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Learners should work in pairs (Learner A-B). Each learner receives a different worksheet: Learner A receives the Worksheet Grocery List A in Language A. Following the scenario instructions on the worksheet, Learner A should relay information related to food and practise polite question forms in Language B. Using the Worksheet Grocery List B, Learner B listens carefully to the information introduced by Learner A in Language B and then B selects the fruit and vegetables just mentioned by Learner A and writes them down in Language B.
Themes: FoodShopping
CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume scales for mediating text:
Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A1A2
Languages involved in the task: EnglishFinnishGreekhome language
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishFinnishGreek
Grocery list English-Finnish (Task 1)
Grocery list Greek-English (Task 2)
Grocery list English-Greek (Task 3)
This task aims to familiarise learners with the process of transferring information from one language to another with the use of videos which focus on specific monuments in Paris.
Themes: Travelling/ countries
CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume scales for mediation strategies:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A1
Languages involved in the task: EnglishFrench
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishFrench
Visiting Paris English-French (Task 45)
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ISCED 1: Primary education ISCED 2: Lower secondary education ISCED 3: Upper secondary education
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