| Body | This activity was created for Intermediate language learners. It engages learners in brainstorming Advanced descriptors with the goal of supporting their development into Advanced communicators.
Learning Outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
- Brainstorm nuanced and specific descriptors
- Implement nuanced and specific descriptors in communication
Mode(s): All
Materials: Intermediate overview video, word wall
Procedure:
- Ask learners to watch the Intermediate overview video.
- Engage in a brief classroom discussion regarding how to get over the Intermediate hump. Mention employing nuanced and specific language.
- Divide learners into three groups. Provide one group with the word interesting, one group with the word good, and one group with the word bad. Then, ask learners to brainstorm more advanced words for each descriptor (e.g., heavenly, helpful, or exemplary for good).
- Groups will share their lists to make a classroom “wall” (physical or digital) of meaningful descriptors.
- Ask learners to review a previous work sample (e.g., a writing prompt or a recording) from class. They will rewrite it or re-record it with more advanced descriptors by using the word wall.
- In future revisions of written, spoken, or signed language, include a step in which learners evaluate the quality of their descriptors.
Notes:
- In Step 3, allow learners to look up words in the target language that they do not already know.
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