| Task’s description | |
| Writing a newsletter for the other students where they suggest cultural initiatives to attend to/follow/learn from remotely. | |
| Specific LOs (Learning Outcomes) and/or goals of the task. | |
| – To discover and remember where to access francophone cultural event/knowledge remotely – To analyse a pop culture element : an Instagram page – To understand and compare the different access to culture – To evaluate which links they want to use in their newsletter (the newsletter needs to address a specific topic whether it is music, visual arts, etc.) – To create a newsletter after studying one | |
| Sequencing the task | |
| Before the task | |
| – They study 1 Instagram page: La.Minute.Culture and analyse it to understand how the stories are created to make accessible to a large audience specific point (movements/artists/famous works) – Then they need to offer 3 to 5 links to other cultural initiatives (online concerts, YouTube page, podcast, museum accessible online, MOOCs…) in the Forum and comment on each other’s propositions | |
| During the task | |
| – They gather in groups of similar interest (music, arts, literature, other…) – They select the links they have preferred amongst the one offered in the forum that they have already looked at and choose a topic for their newsletter – They compare a newsletter (the one from France Culture) with a regular email and decipher how to create a newsletter – They create their own newsletter (with pictures, links, short description) and send it to their classmates via email. | |
| After the task | |
| – All students can use the newsletter and the links to find activities to feed their portfolios (weekly assignment they have to complete which requires them to be | |
| Additional comments | |
| Perfect little task to complete within the 1st week of the bloc A to remind the students what is a task and how to complete it. Also, the B1 final exam was on art, therefore the theme of this tailored task offers a nice bridge between their precedent level (B1) and the new one (B2). Tools used: Instagram page “Minute Culture” + Newsletter of “France Culture” | |
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Cultural Newsletter (French department)
- Video, Asynchronous, Aural (listening), Communicative competence and pragmatics, CEFR Level, Comparing / Contrasting, Synchronous, Pictorial, To understand (explain, interpret, summarise, classify, associate...), 30-45 min, When/Where, Combination of outside and in class, Decision-making, Hybrid face-to-face and online, Written, Discourse competence, B2, Setting, Description, Authentic / genuine, Written, Digital component - Mode of communication, To evaluate (judge, support, compare, choose, decide...), Combination of individual and small group work, Mediation competence, Goals, To create (plan, combine, formulate, develop, collaborate, role-play...), Competences, Type of task, Presentation, Input, Output, Type of participation / grouping, Time estimate, Sharing experiences
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