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.
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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
Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: B1
Languages involved in the task:
Language of the teacher's material: English
Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFinnishFrenchGreek
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).
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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
Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: B1
Languages involved in the task:
Language of the teacher's material: English
Language(s) of the student's material(s): English
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.
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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
Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: B2
Languages involved in the task:
Language of the teacher's material: English
Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFinnishGreek
First-aid instructions (Task 24)
The aim of this task is to practise learners’ reception and production skills in an authentic situation. They first read a short text in Language A about fainting, and then role play a phone call scenario in pairs.
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Themes: First-aid instructions
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scales for mediating text:Processing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies:
Breaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: B2
Languages involved in the task:
Language of the teacher's material: English
Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFinnishGreek
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.
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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
Educational levels: ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: C1
Languages involved in the task:
Language of the teacher's material: English
Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFinnishGreek