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ES F17 INT Love on Tinder

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: JOSE GOMEZ 

Day and Date: 09/27/2017

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): INTERMEDIATE 

Class theme/topics discussed: Love, cultural differences in relationship.

Goal of the class: To learn vocabulary related to relationships and ways of meeting people in Spanish.

How did you structure the class?  

Pre-warm up: Students answer some questions about love and the ways they meet people. This is the time to mention Tinder as it will be relevant for the rest of the class.

Warm-up (15’): Word-search about physical and personality features.

Activity 1 (5’) Brainstorming : Students brainstorm adjectives to describe people

 

Activity 2 (20’) Create your own Tinder profile

Students get a Tinder template and create their own fictional profile of a social network to meet people. In this they will have to fill their details, plus fun facts and interests.

Here they are also advised to include a silly pick-up line that the instructor will provide

 

Activity 3 Speed dating (25’)

Since they are intermediate students, they get some set phrases begin their conversations and not get stuck.

Students will be divided in two rows. Then they will have 4 minutes to talk to each other in a speed date. In here they will have to talk about their online profiles in person and share some ice breaking sentences that they have learnt in class.

Students ask each other questions about themselves. Requirement, they need to use at least one pick up line

 

What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

Pick up lines (below)

13 word-search sheets love word search

Speaking Prompts for speed dating (below)

13 Tinder templates tinder profile

 

 

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

It was a bit challenging at first, but they picked a lot of vocabulary from the brainstorming and felt confident to use it and talk about it later. The speed dating was again a success, they had a lot of fun and practiced the target structures and vocabulary.  Having some set phrases to start the conversation was key to avoid students not talking or not knowing how to start. The activity turns very humorous when they use pick-up lines and have very ridiculous profiles.

 

How could this class be improved/ modified?

I think some students are shy to talk about themselves in a speed dating activity. Therefore, it is better if the instructor tells them from the beginning that they should create fictitious characters to avoid awkward situations.

 

 

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that).  Please attach any handouts as well.

 

 

Pick-up lines

 

 Me gustaría ser lente de contacto para que no pudieras sacarme tu mirada

 

 

Ojalá la mitad de las estrellas brillaran tanto como tus ojos.

 

 

Ojalá fueras bombero para apagar el fuego de mi deseo.

 

 

Quisiera ser joyero para poder apreciar todos los días un diamante como tú.

 

 

 Si tus ojos fueran el cielo y tu boca el mar, me gustaría ser el horizonte para poderte besar

 

 

Si yo fuera azafata, te llevaría en mi avión, pero como no lo soy, te llevo en mi corazón.

 

 

Si el agua fuese belleza, tú serías el océano entero.

 

 

Si besarte fuera pecado, caminaría feliz por el infierno.

 

 

Perdí mi número. ¿Puedo tener el tuyo?

 

 

¿Crees en amor a primera vista, o debo pasarte otra vez?

 

Phrases to help speed dating

 

¿A qué te dedicas?

 

¿Qué te gusta hacer en tu tiempo libre?

 

¿Has tenido otras relaciones en el pasado?

 

¿Por qué no funcionaron?

 

¿Qué es lo que más te gusta en una persona?

 

¿Dónde te gustaría vivir?

 

¿Quieres tener hijos?

 

¿Eres de playa o de montaña?

 

¿Cuál es tu libro favorito?

ES SP16 ADV: Pick-up Lines

Language Resident Name:

Joaquin Garcia

Day and Date:

02/11/2016

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class):

Advance Class

 Class theme/topics discussed:

 Pick-up Lines

 Goal of the class:

 Brainstorm of the class project.

 How did you structure the class?

 Activity 1 (5min): Remember of cultural activities and other upcoming events.

Activity 2 (10min): Students have to think in 3 English pick-up lines and translate them directly into Spanish.

Activity 3 (5min): Students receive a list of Spanish pick-up lines. We discuss meaning and vocabulary.

Activity 4 (5min): Students have to create a small profile with basic features for speed-dating: name, age, job, habits, hobbies…

Activity 5 (30min): Using those profiles, students do speed-dating.

Activity 6 (5min): Students listen to a beautiful love song in Spanish and try to find the pick-up lines in it.

 What technology, media or props did you use? (internet resources, playmobiles, handouts, etc.)

 

 

 What worked well in this class? What did not work? How could this class be improved/ modified?

 Very fun class. Successful. Students speak really a lot in this class and they enjoy speed-dating.

 If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that). Please attach any handouts as well.

FRASES PARA LIGAR

ES F15 INT Dating

Class theme/topics discussed: Dating

Goal of the class: to learn vocabulary about dating

How did you structure the class?

Warm-up: True or false. Each student must say something they’ve done in their life, it can be true or false. The class has to guess if they are true or false by asking questions.

Activity 1: Speed dating. Each student has a profile and they have to talk to the others to find their match.

Activity 2: discussion about pick up lines. Can they explain the ones in English in Spanish? Do they work in their Spanish translation?

Activity 3: In groups they create their own pick up lines.

Activity 4: we watch a campaign against street harassment in Peru and we discuss the thin line between a nice compliment and harassment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3cPZRVG3A4

What worked well in this class? What did not work?

They engaged so much in the speed dating activity!

They were embarrassed to talk about pick up lines so we didn’t really do the activity about creating their own. I told them to think about some ideas for next class (in English) so we’ll finish then.

If you have a more detailed lesson plan, please attach it below (OK to use target language for that). Please attach any handouts as well.

Dating profiles

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