Sample Hot Potatoes Language Quizzes for Review

Project 1

Minimal pairs

Project 2

Music cloze
Occupations crossword
What time is it? matching
Grammar quiz

Project 3

Snow White

cloze
matching
multiple-choice
crossword

Project 4

Conversations, expressions

cloze
matching
matching 2
matching 3
hybrid

Project 5

past participle
Nutcracker Prince
     matching 1
     matching 2
     matching 3
     jumble 1
     jumble 2
     jumble 3
     jumble 4
     jumble 5
     jumble 6
     jumble 7
     jumble 8
     jumble 9
     jumble 10
prepositions
     matching
     reading
tenses

Project 6

Marriage (use the lesson index page to access all 3 quizzes)

Project 7 (Korean)

Subject/object marker
Vocabulary
Listening/short answer

Review and comment on as many projects as possible. What are the successes and shortcomings, both technical and pedagogical? Below are the criteria used to formally evaluate the lessons.

Simplified rubric for evaluating custom-authored multimedia lessons

1. Description

• Lesson introduction clearly identifies the user and specifies the pedagogical rationale and instructional focus.

2. Approach

• Pedagogical rationale, soundness, appropriateness.
• Appropriate match of activity type with language learning objective.
• Linguistic accuracy

3. Learner fit

• Intended user (level, demographics, interests, linguistic needs)
• Linguistic focus (e.g., discourse, syntax, lexis, morphology, spelling, pronunciation)
• Language skills (e.g., reading, listening, writing, speaking)
• Content consistent across lessons for this user.
• Socio-cultural assumptions or issues.
• Response handling (hints, feedback)

 4. User interface

• Navigation
• Graphical design
• Clear, concise directions

5. Technological features

• Effective use of multimedia elements