- What is the difference between learning a language and acquiring a language? Which will help me to be able to communicate?
- Do songs/stories help me to acquire the language? If so, how and why?
- What effects can social media have on a relationship?
- How are the cultural products, practices, and perspectives in the song/story "#Idiota" similar and/or different to mine?
Enduring Understandings (Students will understand that):
- Acquiring a language feels easier compared to learning a language.
- Acquiring a language involves lots of listening, which then leads to → reading → writing → and finally speaking.
- Acquiring a language will lead to communication.
- However, language acquisition is slow, piecemeal and different for everyone.
- In order to acquire high frequency structures and vocabulary, a lot of repetition and input are required.
- An engaging story, images, and acting help me to acquire the language in an enjoyable way.
- Social media can have a variety of impacts on a relationship, both positive and negative.
- The cultural products, practices, and perspectives in the song/story "#Idiota" are similar and different to mine.
Evaluaciones:
- Interpretive Listening: Cierto/falso statements about Nuestra Historia
- Interpretive Listening and Writing: Edpuzzle
- Presentatinoal Speaking: Say a summary of the story with the same structures and vocabulary.
- Presentational Writing: Write an original story with similar themes, structures, and vocabulary.
- Interpersonal Speaking: Answer questions as if you were Juan.
