This was originally part of the 2000 Culpeper Workshop at the University of Puget Sound. The links have not been updated.
Consider: What purpose does a quiz serve? How should quizzes be structured to achieve a desired end? Are crossword puzzles useful to anyone besides language teachers?
Try it: Take a look at the following English language teaching quizzes, and see which are more useful and interactive:
| Geography http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/geo4.html |
| Body parts http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/vm/m-body.html |
| Idioms http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/9807/km-animalidioms.html (pull down to see answers) |
| http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/quiz/cw1.html (click and check when done) |
| http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/dt/mc-2000-01syn.html (click and check each one) |
| http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/quizzes/js/ck/ed-caps.html (type in answers) |
| http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/reading/smicat1.htm |
| http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~itesls/sp/ |
Try it: Creating your own quizzes and crossword puzzles
Consider: beyond quizzing - some other directions for interactivity
| SchMOOze (http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/) |
| Randall's ESL Listening Lab (http://www.esl-lab.com/) |
| CALL@Chorus.com (http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html) |
