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TitleInterview About a Favorite Hobby
SourceCASLS Activity of the Week
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This activity requires learners to identify and share details that persuade them to try to pick up a new hobby. It was chosen to accompany this week’s Topic of the Week article as an example of one approach to authentic (real-life) assessment in the language classroom.

Learning objectives: Learners will be able to

  • Identify key, persuasive details in an interview.
  • Use persuasive details to motivate a target audience.

Modes: Interpretive, Presentational

Materials needed:  Handout, recorded interview (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFTo4fvaS3c)

Procedure:

  1. Students listen to an interview with a hobby enthusiast. Students should think about how the interview impacts their motivation to participate in the hobby. They will document these thoughts on the activity handout.
  2. Students will share some of their ideas with their peers and/or as a class.
  3. Next, students will pretend they are going to do be interviewed about one of their favorite leisure activities. They will identify what details they will include and how they hope those details will affect the motivation of the audience. These details will also be documented on the handout.
  4. Students will finally record their own interviews with a peer and post it on a class discussion board for other students to watch and evaluate.

Notes:

  • A possible extension activity would be to interview a community member about his/her favorite hobby.
  • This activity can be adapted to a variety of proficiency levels through adjusting student expectations. For example, novice students would be expected to respond to prepared interview questions with lists, while advanced students would be expected to provide detailed explanations and narrations in their response to interview questions that they prepare autonomously.
Publishdate2018-01-29 02:15:01