This task allows the telecollaborative partners to take interest in a current subject, ecology, using the example of their cities. This task has them exchange points of view and make intercultural comparisons by producing a text which proposes solutions for the partner' s city.
Institution reporting the task:
Language of task instructions:
English
Target Group:
Any
Level:
| A2 |
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| B1 |
| B2 |
References and acknowledgements:
None
Type:
None
Estimated Duration:
2 sessions
Topic:
Ecology, environment
Tags:
| Politics |
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| Society |
Acknowledgements:
None
Language Configurations:
Bilingual
Language(s) that the task can be used in:
Any
Dominant language production:
Writing/reading asynchronous
Target Competences:
| Language competence |
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| Intercultural skills |
Specific pedagogical objectives:
Development of students interest in cultural similarities and differences
Suggested Communication Tools:
Asynchronous text
Suggested Resources:
A site where you might find informations and links concerning the environment on communal level:
http://www.epa.gov/epahome/community.htm
Instructions:
Stage 1(prepared by the teachers):
– Create a closed forum (like Moodle)
– Form teams of 4 telecollaborative partners: two students (pair) from each country
Stage 2 (research):
– Ask each pair to develop a questionnaire (in form of a Word document) on the political situation of the partner' s city in the field of ecology and the problems this can create:
For example: Does your city enforce waste separation? Are there a lot of green spaces in your city?
– The pairs post their questionnaires in the forum
– In every team the pairs exchange their answers to the respective questionnaire with each other in the forum
Stage 3(production):
– Ask the pairs to choose 3 problematic subjects from the partner team’ s responses to the questionnaire:
For example: one city implements waste separation, the other does not
-The telecollaborative partners write a text (which could be addressed " to the responsible parties of ecological policy in the partner' s city" ) to propose solutions to the problems of the partner' s city
The text should comprise between 100 and 150 words depending on the competence level
Stage 4 (exchanges):
In the forum the partners react to the viability of the solutions suggested by the partners (they comment, add or express their disapproval)
Stage 5 (wrap-up in class):
Return to the task of the production stage on the differences which exist between the ecological policies of both cities
Learner Texts:
None
Document related to the task:
Criteria for Completion:
The participants could suggest solutions in the area of ecology in the partners’ city by means of a text and understand the differences that might exist concerning that subject between the two cultures.
Comments and suggestions:
None
Author/copyright:
Le français en Première Ligne (2011-2012) Grenoble-Chypre. Groupe A : Alice Saphengthong, Marianne Legeay (Tâche 4 « Trieurs d’élite »)