While playing the role of local political actors and journalists, students are to participate in a conference in which they discuss the issues faced by migrants living in camps in Northern France.
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.
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.
Students read articles about inclusion within the German educational system and discuss and write about whether they are in favor/against inclusion in schools
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.
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.
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.
Students explore what EU is doing to give equal chances to women at work and hold a debate about the different solutions they found.
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.
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.