Airport instructions (Task 9)

This is a project activity that focuses on cross-cultural communication and the way we communicate parts of this information to different people. First, the learners read a text regarding airport transportation and write informal short messages as part of written text communication with an exchange student. Then, the learners use the same information to write a formal email to the student’s parents.

Themes: Travelling/ countries

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scales for mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writing

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))

Niveau du CECRL : B1

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisFinnishfrançaisGreek

Resources

Airport instructions Greek-English (Task 9)

Airport instructions Finnish-English (Task 8)

Airport instructions Finnish-French (Task 87)

Airport instructions Greek-French (Task 88)

Tower of Babel – WhatsApp group (Task 13)

The aim of this task is to develop learner’s reception and production skills in an authentic situation. Firstly, the learners discuss the features of a typical social media (e.g. WhatsApp) message. Then, working in small groups, they read five different WhatsApp messages (Language B/C), and provide an answer either in Language A and/or B(/C), depending on the instructions given in the message. Finally, they share their answers with the rest of the groups. As a follow-up activity, learners have to write their own message in Language A as part of their homework, and next time, in pairs, they answer their own messages in Language B (/C).

Themes: Communication/social media

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scales for mediating text:

Processing text in speech / in writingTranslating a written text in speech / in writing

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))

Niveau du CECRL : B1

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglais

Resources

Tower of Babel - WhatsApp English-Other (Task 13)

Hot topics and digital media (Task 16)

Engaging learners in the crisscrossing of information available in several media in different languages, this task aims at developing their critical thinking and skills of relating and interpreting. Because young people consume information in several languages, this task intends to bring their multiliteracy skills to the foreign language classroom. The tasks, even if classroom-specific, are oriented towards students’ authentic, every day needs as consumers and producers of media.

Themes: Communication/social media

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scales for mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writing

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeAdapting languageStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)

Niveau du CECRL : B2

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : Croatiananglaisfrançaisallemand

Resources

Hot topics and digital media German-English-French (Task 16)

Hot topics and digital media German-Croatian-English (Task 40)

Student-teacher e-communication (Task 18)

This is a project-based task that focuses on email communication between learners and teachers. The duration of the task is two lessons. There are eight distinct steps. The aim is to familiarise learners with the style of email communication in general, and raise awareness of intercultural communication in particular.

Themes: Communication/social media

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scales for mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writing

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))

Niveau du CECRL : B2

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisFinnishGreek

Resources

Student teacher e-communication English-Finnish (Task 18)

Student teacher e-communication English-Greek (Task 19)

Student teacher e-communication Finnish-English (Task 20)

Student teacher e-communication Greek-English (Task 21)

First-aid poster (Task 22)

This is a project-based task that focuses on first-aid instructions. Learners create informative posters and present them in front of a small group of other learners.

Themes: First-aid instructions

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scales for mediating text:

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

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageAmplifying a dense textStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))

Niveau du CECRL : B2

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisFinnishGreek

Resources

First-aid poster Finnish-English (Task 22)

First aid poster Greek-English (Task 23)

Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal (Task 29)

Learners are put in a role play situation: Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal. They go through some “adventures” to get to buy a present together with their dad, who doesn’t speak a word of Portuguese. The aim of the lesson is to activate learners’ previous knowledge and develop their mediation strategies and the skills needed to deal with informal situations encountered in daily life.

Themes: Costumes/ cultureEurope

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scales for mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeAdapting languageStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)

Niveau du CECRL : B1

Languages involved in the task: anglaisPortuguese

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisPortuguese

Resources

Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal English-Portuguese (Task 29)

World mythology (Task 31)

The aim of this task (which could be adapted to include Languages A-B-C) is to familiarise learners with different cultures and media texts. Firstly, the they discuss the features of myths. Then, working in pairs, they listen to a YouTube video about a myth in (Language B/C), and do the activities (e.g., to collect new vocabulary). Next, they listen to another YouTube video or read a text about a myth with the same topic in Language A and take notes in Language B. Based on their notes, they are asked to create a short podcast in Language B. Finally, they write an article for the school newspaper where they compare the two myths and discuss in Language B (/C) how myths could be used as examples of different cultures.

Themes: Travelling/ countriesCostumes/ cultureMythology

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scales for mediating text:

Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)

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scales for mediation strategies:

Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageAmplifying a dense textStreamlining a text

Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))

Niveau du CECRL : C1

Languages involved in the task:

Language of the teacher's material: anglais

Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisFinnishGreek

Resources

World mythology Greek-English (Task 31)

World mythology Finnish-English (Task 32)