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Over the past few weeks, I have been busy working/enjoying l;ife on another planet, i.e. Second Life where things are getting quite hectic. So many people are joining up and a lot of French/spanish speakers were in contact with me. I found it quite interesting to meet up with so many nationalities just after a few clicks. Now, the problem remains to adapt the experiment for school business, which would be quite difficult following all restrictions and firewalls….

But you never know and in a few years time we might be able to communicate virtually with others students from different countries, being real or fiction

Come on have a go athttp://www.secondlife.com

I have discovered a great new game on Nintendo DS,http://www.hoteldusk.comwhich if your languages settings are correct, can be played in French or Spanish or any other language you fancy. This game is very different from the usual mario games as you follow and read a story in the same way as a book, but you also have puzzle and questions to choose from and decisions to take over different issues. I feel this can become very motivational for pupils, especially those studying at a Higher level as they can work by themselves on understanding the sentences and carrying the investigation.