Novice
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Intermediate
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Intermediate High/Advanced
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Collaboration: Students develop a survey to investigate the eating habits of the class, interview students, and discuss the results to create a graph.
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Storytelling: Students collaborate to retell a familiar story and prepare to present it to their classmates.
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Debate: Circulate in the room to find students who have the most similar ideas to your ideas on a debate topic; the resulting small groups work together to create the main points they will make in a debate.
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Recipes: Students browse online recipes and work in pairs to change ingredients to healthier alternatives.
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Agreement: Students exchange text messages to determine who has the busiest week.
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Consensus: Students examine a blog about a news event in the target language country; identify what new information they discover and collaborate to post a reply.
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Introductions: Practice the first night at your host family’s home: introduce yourself, show your photos, and ask questions of each other’s family and home.
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Presentation: Plan and practice giving a tour of your school for the group of visiting students. What differences do you need to highlight?
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Making Plans: Organize the plan for a day in a new city, agreeing on what to do first, second and last.
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Analysis: Is it worth it to be famous? With your partner, identify as many advantages and disadvantages as you can.
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Discussion: How do you change stereotypes? With your partner, examine any ideas about the target culture that have changed during your study of their language; try to identify what caused a change.
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