordan)

This activity aims to prepare students for their Mobility programme experience and should be presented when they already know their destination.This activity could follow the activity <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a>, or also be implemented on its own.<strong>Outcomes:</strong>On completion of the task students will be able to:<li>discover their Mobility Progamme host city</li><li>analyze online texts to learn more about their Mobility Programme destination</li><li>recognise vocabulary linked to their Mobility Programme experience (in particular vocabulary connected to their host city and university).</li>
<br />In order to develop this activity, you need to have a class blog. The blog could be a general classroom blog, where a specific section is devoted to the Erasmus experience or it could also be a blog entirely created for Erasmus-related activities.(For blogs in the language classroom, please see: <a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a> and <a href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum”>Writing strategies: using blogs</a>).<strong>Procedure:</strong>In class, you can work together or in groups to brainstorm information that the students think may be useful to know about their host city. You can collect ideas and make a list with the students on the everyday life of an Erasmus student in their host city. For example:<li>transport and travel</li><li>accommodation</li><li>cultural aspects</li><li>university life in the host country</li>
You can revise:  <a href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″>Search Literacy…. what is it?</a>  to help students develop their search literacy for this task.Students work alone (in-class/in the language lab or at home) to research information on one or more of the topics chosen.The teacher will create a post for each topic with a general presentation and the students will comment referring to the specific information they collected for their own host city.<strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>Students could be assessed on:<li>Quality of target language used in the blog</li><li>Originality and quality of the blog entry</li><li>Usefulness of search results and contents selected</li>
During or after their Erasmus stay, students could review their blog entries or add new ones.__________________________<strong>Related activities:</strong><li><a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a></li><li><a href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″>Writing strategies: using blogs</a></li><li><a href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″>Hypertext literacy: what is it?</a></li>
<strong>Source/attribution:</strong>  DigiLanguages<strong>Author:  </strong>Valentina Rizzo<strong> (</strong>with reference to the <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a> activity, by Emma Riordan)

This activity aims to prepare students for their Mobility programme experience and should be presented when they already know their destination.This activity could follow the activity <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a>, or also be implemented on its own.<strong>Outcomes:</strong>On completion of the task students will be able to:<li>discover their Mobility Progamme host city</li><li>analyze online texts to learn more about their Mobility Programme destination</li><li>recognise vocabulary linked to their Mobility Programme experience (in particular vocabulary connected to their host city and university).</li>
<br />In order to develop this activity, you need to have a class blog. The blog could be a general classroom blog, where a specific section is devoted to the Erasmus experience or it could also be a blog entirely created for Erasmus-related activities.(For blogs in the language classroom, please see: <a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a> and <a href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum”>Writing strategies: using blogs</a>).<strong>Procedure:</strong>In class, you can work together or in groups to brainstorm information that the students think may be useful to know about their host city. You can collect ideas and make a list with the students on the everyday life of an Erasmus student in their host city. For example:<li>transport and travel</li><li>accommodation</li><li>cultural aspects</li><li>university life in the host country</li>
You can revise:  <a href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″>Search Literacy…. what is it?</a>  to help students develop their search literacy for this task.Students work alone (in-class/in the language lab or at home) to research information on one or more of the topics chosen.The teacher will create a post for each topic with a general presentation and the students will comment referring to the specific information they collected for their own host city.<strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>Students could be assessed on:<li>Quality of target language used in the blog</li><li>Originality and quality of the blog entry</li><li>Usefulness of search results and contents selected</li>
During or after their Erasmus stay, students could review their blog entries or add new ones.__________________________<strong>Related activities:</strong><li><a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a></li><li><a href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″>Writing strategies: using blogs</a></li><li><a href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″>Hypertext literacy: what is it?</a></li>
<strong>Source/attribution:</strong>  DigiLanguages<strong>Author:  </strong>Valentina Rizzo<strong> (</strong>with reference to the <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a> activity, by Emma Riordan)

This activity aims to prepare students for their Mobility programme experience and should be presented when they already know their destination.This activity could follow the activity <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a>, or also be implemented on its own.<strong>Outcomes:</strong>On completion of the task students will be able to:<li>discover their Mobility Progamme host city</li><li>analyze online texts to learn more about their Mobility Programme destination</li><li>recognise vocabulary linked to their Mobility Programme experience (in particular vocabulary connected to their host city and university).</li>
<br />In order to develop this activity, you need to have a class blog. The blog could be a general classroom blog, where a specific section is devoted to the Erasmus experience or it could also be a blog entirely created for Erasmus-related activities.(For blogs in the language classroom, please see: <a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a> and <a href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum”>Writing strategies: using blogs</a>).<strong>Procedure:</strong>In class, you can work together or in groups to brainstorm information that the students think may be useful to know about their host city. You can collect ideas and make a list with the students on the everyday life of an Erasmus student in their host city. For example:<li>transport and travel</li><li>accommodation</li><li>cultural aspects</li><li>university life in the host country</li>
You can revise:  <a href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″>Search Literacy…. what is it?</a>  to help students develop their search literacy for this task.Students work alone (in-class/in the language lab or at home) to research information on one or more of the topics chosen.The teacher will create a post for each topic with a general presentation and the students will comment referring to the specific information they collected for their own host city.<strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>Students could be assessed on:<li>Quality of target language used in the blog</li><li>Originality and quality of the blog entry</li><li>Usefulness of search results and contents selected</li>
During or after their Erasmus stay, students could review their blog entries or add new ones.__________________________<strong>Related activities:</strong><li><a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a></li><li><a href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″>Writing strategies: using blogs</a></li><li><a href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″>Hypertext literacy: what is it?</a></li>
<strong>Source/attribution:</strong>  DigiLanguages<strong>Author:  </strong>Valentina Rizzo<strong> (</strong>with reference to the <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a> activity, by Emma Riordan)

This activity aims to prepare students for their Mobility programme experience and should be presented when they already know their destination.This activity could follow the activity <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a>, or also be implemented on its own.<strong>Outcomes:</strong>On completion of the task students will be able to:<li>discover their Mobility Progamme host city</li><li>analyze online texts to learn more about their Mobility Programme destination</li><li>recognise vocabulary linked to their Mobility Programme experience (in particular vocabulary connected to their host city and university).</li>
<br />In order to develop this activity, you need to have a class blog. The blog could be a general classroom blog, where a specific section is devoted to the Erasmus experience or it could also be a blog entirely created for Erasmus-related activities.(For blogs in the language classroom, please see: <a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a> and <a href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”writing-strategies-using-blogs/#/roles?_k=p55eum”>Writing strategies: using blogs</a>).<strong>Procedure:</strong>In class, you can work together or in groups to brainstorm information that the students think may be useful to know about their host city. You can collect ideas and make a list with the students on the everyday life of an Erasmus student in their host city. For example:<li>transport and travel</li><li>accommodation</li><li>cultural aspects</li><li>university life in the host country</li>
You can revise:  <a href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/search-literacy-what-is-it-2/?role=9&subCategory=32&workPackage=21″>Search Literacy…. what is it?</a>  to help students develop their search literacy for this task.Students work alone (in-class/in the language lab or at home) to research information on one or more of the topics chosen.The teacher will create a post for each topic with a general presentation and the students will comment referring to the specific information they collected for their own host city.<strong>Suggestions for assessment:</strong>Students could be assessed on:<li>Quality of target language used in the blog</li><li>Originality and quality of the blog entry</li><li>Usefulness of search results and contents selected</li>
During or after their Erasmus stay, students could review their blog entries or add new ones.__________________________<strong>Related activities:</strong><li><a href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/using-a-blog-for-language-teaching/?role=11&subCategory=133&workPackage=116″>Using a blog for language teaching</a></li><li><a href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/?p=384&preview=true&role=10&subCategory=128&workPackage=115″>Writing strategies: using blogs</a></li><li><a href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/hypertext-literacy-what-is-it/?role=11″>Hypertext literacy: what is it?</a></li>
<strong>Source/attribution:</strong>  DigiLanguages<strong>Author:  </strong>Valentina Rizzo<strong> (</strong>with reference to the <a href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″ target=”_blank” rel=”noopener noreferrer” data-mce-href=”/help-students-discover-their-erasmus-city/?role=10&subCategory=107&workPackage=101″>Help students discover their Erasmus city</a> activity, by Emma Riordan)