Students’ housing problems (Task 10)

The activity discusses the living situation of university students in Germany and other European countries and invites students to reflect their plans after graduation. First, the situation is displayed in an info text and graphics. The students then mediate the contents to a friend in the form of a voice message and explain it further in a WhatsApp message. Then, the students compare the situation in Germany to their friends’ and family’s experiences in other countries. In task 4, another text about living with the parents is read and mediated to another friend. Finally, the students prepare a panel discussion (in groups) about the advantages and disadvantages of living with the parents during university. They receive two texts in favour and two texts against living with the parents (in English) and watch a video (in German) in order to prepare the discussion.

CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume

scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingExplaining data (e.g. in graphs, diagrams, charts, etc.) in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writing

Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))

CEFR language proficiency level: C1C2

Language(s) of the teacher's material(s): English

Language(s) of the student's material(s): EnglishFrenchGerman

Resources

Students housing problems French-German-English (Task 10)