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DE S15 ADV Crime

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language Resident Name: Mirja Schoderer

Day and Date: Thursday, 4/10/15

Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): German advanced

 Class theme/topics discussed: Crime

Goal of the class: introduce vocabulary around crime, familiarize the students with one of the most popular German TV series right now

 How did you structure the class?  

Ice Breaker: how did you like working on the project? What was new, also in terms of language?

Activity One: Which words do you know that are related to crime? How could someone die? I checked the words off of a list I prepared and handed it around in the end so they could see which vocabulary was still new 

Activity Two: Work in pairs: One of you describes a crime scene, the other one has to draw it 

Activity Three: “Black Story”. A black story is a very short account of a crime/ crime scene, the audience then has to guess what happened, using only yes or no questions

Activity Four: We watched the first episode of the German TV show “Tatortreiniger” which is about someone who comes to clean up crime scenes. An episode is only 25 minutes, so there was enough time to stop every now and then and make sure they understood the main points (there are no subtitles for the show)

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

Youtube, whiteboard, handout

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

They loved the class and kept using the words even in later classes, so for some reason it must’ve been memorable

How could this class be improved/ modified?

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.

Das Verbrechen

Der Mord, der Mörder, jemanden ermorden, der Selbstmord
Die Tat, der Täter, der Tatort
Der Beweis, etwas beweisen, das Beweismittel
Die Spur, Spuren suchen, die Spurensicherung, der Fingerabdruck
Der Tod, töten, tot
Die Leiche, der Leichnam
Das Blut, bluten, die Blutflecken
Die Polizei à die KriPo, der Kommissar, der Detektiv
Das Gericht, der Richter, der Anwalt, das Urteil, jemanden verurteilen
Das Verbrechen, der Verbrecher, ein Verbrechen begehen
Das Gefängnis / der Knast (colloq.), im Gefängnis sitzen 

 

RU F14 INT Verbs of motion

Conversation Class Lesson Summary

Language and Section: Russian Intermediate 11

Date: November 19, 2014

Class theme/topics discussed:

Verbs of motion (ходить-идти)

Goal of the class:

Revise verbs of motion (ходить-идти), talk about public transportation

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

Activity 1 Warm-up – Funny video Cheburashka & Crocodile Gena – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEjByRLInMo parody – 3 minutes

Activity 2 – Russian anecdotes i.e. jokes – 2 minutes

I read a few jokes with verbs of motion from “Russian grammar in anecdotes”, making sure they understand what the jokes mean.

Activity 3 Verbs of motion (ходить-идти) Revision – 5 minutes

I explain the difference between the unidirectional “идти” – “be going somewhere” and the multidirectional “ходить” – “go somewhere regularly and come back”. The main difference is process “идти” / result “ходить”.

Activity 4 – Where are they going? (идти) 5 minutes

First, we write down places people can be going to on the white board. Then, I show them street style/paparazzi pictures of Hollywood celebrities on the screen and they work in pairs asking each other “Where are you going? Where are they going” and answering.

Activity 5 – Where do you go? (ходить) 5 minutes

Again, we start with writing down ideas on the white board – what can you ask your partner using the verb “ходить”: Do you go to the movies often? Where do you and your friend usually go on Saturday? Where did you go last Friday? They then discuss in pairs.

Activity 6 – Revision exercise (ходить-идти) – HANDOUT 1 – 10 minutes

They do the exercise in pairs, then we revise together. 

Activity 7 – Draw the map – HANDOUT 2 – 10 minutes

I read a story with a lot of verbs of motion with prepositions, one student draws the map on the white board, the rest on their handouts, then we revise.

Activity 8 – How to get there? – HANDOUT 3 – 15 minutes

Working on passive understanding of a variety of motion verbs. I give them a handout with directions on how to get from LAX to Claremont using public transportation. The email is broken into 9 parts and rescrambled, and their job is to restore the original order in pairs. Then put in together and then we read it aloud together

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

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

The class went well, now they seem very comfortable using verbs of motion we practiced. They also loved the funny video and the jokes, it always sets a good mood. I decided against using handouts in Activities 4 and 5, but I think in the end they would have benefited from a traditional conversation ideas handout I always give (with questions, ideas). Intermediate is tricky in that they know things passively, but cannot always recall structures and vocabulary in a “stressful” situation of real-time oral communication (as opposed to writing). To really be talking and using the language, they still need to rely on something solid (e.g., a written handout), so I’ll keep that in mind in the future. Activity 7 went very well – great occasion to remind them how fabulous it is that after 2,5 semesters of Russian they are able to make perfect sense of a totally real, 100% authentic Russian email!

How could this class be improved/ modified? 

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

FA2014 RUSS 11 HANDOUT VERBS OF MOTION

DE F14 ADV Movies

Language Resident Name: Mirja Schoderer

 Day and Date: Tuesday, 09/30/2014

 Language and Level (intermediate or advanced class): German advanced

 Class theme/topics discussed: Movies

 Goal of the class: Analyze short scenes of a movie, develop ideas about the content of the movie, come up with a voice over to one scene

 How did you structure the class?

Announcements, talk about Midterms

Activity One: Watch a short scene of a movie without the sound. One of the students had his back to the screen, the other had to describe what was happening. Every 30 seconds, they switched

 Activity Two: We watched the whole sequence together, still without sound. What do you think is happening? What could the movie be about? What sort of movie is it (judging by the colours, gestures, …)

 Activity Three: Based on the hypotheses you just formed, what could the characters be saying? Do a voice over of one of the short scenes we just saw

 Activity Four: Watch the scenes with sound. What’s really happening? What could have happened before? What after?

 Activity Five: Watch the trailer to the movie to see how close we came to its actual content

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

Video, whiteboard

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

 Doing the voice over was a lot of fun, even though one of my students had already seen the film. Unfortunately, the class was not all that creative and needed a lot of guidance to come up with different scenarios of what could have happened or was going to happen

 How could this class be improved/ modified?

I feel like the activities would have worked a lot better in a bigger group (I only had two people)

 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.

RU S14 INT Case Review & Story-telling

Language and Section: Russian Intermediate 11

Date: February 20 and 25, March 11 2014

Class theme/topics discussed:

Case system review

Goal of the class:

Revise Home/furniture vocabulary and review cases, Grammar revision – cases, verbs, short adjectives – important to describe a person

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

PART 1

Activity 1  Review cases

Go through examples in Handout 1 (Case review), make sure the students understand what they sentences mean, explain why the case is used, do transformations, e.g. ask to give the nominative case of the words – 35 minutes

Vocabulary is from Chapter 5 of V puti – Russian grammar in context, photocopies are provided (pp. 112-135)

Activity 2 Translate and revise thematic vocabulary

Translate sentences in Handout 2 – 25 minutes

PART 2

Activity 1 Discuss OLC on Ukraine – 15 minutes

Activity 2 Discuss funny excerpts from Russian for foreigners- textbooks and phrase books “Why foreigners don’t understand Russians” http://www.adme.ru/vdohnovenie-919705/pochemu-inostrancy-ne-ponimayut-russkih-639205/?fb_action_ids=10203143073563535&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 and listen to funny listening comprehension tasks “Princeton Russian” http://vk.com/timerain?w=wall175830784_1382 – 15 minutes

Activity 4 Describe your apartment/room using as many words from Handouts 1 and 2 as possible – 10 minutes

PART 3

 Activity 1 – Warm-up – Handout 3 –10 minutes

Rescramble vocabulary from Handout 1 into three categories – verbs, nouns, and adjectives

Activity 2 – Vocabulary + grammar revision (cases, verbs, short adjectives) – Handout 4 – 25 minutes

Do exercises from Handout 4, discuss more in detail when the information is pertinent to the student and his/her family situation

Activity 3 – Compose stories 15 minutes –Handout 3 and 5

Using phrases from Handout 5, start telling a story about a person: choose 1 phrase from Handout 5 and then choose grammatically suitable category from verbs/nouns/adjectives and use them accordingly, picking words at random. This is a lot of fun because it may well turned out that She looked like… (Handout 5) a big sofa (Handout 3).

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

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

Every now and again with this particular student, grammar revision exercises like these are a wonderful tool to offer an low-stress way of revision and boost confidence. Spontaneous humor is a great thing at this point in the semester, too

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any 

Conversation Class_RUSS11_CASES_HOME_UPD_2_20_2014

FR S14 ADV Cinema & Cannes festival (2 classes)

Language and Section: FR 13

Date: 04/22 & 04/24

Class theme/topics discussed:
Cinema and Cannes Festival

Goal of the class:
Discovering the most viewed French movies in France
Learning the history of the Cannes Festival
Creating stories from movie posters

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

1 Video about Cannes Festival
http://www.flevideo.com/fle_video_quiz_high_intermediate.php?id=4583
In pairs, they have to answer the questions about this video.
Ask them some other questions related to the festival, they have to guess the answers (available on the website + which Disney movie received a Palme d’Or? Dumbo. Which countries received the most Palmes? USA – France – Italy).

2 Top 10 in France
I give them a paper with pictures from the 10 most viewed movies in France. They have to match these pictures with the title and the year, and rank them in the right order.

3 A l’affiche
Groups of 3. I give each group a poster of a movie screening now in France. Then have to imagine the story, write it down and then present it to the other students. In the end, they decide with one should receive the Palme d’Or.

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

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

I did not expect this class to last two days. They loved it. Especially when they had to create skits to present the movies. We watched the actual trailers, and they were really interested in watching them.

Top 15 films français

JP F13 ADV Skit

Language and Section:

Date:  October 15

Class theme/topics discussed:

Creating and acting out original skit (1) ~ what is going to happen in the next scene? ~

 (We used Japanese drama “Otomen” for this class)

 Goal of the class: 

–       Students will be able to grasp the personality traits of the 3 main characters

–       Students will acquire new vocabulary related to the movie

–       Students will be able to think creatively for their skit

–       Students will be able to act out their skit with confidence

–       Students will realize the importance of using Japanese phrases with emotion

–       Students will be able to cooperate with their team members towards achieving a goal.

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

 (1st activity Introduction)

-Teacher introduced the topic and skit project that the students will act out it in groups.

-Teacher introduced the 3 main characters’ names and made the students watch them carefully during the summary part of the video

(2nd activity Go over the drama)

-Students watched the first part of the video to understand the summary of the drama

-Students described the characteristics of each main character as a class

(3rd activity Discussion and Making own drama)

-Students watched the main part of the video that they will use to lead in to their skit

-Students discussed what happened in the main part of the video

-Students split into 2 groups and assign each member a role

-Students discussed about what is going to happen in the next scene, and then practice acting out their skit

(4th activity Sharing own skit each group made)

 -Each group present their own skit

-Students evaluated each other’s skits

-Students watched the true ending to the video

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

TV, macbook, video,

handouts, doll

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

-Students enjoyed watching the Japanese drama and were able to cooperate with one another when they made their skit. In addition, students were able to act out their skit emotionally with gestures that is, they learned how to speak Japaanese emotionally as well.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

This class went really well!

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

FR F13 INT Speech Game

Conversation Class

Lesson Summary

 

Language and Section:

French11 INT

Date:

09/24/13

Class theme/topics discussed: Having fun!

Goal of the class: no pressure today, just board games!

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

  1. General discussion / coming cultural activities
  2. Speech: One student picks up three cards (with pictures on it, for example a witch, someone angry and an apple) and has to make a story about these pictures.
  3. Speech: A first student picks up a card, invent a story about it. Student #2 picks up a second card, invent a story about this card but related to what have been told before. Etc.

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

Game « Speech ».

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

Students loved it. Even the shiest talked a lot. This game is better in small groups (we were 8, no more!). Every time a card is picked, we first find the word to describe it. Even if I didn’t ask them to do so, many of them took notes of the vocabulary.

How could this class be improved/ modified?

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

JP S13 ADV Who is this?

 

Language and Section:  Japanese Intermediate/advanced

 Class theme/topics discussed: Questions and answers to establish people’s appearance, interests and other details.

 

Goal of the class: To be able to describe details of the people

 Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

5-10 minutes I asked students how they feel that day.

50 minutes each student makes a “biographical card” of a well-known person, all these biographical cards are displayed. All the students study the cards on display and write down the names.   Students work in pairs to figure out who the person is.

 

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

 

None. Just some handouts

 

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

It worked well. Some students did not have enough vocabularies to describe people.

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

RU F12 INT White lies; students & cheating

Language and Section: Russian Intermediate

 Date:  09/13/12

 Class theme/topics discussed: White lie; Students and cheating

 Goal of the class:

–        to practice description, argumentation and presentation

–        to compare Russian, American and Italian contexts regarding the topic

 Structure of the class:

–        Asking students how they understand an expression “white lies”; introducing vocabulary of the topic

–        Group work (each team get a sheet of paper with white lies; they should rate how bad is each situation coming to a common conclusion)

–        Discussing the results with the whole class, talking about controversial opinions and cultural differences

–        Students giving examples of their white lies and most common white lies of the nation they represent; most common white lies in Russia

–        Talking about students and cheating (Students had to guess what was a little paper with formulas, it was shpargalka – cribs. They discussed where one could hide it. Then we talked about how students cheat in Russia, the USA and Italy. Students told about their experience with cheating)

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

–        A sample of cribs

–        Handouts with white lies situations

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

The students really enjoyed the topic. They were willing to speak and stand for their opinion. In general, they were negative about cheating but they also told that sometimes white lies are necessary. So everything worked well.

 How could this class be improved/ modified?

If the teacher had time, it would be nice to show funny videos about white lies or students and cheating.

 

FR F12 INT Guess my life

Conversation Class
Lesson Summary

Language and Section: French Intermediate

Date: 9.25.12

Class theme/topics discussed: Guess my life

Goal of the class: Make students work on suppositions and support creativity

Structure of the class (unless you attach your lesson plan below):

Activity 1: each student told us 3 things about himself, two were right and one was wrong. The others had to guess which one was a lie.

Activity 2: We watched and discussed a short funny video about lying (Norman fait des vidéos)

Activity 3: Students worked in groups of 3. I gave them 3 pictures of my friends in France. They had to guess/imagine their lives (name, age, nationality, education, work, hobbies, others). Then they present the ‘lives’ to the class. In the end, I told them the real lives of my friends.

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

Whiteboard, Computer/ TV screen, Pictures

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

The activities worked very well. In the first one, students said crazy things about themselves. In the third one, they made jokes while trying to guess lives.

Students laughed with the video but I wish I could have videos with subtitles, in order them to get all of the jokes (I checked and I cannot find them)

How could this class be improved/ modified?

I should have plugged my computer on the screen before the class because at first it did not work and we lost a couple of minutes because of this.

Please attach your lesson plan and handouts for this class below – if you used any.

Guess My Life

CN S11 INT Short video self-design

Class theme/topics discussed:

Short video self-design and making

How did you pick this theme or topic?
Students need to work together to build a 5 minutes video clip to cover all the topics they’ve learned for this semester and to make it into a cohesive story/scenario.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Group work, general discussion

How did students react?
good

Did they engage with each other and you?

yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

flip cameras
Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?

yes

Why or why not?

It’s a good wrap-up for what students have learned for this semester and they need to discuss all the details in Chinese. So it’s also a close-to-reality Chinese speaking environment during the project making.

RU S11 INT/ADV Telling Anecdotes

Class theme/topics discussed:
Conversation practice – telling anecdotes.

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, presentation, general discussion.

How did students react?
Students LOVE this activity.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts, laptop, TV screen.

Please attach a copy.
Vocab Follow-up Presentation: PowerPoint – Lesson 26_Phraseology Follow-Up (OR use an alternative PDF if the PP doesn’t work/ format got messed up – Lesson 26_Phraseology Follow-Up (alternative))
Anecdotes to retell: Lesson 26_April 21_FML Anecdotes
Anecdotes Presentation: PowerPoint – Lesson 26_April 21_FML Stories Presentation OR use an alternative PDF if the PP doesn’t work/ format got messed up —Lesson 26_April 21_FML Stories Presentation (alternative)

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
This activity encourages spontaneous monologues in the target language + introduces students to colloquial language.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 26
April 21, 2011

1. Warm-up: discussion –

Над чем нельзя смеяться, но люди все равно это делают?

+ Follow-up on previous class material: presentation (1st slide – question, 2d slide – answer).

2. Retelling anecdotes –
Cut the handout Lesson 26_FML anecdotes in strips, students take turns drawing one and retelling anecdotes on them to the group. Before that they write on the board words that they are going to use/ consider important.

Before the activity, suggest various ways to say FML in Russian –
From more acceptable ones to ones that are closer to the English original.
Also, ask the student if they know the FML website. If yes, ask to tell the rest about it. If no, tell them what it is.

3. Presentation:
Slides #1 / #3 – students describe the picture, suggest what story is behind it;
Next slide – #2 / #4 – read the actual story in English, retell in Russian.

4. Making up own anecdotes: tell about smth annoying/ embarrassing/ misfortunate that happened to you or your friends (doesn’t have to be true!).

FR S11 INT/ADV – Registers #2

Different registers of language #2

How did you pick this theme or topic?

I wanted to keep working on this since there’s a lot of activities possible

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Handouts
Group work

How did students react?

They reacted very well.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Handouts
Youtube videos

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes, it was very productive

Intermediate 4/14/11

1. Show Aristochats (extracts on daily motion)
→ which register is used by which character?

2. Dialogue – 20 min
→ creating a dialogue using the different registers and words seen in the previous class

3. Luchini – 15 min
→ give them the fable, talk about Jean de la Fontaine, moral… do they know him? Other fables?
Le Corbeau et le Renard
→ Read together the French version
→ show the verlan version that French actor Luchini recited on tv

FR S11 INT – Spring Break + song “Plaire” about eating disorders

Spring Break + song “Plaire”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

After talking about food, I wanted to make them think about the idea of getting slim for someone else and to have them practice their comprehension skills.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Song with blanks
General dicussion

How did students react?
They reacted well

Did they engage with each other and you?
yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Youtube
Handouts

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
yes

Intermediate 3/21

1. Warm-up : Spring Break – 10 min
⇒ 5 min to talk about what they did for Spring break
⇒ 5 min to share with everyone

2. Song – 20 min
Plaire
– They listen to it for the first time, without the handout.
→ Then, discussion to see what they understood, if they could pick up some words, the general ideas, who is singing…
– I give them the sheet with the lyrics with blanks
– They listen to the song again
→ need to fill in the blanks
– They can listen to it a third time if they feel like it
– correction

3. Vidéo – in pairs – 20 min

– They have to imagine a video clip – 10 min
– They tell the class – 5 min
– We watch the real video

4. Discussion générale – 10 min

– troubles alimentaires

→ quels troubles alimentaires connaissent-ils ?
→ comment se manifestent-ils ?
→ pourquoi certaines personnes ont-elles des troubles alimentaires ?
→ connaissent-ils quelqu’un qui a eu des troubles alimentaires ?
→ qu’en pensent-ils ?

⇒ est-ce courant de vouloir maigrir pour plaire ?
⇒ pourquoi ?
⇒ qui est à l’origine de cette obsession de la minceur ?
⇒ quelles personnes célèbres sont vraiment maigres ?

ES S11 INT/ADV Cadavre Exquis

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: ADVANCED SPANISH, SPAN013

Date: 02/24/2011

Class theme/topics discussed:
Cadavre exquis

How did you pick this theme or topic?
They like creative writing and this was a fun activity.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
I just explained them how it works and gave each of them a piece of paper to start a story, about a paragraph, that the next ones will have to continue writing.

How did students react?
They liked it a lot! They thought it was fun.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes, they engaged pretty well with each other.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Just paper.

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?
It was a nice class and the stories that came out were fun!

FR S11 INT/ADV – Fmylife

“Vie de merde”

How did you pick this theme or topic?

The website is known throughout the world (Fmylife.com) but was originally from France. It’s always funny to tell real or made up embarrassing stories.

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

Work in pairs
General discussion

How did students react?

Well. I think they liked the idea. They were creative, but still not THAT talkative.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)

Slips of papers

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes

Intermediate 2/3

Vie de merde

1. they draw one slip of paper and have to translate it. I help them with vocab but they have to use words that they know – 10

SP11 LP Interm 6 vdm

2. in pairs
→ they have to create 2 vdm stories, either real or made up
→ then write them on the board
→ then the others have to guess which is true or wrong
→ winning team gets a candy

Project

⇒ they think about what they would like to do as a project

RU S11 INT Phraseology to describe people

Class theme/topics discussed:
Phraseology to describe people

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, general discussion.

How did students react?
They were surprised by some of the idioms that we discussed, which helped them memorize the new expressions.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts.
Please attach a copy.
Lesson 4_January 27_Phraseology
Lesson 4_January 27_Stories

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It introduces the students to the basic idiomatic expressions.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 4
January 27, 2011

1. News.

2. Warm-up: retelling anecdotes from the Internet — Lesson 4_January 27_Stories

3. Vocabulary Practice: Phraseology — Lesson 4_January 27_Phraseology

– students first look only at the pictures and try to guess in which context these expressions are used and what meaning they imply.
– Then they look at the explanations on top of the page and match them with the pictures.

Discussion: are there any similar English expressions?

FR S11 ADV – commercials

Commercials

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Commercials can be fun and get the students interested I think. Also, it’s a big part of culture since we see them every day in magazines, on tv, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Work in pairs

How did students react?

They reacted well. They had a lot of ideas about commercials they liked, and they even showed me some on youtube, then we talked about them, etc… I didn’t have time to do the last activity I had planned.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Yes, some were very talkative and participated actively in the conversation, some others were less talkative but still interested.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Videos on youtube

Please attach a copy.
Below is the plan I had with me in class

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes! It worked well.

1/25 Advanced

1) warm up : weekend – 5 mn

2) tongue twister – 5 min

⇒ le chasseur fait sécher les chaussettes de l’archiduchesse sur une souche sèche

3) Commercials on youtube

• Questions – 10 min

What is the purpose of a commercial? Where do we find them? Do you like them? Why? Can they be shocking? Examples? What make a commercial successful? Superbowl?

• Commercials on youtube – 10 min

• Orangina debbouze
• Renault lapins cretins
• Spontex
• Évian
• Iphone

⇒ what’s going on? Purpose? Why this setting/characters…? Comical, philosophical, etc…? Does it work?

4) Creation of a commercial

– They are 2 or 3 and have to choose an object or clothe or whatever they want and create some kind of advertisement for it – 20 min
– They have to present it to the class
– They discuss which one is the most successful

FR S11 INT – commercials

Commercials

How did you pick this theme or topic?

Commercials can be fun and get the students interested I think. Also, it’s a big part of culture since we see them every day in magazines, on tv, etc…

How did you present the material? (Handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)

General discussion
Work in pairs

How did students react?

They reacted ok. It wasn’t very successful because they didn’t have any ideas of commercials they liked or anything so I felt that I talked much more than they did.

Did they engage with each other and you?

Sort of. They had to talk to each other at some point, so they did, but apart from that, they were not very talkative.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Videos on youtube

Please attach a copy.
SP11 LP Interm 3 at

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes but I would change things to force them to talk more.

JP F10 INT Improvisational Speech

Class theme/topics discussed:
Improvisational (Extemporal) Speech (Topic: About the Fall Break)
-make a question and put it in the box.
-decide a speech order.
-Speaker draws a topic from the box
-Speaker thinks what he/she wants to say quickly (1-3min) and talks in front of audience
-Question and answer session

How did you pick this theme or topic?
I want students to share their experience during the fall break. Through extemporal speech, I thought students were able to improve their Japanese ability.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Speech

How did students react?
They seem to enjoy this activity.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes!!

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
N/A

Please attach a copy.
N/A

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not
This activity generate that all students have a chance to talk a lot through speech and question and answer session.

RU F10 INT Phraseology to Describe People. Telling Anecdotes

Class theme/topics discussed:
Phraseology to describe people

How did you pick this theme or topic? n/a
How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, general discussion.

How did students react?
They were surprised to see the anecdotes ☺
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts
Please attach a copy. – see below

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
Introduces students to more advanced vocabulary.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 16
October 21, 2010

1. News.

2. Warm-up: retelling anecdotes from the Internet Lesson 16_Oct 21_Stories

3. Vocabulary Practice: Phraseology:
Lesson 16_Oct 21_Phraseology

– students first look only at the pictures and try to guess in which context these expressions are used and what meaning thy imply.
– Then they look at the explanations on top of the page and match them with the pictures.

4. Discussion: are there any similar English expressions?

ES F10 INT Ser/Estar

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: INTERMEDIATE SPANISH, SPAN011

Date: 09/28/2010

Class theme/topics discussed:
Stories + Ser-Estar

How did you pick this theme or topic?
They struggle a lot with Ser-Estar so I thought it would be a good idea to have a class on the differences between these two verbs and also the different meanings.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
We brainstormed the differences between the verbs and then we played the ppt. After that they had to create a story using as many ser-estar verb forms as possible.

How did students react?
They are not very eager to learn grammar, but they appreciated being reminded of the differences and having some more practice. In the end the stories were fun!

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes, they did.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Ppt.

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.

Why or why not?
They learned a lot.

Int9-Ser vs. Estar

ES F10 ADV Ley de Murphy

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: SPAN 013
Date: September 25, 2010

Class theme/topics discussed:
MURPHY’S LAW. ARE YOU PESSIMISTIC?

How did you pick this theme or topic?
Murphy’s law is funny and talks about simple bad things that have ever happen to everyone. It is good to tell your personal point of view about events, life… and to tell personal stories

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
I gave students different flashcards of Murphy’s laws and they had to say if they agreed with his perspective of things or not and to tell a personal story related to the law they picked up

How did students react?
They liked the game and the topic. Most of them could explain the quotations well and most of them told personal anecdotes.

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Flashcards with different Murphy’s laws

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes. Students had fun and they talked a lot

Murphy

ES F10 INT Noises

Conversation Class
Lesson Plan

Section: SPAN 011
Date: September 18 2010

Class theme/topics discussed:
NOISES AND PLACES

How did you pick this theme or topic?
It is good to use accurate adjectives, to guess information and to tell stories

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
I showed a powerpoint presentation with different scenaries, some of them noisy, others really peaceful… Students had to say what they would hear there, how would they feel, if they would like to be in that place… That gives them the opportunity to talk about very different topics like discos, parks, mountains, streets…Finally they had to relate every picture with personal anecdote.

How did students react?
They liked it and they participated a lot

Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes. They wanted to tell their personal experiences and that gave place to informal and fun conversations.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
A PowerPoint presentation with different unrelated images of peaceful or noisy places

Please attach a copy.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class? Why or why not?
Yes. It worked very well

Ruidos

RU F10 INT Fairy Tales

Class theme/topics discussed:
Fairy Tales

How did you pick this theme or topic?
From last semester’s materials – it was a successful class.

How did you present the material? (handouts, group work, general discussion, student presentations, etc.)
Handouts, general discussion, video.

How did students react?
They participated in the discussion.
Did they engage with each other and you?
Yes.

What materials or media did you use? (articles, satellite tv, digital projector, etc.)
Handouts with exercises, TV, Internet.
Please attach a copy. See below.

Would you recommend this activity for a future class?
Yes.
Why or why not?
It requires creative use of the language.

Intermediate Russian
Lesson 5
September 14, 2010

1. Exercise to revise the cases (10 min.)
Lesson 5_Sept 14_Exercise

2. Warm-up (10 min):
1. Что такое сказка?
2. Какие сказки вы знаете с детства (русские/американские)?
3. Кто вам их читал?
4. Какая ваша любимая сказка? (Перескажите коротко)
5. Назовите 10 русских сказочных персонажей (положительных\ отрицательных)
6. Кто ваш любимый персонаж?

3. Watching a trailer to a Russian animated movie and discussing it: (15 min)

Вопросы:
1. Каких сказочных персонажей вы увидели?
2. Опишите одного из них.
3. О чем эта сказка? Пофантазируйте о сюжете.

4. Practice: (15 min)
Making up a fairy-tale. Each next person adds a sentence.

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