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.

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

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

CEFR language proficiency level: B1

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

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

Resources

Airport instructions Greek-English (Task 9)

Airport instructions Finnish-English (Task 8)

Airport instructions Finnish-French (Task 87)

Airport instructions Greek-French (Task 88)

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).

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

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

CEFR language proficiency level: B1

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

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

Resources

Tower of Babel - WhatsApp English-Other (Task 13)

First-aid poster (Task 22)

This is a project activity that focuses on first-aid instructions. Students will create informative posters and present them in front of a small group of students.

Themes: First-aid instructions

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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:Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageAmplifying a dense textStreamlining a text

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

CEFR language proficiency level: B2

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

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

Resources

First-aid poster Finnish-English (Task 22)

First aid poster Greek-English (Task 23)

First-aid instructions (Task 24)

The aim of this activity is to practise student’s reception and production skills in an authentic situation. Students first read a short text tin Language A about fainting, and then role play a phone call scenario in pairs.

Themes: First-aid instructions

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scales for mediating text: Processing text in speech / in writing

CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume

scales for mediation strategies involved:Breaking down complicated informationAdapting languageStreamlining a text

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

CEFR language proficiency level: B2

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

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

Resources

First-aid instructions Finnish-English (Task 24)

First-aid instructions Greek-English (Task 25)

World mythology (Task 31)

The aim of this activity (which could be adapted to include Languages A-B-C) is to familiarise the students with different cultures and media texts. Firstly, the students discuss the features of myths. Then, working in pairs, they listen to a YouTube video about a myth in (Language B/C), and do the activities (e.g., to collect new vocabulary). Next, they listen to another YouTube video or read a text about a myth with the same topic in Language A and take notes in Language B. Based on their notes, they will have to create a short podcast in Language B. Finally, they have to write an article for the school newspaper where they compare the two myths and discuss in Language B (/C) how myths could be used as examples of different cultures.

Themes: Travelling/ countriesCostumes/ cultureMythology

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scales for mediating text: Relaying specific information in speech / in writingProcessing text in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)

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scales for mediation strategies involved:Linking to previous knowledgeBreaking down complicated informationAdapting languageAmplifying a dense textStreamlining a text

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

CEFR language proficiency level: C1

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

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

Resources

World mythology Greek-English (Task 31)

World mythology Finnish-English (Task 32)