Welcome to the TAFLP computer-mediated activity library database of activities and projects. Scroll down to browse the activities, or click on a header to sort the activities alphabetically by that category.


Admissions BoardWriting ProjectCultureChat

In role-play scenario, students use persuasive language to sway the minds of a university admissions board.

Adopting customsWritingCultureBlog

In this activity students blog about cross-cultural issues.

Advice, please!Role playMiscellaneousChat

In this role play activity, students practice giving advice to each other on a variety of issues.

Alma MattersWriting/DiscussionPeople & PlacesWiki

Students create an actual wikipedia entry in the target language

Bunker BuddiesRole playCurrent TopicsChat

In this role-play scenario, students present a case for a spot in a neighbor's bomb shelter.

Calendar WikiWriting ProjectCultureWiki

Students create a class wiki based on the theme of holidays in the target culture

Class BiographersWriting/DiscussionPeople & PlacesBlog

Students complete auto-biographical blog entries and then write biographies of their classmates

Class Book ClubWriting/DiscussionLanguage & LiteratureBlog

Over a semester, students use blogs to discuss and reflect on stories, poems, or literature that the class is reading.

Course GoalsWritingMiscellaneousBlog

Students reflect on their learning style, goals, and achievements.

Create your own StoryWikiWriting ProjectLanguage & LiteratureWiki

Students develop a hypertext/multi-plot story using a wiki.

Do you buy it? A critical look at advertisingWritingCultureBlog

Several week journaling exercise to gain awareness of media/advertising influence

Doctor, DoctorRole PlayMiscellaneousAudioVoice

Students role play a doctor and patient consultation using audio files

Famous PersonagesWritingPeople & PlacesBlog

Students research famous individuals online and write about them in their blogs.

First contact: A message across time and spaceDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students discuss what artifacts should be placed in a space capsule to represent humanity.

FoodieWikiWriting ProjectCultureWiki

In this wiki project, students create an online guide to the cuisine and food culture of the target culture.

GlossaWiki: a class reading resourceProjectLanguage & LiteratureWiki

This activity involves the ongoing development of an online class dictionary/glossary in wiki form

Good deal gone badRole playBusinessChat

An activity to practice making complaints as an online buyer or seller of electronics

GrammarWikiProjectLanguage & LiteratureWiki

a class Wiki that students create over the semester that documents lexico-grammatical points of study

Guess who I am?Role playPeople & PlacesChat

A Q&A task using IM to discover who the famous person is

Help wanted: Interviewing for a new jobRole playBusinessChat

Students act as employers and job candidates, interviewing each other for job ads that they create.

How was your vacation?DiscussionPeople & PlacesChat

Students chat about their vacations.

Hyperstory 2.0Speaking/DiscussionMiscellaneousAudioVoice

In this activity, students create an ongoing hyperstory on the class audio messageboard.

In the NewsProjectCurrent TopicsAudioVoice

Students create a podcast about items currently in the news

jiji (^_^) 88DiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students learn, discuss, and use emoticons and internet slang in the language of study.

Language and SocietyDiscussionLanguage & LiteratureChat

Students use chat to discuss and debate issues regarding language and society.

MatchmakersDiscussionPeople & PlacesChat

Students try to match their friends with famous individuals.

Movie JournalWritingCultureBlog

Students keep a journal reviewing movies they have watched in the target language.

MuseWiki: A virtual museumProjectCultureWiki

Students create a class wiki designed as a virtual museum of some aspect or historical period of the target culture

New and Improved!: A Marketing ProjectWriting ProjectBusinessWiki

Students use a wiki to develop a new product and an advertisement for it.

NewsWikiWriting ProjectBusinessWiki

Students create a wiki-based online newspaper

Notable QuotablesWriting/DiscussionLanguage & LiteratureBlog

A blog activity where students reflect on famous or interesting quotes in the target language

One Life to Live, One Heart to GiveRole playCurrent TopicsChat

In this medical role-play scenario, students use persuasive language to sway the minds of several classmates.

Poetry ReadingProjectLanguage & LiteratureAudioVoice

Students record a poem or poems on the class audio discussion board, and interpret each others' readings.

Reduce, Reuse, RecycleDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Chat discussion of environmental issues surrounding recycling and waste management

School News PodcastProjectCurrent TopicsAudioVoice

Students create podcasts about their school or university

Sell me on it!Role playBusinessChat

Students use persuasive speech to sell each other everyday objects.

SpeechwritersWriting ProjectCurrent TopicsWiki

Students create a wiki to write a speech on a current issue

Talk to me: An audio discussion board activitySpeaking/DiscussionMiscellaneousAudioVoice

Students use a voice messageboard to create and edit an online discussion

Technology in the ClassroomDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Chat where students express opinions on the role of technology in classroom

The Amazing Web RaceDiscussionMiscellaneousChat

Students use the web to find answers to trivia and make up questions of their own, and then use chat to quiz their …

The Mayor is dead!Role PlayMiscellaneousChat

In this murder mystery, students play the roles of townspeople who must determine who among them murdered the Mayor.

The Sporting LifeDiscussionCultureChat

Students use chat to discuss sports in the culture of study

The Student LifeDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students research and discuss student life in the culture of study.

The United NationsDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students use chat to discuss issues related to the U.N. after visiting its website

Think EnergyDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Discussion/debate on energy production and consumption practices in the culture(s) of study

What you need to succeedDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students discuss with their classmates the keys to success

What's behind a word? A semantic mapping activityDiscussionLanguage & LiteratureChat

Students brainstorm associations with a culturally-loaded word.

Who's watching the kids?: Media and youth behaviorDiscussionCurrent TopicsChat

Students learn and discuss issues regarding media and youth behavior in the culture of study

Why did he do that?DiscussionMiscellaneousChat

Students learn of a mysterious event and speculate on the causes

Word of the DayProjectLanguage & LiteratureAudioVoice

Students create an audio dictionary of vocabulary items