School World Song Contest (Task 37)
This activity is about incorporating learners’ home languages and the (inter-/pluri) cultural component. The students will watch a video news item about the Eurovision Song Contest and/or read an accompanying online text - both in Language A (the language of schooling). They will condense and summarise three key points in Language B (French) about Eurovision from the two source texts for the school newspaper or the school whiteboard. They will then collaborate to produce a poster in Language B based on the information in the texts - the aim of the poster is to advertise a multilingual school song contest. They will prepare for an oral presentation about music in their home countries in Language B (with help from their families). They will use their mediation skills to record a voice message in their home language (Language C) to explain the information in the poster to their families.
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Themes: After school plans
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglais
Italian menu (Task 43)
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Themes: Food
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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : A2B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisItalian
Transition Year work experience (Task 46)
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1B2
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisIrish
Proper use of face masks (Task 6)
Students are expected to relay information and explain data about the correct use of face masks with the help of poster diagrams, and also to produce an approximate translation.
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Themes: COVID-19
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingExplaining data (e.g. in graphs, diagrams, charts, etc.) in speech / in writingTranslating a written text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : A2B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisMaltese
Filmmaking competition (Task 7)
Students will perform a number of mediation activities as they go through the process of getting to know about a language film design competition and actually writing the script for the competition. The tasks aim at developing learners’ skills in selecting information from source texts and relaying it into a target text in another language.
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Themes: After school plans
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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1B2
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisItalian
Airport instructions (Task 9)
This is a project activity that focuses on cross-cultural communication and the way we communicate parts of this information to different people. First, the students will read a text regarding airport transportation, and they will write informal short messages as part of written text communication with an exchange student. Then, the students will have to use the same information and write a formal email to the student’s parents.
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Themes: Travelling/ countries
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisFinnishfrançaisGreek
Maths family connect sessions (Task 11)
Students are to relay information and explain data from a poster about Maths evening classes for students accompanied by their parents.
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : A2B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisItalian
T-shirt design competition (Task 12)
Students will perform a number of mediation activities as they go through the process of getting to know about a language t-shirt design competition and a final presentation of their work. The tasks aim at developing learners’ skills in selecting information from source texts and relaying it into a target text in another language.
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Themes: Teen lifeAfter school plans
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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : A2B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisItalian
Tower of Babel – WhatsApp group (Task 13)
The aim of this activity is to practise the student’s reception and production skills in an authentic situation. Firstly, the students discuss the features of a typical social media (WhatsApp) message. Then, working in small groups, they read five different WhatsApp messages (Language B/C), and provide an answer either in Language A and/or B(/C), depending on the instructions given in the message. Finally, they share their answers with the rest of the groups. As a follow-up activity, students have to write their own message in Language A as part of their homework, and next time, in pairs, they answer their own messages in Language B (/C).
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Themes: Communication/social media
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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writingTranslating a written text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglais
Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal (Task 29)
Students are put in a role play situation: Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal. They will go through some “adventures” to get to buy a present together with their dad, who doesn’t speak a word of Portuguese. The aim of the lesson is to activate students’ previous knowledge and develop their mediation strategies, skills needed to deal with informal situations encountered in daily life.
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Themes: Costumes/ cultureEurope
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Linking to previous knowledgeAdapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisPortuguese
A Mexican in your town (Task 30)
This task aims at familiarizing students with different text types and practising their skills in comprehending texts in Language A and producing in Language B and vice versa. In the first part, students mediate a German text about touristic information into Spanish. In the second task, a Spanish text is mediated into German or a heritage language, involving intercultural aspects and using a text format that students are accustomed to: a WhatsApp message. In the third task, students reflect on their own experiences with mediation.
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Themes: Travelling/ countries
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 1 (Enseignement primaire)ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : allemandSpanish
Eat and throw away - Lessons learnt from the pandemic (Task 36)
During the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to statistics most people had to change their life drastically. Many gained weight. At the same time, the use of plastic increased, having an environmental impact. This activity provides the same source text on which students will work in different languages, English, French, Spanish, Italian and German, and leaves room for the teacher to decide what language(s) will be used as Language A (language of source texts) or Language B (that of the end product of the students, which will be a leaflet). An additional aim of this activity is to raise students´ awareness of health and environmental issues during the pandemic, and to find some solutions to the problems.
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Themes: COVID-19Eating habits
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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Amplifying a dense textStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisfrançaisallemandItalianSpanish
Social media and teenage life (Task 42)
This lesson focuses on written mediation. The main tasks aim at: a) developing learners’ skills in selecting information from a source text (a blog entry), b) summarising messages into a target language, and c) developing the mediation strategies of paraphrasing, providing synonyms, distinguishing major from minor information.
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Themes: Communication/social media
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)
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scales for mediation strategies involved:Adapting languageAmplifying a dense textStreamlining a text
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)
Niveau du CECRL : B1B2
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisGreek
Transition Year work experience (Task 46)
The aim of the task is to compile a class Padlet (in Irish) comprising a series of video and text summaries of information students gather online about work experience placements. Students firstly watch a video in which other students share ideas in English for work experience placements, then they use a specific web resource in English to learn about various work experience possibilities for their Transition Year placements. They choose an experience which interests them, and they learn relevant vocabulary in Irish related to careers to help them complete a task in Irish which involves contributing a video recording and short text to a class Padlet.
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Themes: Teen life
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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing
Niveaux d’éducation : ISCED 2 (Premier cycle de l’enseignement secondaire)ISCED 3 (Deuxième cycle de l’enseignement secondaire (comprenant l’enseignement général et professionnel))
Niveau du CECRL : B1
Langue(s) du matériel de l'enseignant·e : anglais
Langue(s) du matériel de l'élève : anglaisIrish