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This activity comes from the leisure unit of an online course created for advanced secondary learners. This unit topic was one of five selected by students in a pre-course survey. The concepts explored in this unit are time and community, and the thinking question for the unit is, "What does what I like say about me?" Specifically, this activity is designed to get students to consider the information that must be shared to meet the needs (logistical information) and preferences (information regarding likes and dislikes) of their fellow interlocutor when engaging in a discussion about which leisure activities to participate in.

Learning objectives:

• Students will be able to talk about their likes and dislikes and ask about their partner’s likes and dislikes.
• Students will be able to come to an agreement on a leisure activity to do together over the weekend, based on the outcome of their discussion.

Modes: Interpersonal Communication

Materials needed:  Handout

Procedure:

• Introduce the topic of making new friends. How do you get to know someone new? Do you do activities with them? What kind of activities? How do you decide what to do?
• Have students pair up with someone they don’t know well yet, or, if everyone knows each other, have them pretend that they are meeting someone they don’t know well yet.
• Students discuss with their partner what they should do over the weekend. They need to record this conversation and email it to the teacher. They should follow the guidelines on the handout and reflect on their process afterwards.
• After listening to student videos, you can make note of any areas that need work and address them globally to the class or individually to the students, or both.