And the Oscar goes to... 2013 nominees.

Hello, everyone.

The Oscar Ceremony is near, on February 24th . So, I invite you all,  - students and ex-ones, movie buffs or not - to post your comments on the following categories:

Best Picture:	Amour, Argo, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Django Unchained, Les Misérables, Life of Pi, Lincoln, Silver Linings Playbook, Zero Dark Thirty
Best Actor in a Leading Role:	Bradley Cooper, Daniel Day-Lewis, Hugh Jackman, Joaquin Phoenix, Denzel Washington
Best Actress in a Leading Role:	Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Lawrence, Emmanuelle Riva, Quvenzhané Wallis, Naomi Watts
Best Director:	Amour (Michael Haneke), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin), Life of Pi (Ang Lee), Silver Linings Playbook (David O. Russell), Lincoln (Steven Spielberg)

For more information, please go to: OSCAR official site 

These are the questions proposed: 

1) Have you seen all the films? Which ones have you seen? Which one should win? Why?

2)Which actor/actress should get the statuette for leading and supporting roles?Why?

But,this February I propose a different participation - through an audio activity with VOXOPOP. This is a valuable voice tool that can help you boost your speaking skills and also integrates the participants. See below how it works:

0) This is an example of a recent VOXOPOP group I had participated in with international teachers.

1) Voxopop group discussion: Your Opinion on 2013 Oscar Nominees- 
Once there, please click on the link TALKGROUP RULES on the green banner, where I explain what you should do.

2) This is how the VOXOPOP voicethread will appear. One recording after another. You just, click on the RECORD A MESSAGE button and post your opinion. Give it a try, ok?  But first, you'll need to sign up to VOXOPOP. But it is pretty easy. Just go to Sign up to VOXOPOP.

Hope you enjoy this new activity! Count on your participation!

Flávia