Universitat de Valencia

STAGE 1: GETTING STARTED

BEGIN 1

Getting Started

English

B1/B2

90 mins

STAGE 1: Getting started: Becoming familiar with the Virtual Exchange project and with the technologies to be used

Dates: Week 1, from __________ to __________

Deadline: End of Week 1.

Theme & Goals:

Becoming familiar with the entrepreneurship Virtual Exchange project and with the technologies to be used.

Step 1. Participant Information Leaflet and Consent form (Annex III):

You will be informed about the Virtual Exchange project by your teacher and trough the participants’ information leaflet and will be given participants’ consent forms to sign and return to the teacher.

Step 2. Completing the Pre-intervention questionnaire (Annex IV):

Complete a Pre-intervention questionnaire about Virtual Exchange¹.

Step 3. Taking the English Placement/Diagnostic test:

Take the English placement/diagnostic test to identify their CEFR level. Use your institution’s Moodle platform to complete the online version of the test and receive automatic feedback.

Step 4. Creating a Gmail account and getting to know Google+:

Create a Gmail account and practice composing and sending an email.

Step 5. Creating a digital profile on Google+²:

Create your Digital Profile on Google +: a) Basic Information, b) Education, c) Communities, d) Links, e) Story, f) Work, g) Places, h) Contact Information. Then, upload a photo/avatar/image.

Step 6. Joining the Google+ Community:

Join the Google+ community by clicking on the link to the dedicated community created by your teacher.

Step 7. Thinking of ice-breaking questions:

Think of ice-breaking questions to be posted on the Google+ Community.

Summary of tasks:

1) Complete pre-intervention questionnaire

2)Take diagnostic test

3) Complete digital profile and join the Google+ Community

4) Think of ice-breaking questions