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Anyway, I am teaching a culturally diverse, intermediate-level class the second conditional and can't think of a very good assessment.
I am beginning the class with a brief brainstorming session talking about ways that cultural diversity and ways that cultures can connect, just to warm things up. Then I am planning on showing the Where the Hell is Matt? youtube video to show students the power that connections can have. Then we will discuss the video, by talking about the differences between the cultures in the video and how the people connected despite their cultural differences.
Then the students will write about themselves personally and about themselves as a part of their greater culture, with the next step being speaking to a partner and exchanging ideas about their different cultures.
Here's where the lesson gets muddy. I wanted them to speak with their partners to come up with theoretical situations in which they visit the other's culture. Like, coming from a German student, If I went to France, I would drink wine instead of beer.
The lesson seems to break down here, however, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for authentic texts or worksheet ideas that could maybe help teach the students the conditional before the formal grammar lesson.
Does this make sense? Does anyone have any ideas?
Anyway, I am teaching a culturally diverse, intermediate-level class the second conditional and can't think of a very good assessment.
I am beginning the class with a brief brainstorming session talking about ways that cultural diversity and ways that cultures can connect, just to warm things up. Then I am planning on showing the Where the Hell is Matt? youtube video to show students the power that connections can have. Then we will discuss the video, by talking about the differences between the cultures in the video and how the people connected despite their cultural differences.
Then the students will write about themselves personally and about themselves as a part of their greater culture, with the next step being speaking to a partner and exchanging ideas about their different cultures.
Here's where the lesson gets muddy. I wanted them to speak with their partners to come up with theoretical situations in which they visit the other's culture. Like, coming from a German student, If I went to France, I would drink wine instead of beer.
The lesson seems to break down here, however, and I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for authentic texts or worksheet ideas that could maybe help teach the students the conditional before the formal grammar lesson.
Does this make sense? Does anyone have any ideas?