Saturday, 7 June 2008
Short info about the Globetrotter's Game
Basic
How to start
Benefits
- Game about getting to know new countries and people
- It is virtual but you can visit your new friend personally if you are able to
- You choose one country, find somebody from there and write her/him
- You find some information about the country and write it on your blog
- If you want be real globetrotter, buy wallmap of the World and mark your "explored" countries
- Call your new friend and talk about what you want and after that record some basic sentences like "Hello" "Goodbye" "Welcome to ..." "I am ... and I'm from ..." and counting 1-10 in their language. And after that short basic stuff about country (population, capital city, head of the country etc. )
- All these materials could be (if your friend allow this) on your blog
- You should find peers
- Use facebook, ICQ, MSN, Gmail, Skype etc. to find new friends
How to start
- Create blog
- Tell me that you started
- Choose 5 countries
- Contact 5 people from these countries
- Find and write some information about countries on your blog
- Call your new friends by Skype or other similar program
- Add more materials like records etc.
- Offer this game :)
Benefits
- You will know a lot of people
- You will know differences between countries, traditions, issues etc.
- You will hear their language
- You will know where some country lies and basic information
- You could be interesting in society because of your knowledge
- You could discuss problems about the country, if you heard something from media. And have better point of view. And that is really great.
- Your geography teacher will love you :P
- You will be globetrotter :)
So, be GLOBETROTTER! :)
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