Italian menu (Task 43)
Learners perform a number of mediation activities as they go through the process of reading the menu, choosing, and ordering food and drinks for each member of their family while on holiday in a foreign country. The activities aim at developing learners’ skills in selecting information from a source text and relaying it into a target text in another language.
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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:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A2B1
Languages involved in the task: EnglishItalianlanguage of schoolinghome language
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishItalian
Lost dog (Task 4)
The aim of this activity is to practise a specific vocabulary, introduce learners to different text media, and raise intercultural awareness. Learners read a short text in Language A about a friend’s missing dog and they then have to create an Instagram post and a “lost dog” flyer in Language B.
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Themes: Pets/ animals
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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:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A2
Languages involved in the task: EnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGermanGreekPolishSwedish
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishEstonianFinnishFrenchGermanGreekPolishSwedish
Filmmaking competition (Task 7)
Learners perform a number of mediation activities as they go through the process of getting to know about a language film design competition and of actually writing the script for the competition. The task aims 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:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)ISCED 3 (Upper secondary education (including general and vocational education))
CEFR language proficiency level: B1B2
Languages involved in the task: EnglishItalian
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishItalian
Maths family connect sessions (Task 11)
Learners are asked to relay information and explain data from a poster about Maths evening classes for learners 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:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A2B1
Languages involved in the task: EnglishItalian
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishItalian
T-shirt design competition (Task 12)
Learners perform a number of mediation activities as they go through the process of getting to know about a language t-shirt design competition and prepare a final presentation of their work. The task aims 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
CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume
scales for mediation strategies:
Adapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: A2B1
Languages involved in the task: EnglishItalian
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishItalian
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 lives drastically. Many gained weight. At the same time, the use of plastic increased, with an environmental impact. This task provides the same source text on which learners 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 (or the learners' end product, which is a leaflet). An additional aim is to raise learners' 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:
Amplifying 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: B1
Languages involved in the task: All languagesEnglishFrenchGermanItalianSpanish
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: EnglishFrenchGermanItalianSpanish