Preparing for an interview with a native speaker (Russian department)
This task is developed for A2/B1 learners to learn about Gorbachev’s reforms and prepare for an interview with a native speaker.
Category: Aural (listening)
180 degrees debate (Swedish department)
The teacher provides a number of (very clear, black&white: e.g. ‘we don’t need a monarchy’, ‘pineapple on pizza is delicious’, things like that) propositions. Two students start the debate, one of them is pro, the other con. Then after some time, the teachers rings a bell (or simply announces) and they swith their point of view immediately, a 180 degrees. The one pro becomes con, and vice versa. They continue the debate in their new role. After a few minutes, two new students get a new proposition and start their debate.
Cultural Newsletter (French department)
Writing a newsletter for the other students where they suggest cultural initiatives to attend to/follow/learn from remotely
Quiz on ecology (French department)
The students need to acquire knowledge and data following the film studied (Demain) and their own reasearches on the topic of ecology and the future. The final product is a quiz on kahoot. Groups of students present their discoveries by creating a quiz on kahoot that their classmates need to answer. After each question answered, the presenting students offer a feedback with an explanation based on their research so that they can share to others what they have learned; and the rest of the class can learn while having fun.
Online magazine on interculturality (French department)
Students have to reflect on the notions of success and fails, how to determine them, how to reflect on them and if they are the same across all countries and cultures. The final product is 1 article per student, published in a webzine created by a group (3-5) of students.
Time Capsule (or) Machine à remonter le temps (French department)
For their task 1, French Basic 1a students (A2) have to write an email to themself, in the future. They have to use the website https://www.futureme.org/ and will, in 10 years time, receive this email.
Popular Science Article & Conference (French department)
Students (C1) have to write a popular science article and self-publish it in a paper magazine. They also have to organise a conference open to the public to present their articles.
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.
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.
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