Grocery list (Task 1)

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:

Language of the teacher's material: English

Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFinnishGreek

Resources

Grocery list English-Finnish (Task 1)

Grocery list Greek-English (Task 2)

Grocery list English-Greek (Task 3)

Visiting Paris (Task 45)

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 mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing

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:

Language of the teacher's material: English

Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFrench

Resources

Visiting Paris English-French (Task 45)