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Learners are put in a role play situation: Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal. They 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 learners’ previous knowledge and develop their mediation strategies and the skills needed to deal with informal situations encountered in daily life.
Themes: Costumes/ cultureEurope
CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume scales for mediating text:
Relaying specific information in speech / in writingNote taking (lectures, seminars, meetings, etc.)
CEFR-CV Common European Framework of Reference - Companion Volume scales for mediation strategies:
Linking to previous knowledgeAdapting languageStreamlining a text
Educational levels: ISCED 1 (Primary education)ISCED 2 (Lower secondary education)
CEFR language proficiency level: B1
Languages involved in the task: EnglishPortuguese
Language of the teacher's material: English
Languages of the student's materials: Portuguese
Celebrating Mother’s Day in Portugal English-Portuguese (Task 29)
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ISCED 1: Primary education ISCED 2: Lower secondary education ISCED 3: Upper secondary education
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