Engleski jezik 1 - Advanced Learning - Blast from the past

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1 Your experience with Skype

Have you ever used Skype?
If you have used it, what have you used it for?
If not, do you know what Skype is usually used for?
Write your answers in 50 to 70 words.

After that, read some extra information about Mystery Skype and its use in the classroom.

Mystery Skype

Mystery Skype is an educational game that connects two classrooms from different parts of the world. The teachers know where (and who) they’re calling but students don't. The goal of Mystery Skype is to locate the other class geographically by asking Yes/No questions (i.e., Are you east of the Mississippi River?). This type of experience gets all students engaged and geographically proficient! It's a fun way to learn about other cultures and it enhances students' critical thinking and communication skills.

2 What do you do?

Read a text about a Mystery Skype call between a class of Croatian students and their virtual guest. Put the missing information from the dropdown menu into the text.
For the last slide, do some research and try to find out the name of the mystery guest.

I am a curator for the and director of the Department of Community Outreach. My main objective is to build bridges between the museum and local and international communities through museum activities. I am also a project manager of an initiative called “My Museum in Your Classroom” working with other museum curators who also offer virtual tours in their museums.

Our aim is to provide educational activities around Egyptian museums, Egyptian archaeological sites and educational institutions in and outside Egypt, removing borders and obstacles for education. We use Skype in the Classroom for this project.

My favourite part of this work is communicating with , where I feel like I am the teacher helping students to learn in a different way. I can make an impact on the lives of students. Through the museum I can change some of the perceptions students have and provide them with valuable new information.

The nature of my work can be very important to both in the near future and in the long run.

Through my work as director of the Department of Community Outreach, I can offer museum-goers and students unique insights into the - and with Skype I can bring museum experiences to anyone in the world at little cost.

During a Skype call, I can bring , wherever you are. Even students in small villages who are studying can have this experience.

And if, for any variety of reasons, these students cannot go to to see what they are studying, I can be that link for them, in an entertaining way.

The idea for tours began when I joined Skype in the Classroom. I could create a virtual tour for anyone’s use within this application since it’s such a high quality virtual communication tool. Through Skype I can create virtual tours of the halls of the museum and bring these halls to various educational institutions around the world.

I like the image sharing feature. Classrooms are always asking for pictures from our virtual tours. I take snapshots during the walking tours, and I can share them with the class.

They love seeing and recognizing element they’ve studied, all the artefacts and different eras throughout the history. They can see the pyramids, Tutankhamun, the tomb of Ramses II, the royal mummies, Amr ibn al-As Mosque and many more!

The four participate in this project— the National Museum for Egyptian Civilization, Egyptian Museum of Liberation, Coptic Museum, and Museum of Islamic Art. Each museum has an activity page that tells briefly about their history and we have made a virtual tour for each museum, so people can experience this project fully.

3 Reading comprehension

1 What is the name of the virtual guest and what does he do?

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2 Why does he like using Skype in the classroom?

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3 What do students like the most about the virtual tours?

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                  Auxiliary Verbs
                
                  Auxiliary verbs (or helping verbs) help other verbs form various verb forms.
                
                  AUXILIARY VERB
                  Present Simple form
                  Past Simple form
                
                  BE
                  am, is, are
                  was, were
                
                  HAVE
                  have, has
                  had
                
                  DO
                  do, does
                  did
                
                  CAN
                  can
                  could
                
                  MAY
                  may/might
                  might
                
                  MUST/HAVE TO
                  must/have to
                  had to
                
                  WILL
                  will
                  would
                
                  SHALL
                  shall
                  should

Auxiliary Verbs
Auxiliary verbs (or helping verbs) help other verbs form various verb forms.

AUXILIARY VERB	Present Simple form	Past Simple form
BE	am, is, are	was, were
HAVE	have, has	had
DO	do, does	did
CAN	can	could
MAY	may/might	might
MUST/HAVE TO	must/have to	had to
WILL	will	would
SHALL	shall	should

4 Check your grammar

Choose the correct answer.

I coming home now but it's beginning to rain. I already come home so I didn't get wet. you coming home when it began to rain?

As the classes finishing for the day, I realised that I was still confused. My classes finished for the day but I am still confused.

you having snails for lunch? you eating snails at dinner last night? you ever eaten snails before tonight?

Although we leaving the city I must go back. I have forgotten my glasses again. As I leaving the city, I realised that I had forgotten my glasses again.

I finished my homework. May I watch the movie now? I finishing my homework now. When will the movie begin?

5 Make questions

Make questions for the following sentences.

Here are some examples:

Present Simple (everyday actions, habits, routines)
I get up at six o'clock every morning. She is a student.
Do I get up at six o'clock every morning? Is she a student?

Present Continuous (actions happening right now or in the near future)
I am having a break.
Am I having a break?

Past Simple (short past actions)
She got up early yesterday. They were ill last week.
Did she get up early yesterday? Were they ill last week?

Past Continuous (longer past actions)
We were working on our project for three days last month.
Were we working on our project for three days last month?

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2.6 A virtual guest

1 Your experience with Skype

2 What do you do?

3 Reading comprehension

GRAMMAR FOCUS

4 Check your grammar

5 Make questions

2.5 When I was a child

2.7 A very special place