B2 – Page 2 – ELC Language Learning

Plot-puzzle – German department

After having watched a movie in preparation for the seminar, the students have to order a messed up plot summary.

Nominatie van een film – Dutch department

This task consists of a series of tasks in which students are introduced to different films. All films are approached from different angles. Students are expected to study these different angles in order to read and appreciate reviews about the films, after which they are invited to watch the films themselves. In the end they need to discuss if the film will be nominated for a festival based on a set of criteria. Each student needs to write a report, which will be evaluated and assessed by the teacher.

Politica e quotidiani – presentation on national newspapers – Italian department

The aim of the task is to give a short presentation on a national newspaper, which includes a description of the historical background and the political orientation, and the analysis of recent news.

Spontaneous nonsense presentation – German department

In this exercise students are asked to actively apply useful phrases (up’s) to a spontaneous nonsense presentation in preparation for the conference at the end of the language course trajectory where they present their research papers. The importance and the usefulness of the up’s when structuring a cohesive presentation is stressed while they are also having fun using theatre improvisation techniques adjusted to language learning, not to mention the great practice for their general presentation skills.

Poster presentations about documentaries (German History) – German department

Selected episodes of the series were discussed during the course in the group collectively. In the last week students choose one of the episodes not discussed in the group.

Où sont les femmes? – Gender parity – French department

Students explore what EU is doing to give equal chances to women at work and hold a debate about the different solutions they found.

VLOG – remembering complicated relationships – Spanish department

The task consists of a video forum in which students can talk about relationships that they had in the past. They can relate to each other’s experiences, get to know each other better and find points in common.

In class debate/conversation – Spanish department

In class conversation in small groups (3-4 students) about a cultural product, in this example about a piece of news from a national newspaper. The type of cultural product is the same for every group. In order to be fully prepared for the conversation, the students are asked to work on it. in advance There are moderators assigned for this tasks to conduct and also participate in the conversation.

Media Diary – Swedish department

Student picks a Swedish/target language source for the media diary (can choose freely as long as the language is Swedish/target language, films, series, podcasts etc.), should last an hour.
Writes a resumé over the consumed material, in form of a review and express their opinion, can be critical and reflective as well but doesn’t have to be.

Swedish culture (IKEA) – Swedish department

Students read an article, then go to IKEAs website to find information to perform the task.

Category: B2