Inklusion in deutschen Schulen – Inclusion in German schools – German department
Students read articles about inclusion within the German educational system and discuss and write about whether they are in favor/against inclusion in schools
Category: To apply (solve, discover, demonstrate, report, relate…)
Populärwissenschaftliche Sendungen – popular science broadcast – German department
Students watch a serie / listen to a academic podcast about politics/culture and debate, in a role as ‘expert’ with their fellow students about the chosen topic.
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.
Alimentazione sostenibile – Sustainable food choices – Italian department
The aim of the task is to write a collaborative proposal for a more sustainable choice of food.
Introduction to Russian History through city names – Saint Petersburg and its names – Russian department
This class is the third of a three-lesson unit which consists of reading and listening with vocabulary work, discussion about the linguistic evolution of city names and historical aspects and presentations.
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.
Business plan: French products for Europe – French department
Students write a business plan explaining how they will introduce products made in Europe into the French market. Their objective is convince banks of the viability of their endeavor.
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.
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.
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