I used Domo animation from Go Animate to make a comic slide show to help kids see the differences between the English modal verbs. By using a comic of a well known character, the younger learners will be more likely to pay attention to the lesson, and thus can get more out of it. Salience is always an important thing to consider in a lesson or task, and in this Web 2.0 age, salience in online lessons and tasks will keep kids from getting side-tracked and going on Facebook every chance they get.
I would use a comic like this to make a task that involves watching the animation and responding via classblog, microblog, or even a written journal to a few questions about the use of modals by the characters. This will teach the students how modals can and cannot be used in English. This, being a Japanese animated character, would be particularly salient to Japanese and Korean learners of English, who struggle to grasp the intricacies of the English modal verbs.
Nicely done.
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