Hybrid face-to-face and online – ELC Language Learning

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.

Collaborative reading and creative writing (Spanish department)

This task is a collaborative reading and creative writing task based on a typical short stories genre (articuentos) published by the Spanish writer Juan José Millás. The final product is to choose the most original articuento of the class.

Opinion vlog about a children’s song (Russian department)

Developed for beginner learners to consolidate their vocabulary and expose them to the authentic language. Final product: video about the song

Padlet on intercultural differences (Russian department)

This task involves reading authentic Russian texts and writing a short feedback in Padlet. The texts are on the topic of intercultural communication: these are interviews with Russian language learners who live/work/study in Russia. They talk about cultural shock, differences in mentality, challenges to live in Russia.

Group work action plan (English department)

The goal of the task is for students to reflect on their role as a group member, to form groups based on complementary preferences and skillsets, to discuss their preferences with their group, and to come up with an action plan (final product) for the group project in which guidelines and a rough timetable for the project are described. The aim of the action plan is also to identify potential challenges for the group as well as ways to navigate these challenges.

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.

“L’Autre” (The Other) : intercultural approaches and stereotypes/discrimination (French department)

Students need to research the topic of interculturality and the creation of cultural stereotypes and how it may lead to discrimination; and later use these researches to write an analysis of a cultural object (a movie, a book, a film) to produce the final product that is a research article published on a research blog: Hypothese.org.

Text comprehension and Cloze-text reading (Dutch department)

Reading comprehension at home with Zeeguu and Cloze-gap reading in class.

Category: Hybrid face-to-face and online

“L’Autre” (The Other) : intercultural approaches and stereotypes/discrimination (French department)

Text comprehension and Cloze-text reading (Dutch department)

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