Category: Discourse competence

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.

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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.

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