Introduction
IES N°4 Introductory Course
Unit 1 coursebook “Insight” Pre-intermediate Student’s Book and Workbook by Wildam J. and Beddall F. 2014 – Oxford University Press.
It is interesting to think about the things that make each of us special, like our ideas, traditions, and stories. At the same time, it is amazing to see how we are connected to people around the world, even if their lives and cultures seem very different from ours. We all share similar feelings, challenges, and dreams, which shows how we are part of one big and connected world.
Before reading the text "Life in a Day" on page 4, think about the following questions and share your ideas with your classmates:
1-What do you love?
2-What do you fear?
3-What makes you laugh?
4-What's in your pocket?
Once you finish sharing your ideas with your classmates, watch the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2k4nIARvS8 and read the text. Then, compare them with your answers.
1-What differences do you notice between people's answers and yours?
2-What emotions or thoughts does the movie inspire you? Why?
Task
The task will be divided into three parts:
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In groups of no more than four students, write down ideas about what is a memorable moment from your daily life, and values or cultural aspects that are reflected in your routines. Also, research information about other student's daily life in other continent, such as Asia, Africa, Europe, taking into account unique moments, universal experiences (like eating) and surprising cultural practices.
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Then, watch the video included in the introduction again and create a dialogue using the context below. Get ready to role-play. Use your imagination and by creative.
Context: There are students from different countries. They are part of a global documentary project. The goal is to show what a typical day looks like for students like them, highlighting both the differences and similarities in daily routines, activities, and experiences across cultures. -
Record the video and edit it using CapCut, Moviemaker or Inshot. Add images, subtitles, sounds, and music if possible.
Process
Process and resources:
1-Discuss what a typical day looks like for you. Reflect on activities such as waking up, going to school, spending time with family or friends, and any cultural or unique elements of your routine.
2-Brainstorm key moments of your day that you want to include in your video.
3-Plan the scenes you want to show (e.g. your morning routine, your journey to school or home environment, your school life, such as classes, friends, lunch break, and after-school activities or family time)
4-Watch the video again and reflect on the main issues.
5-Reflect on the apps you need to keep working on.
6-Upload your video on Google Drive in order to share the presentation with your classmates.
Products:
Each group will present what they have prepared. The rest of the groups will have to listen, take notes, be prepared to ask questions, clear out doubts and give feedback.
Report /analysis and practice phase:
1-Listen to each other.
2-Write down comments.
3-Create a chart to compare and contrast:
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Similarities: Activities or routines that were shared among most students.
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Differences: Unique aspects of each student's daily life based on their videos.
4-Select language that need to be improved.
5-Share comments, reflect, give feedback to each other.
Evaluation
Self-evaluation. Please, answer the following questions in the form a paragraph of about 80-100 words:
1-What did I enjoy most about this activity?
2-What surprised me the most about student's lives around the world?
3-What do I need to keep on working on linguistically?
4-What apps do I need to keep on using for consolidation?
Conclusion
Even in our differences, we share many common experiences as humans. By making and sharing your videos, you showed what makes your life special and how it connects to others.
Please, ask for help if it is neccessary. We will be ready to help you.
Credits
Coursebook “Insight” Pre-intermediate Student’s Book and Workbook by Wildam J. and Beddall F. 2014 –Units 1 to 5 - Oxford University Press.