Mon Apr 11

Objectives:

 - Feedback and revision of exams

- Cultural awareness

- Reading comprehension and summarizing of text

- Oral interaction on the topic of getting together

Journal writing today was on "What does the Easter break mean to you?"

Apart from revision, we also began looking at "getting together" which is the topic for the next module. Rather than go straight to the book, the students first completed their Cultural Star and discussed their cultural groups with a partner. Some had a number of things in common and others had nothing in common. We then grouped on the board a number of cultural groups that they had listed, such as being Mexican or from a region of Mexico; sports, family (and their place in the family), career/profession, etc.

They then read the text called "Belonging" and had to write a short summary of the text. They all picked up the key words in the text. The vocabulary underlined in the text was a multiple-choice of which one distractor is a little too ambiguous; and some had some trouble identifying the correct answer. More work needs to be done on understanding vocabulary IN CONTEXT; perhaps work more on words that mean different things depending on the context.

Finally they held a discussion in small groups comparing their own culture stars with the most important cultural groups in British culture. It was revealed that they don't count their friendships as something which defines them as much as British people do.