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UNESCO World Heritage Sites In the UNESCO World Heritage Sites task, students will explore and research the heritage of their country. In the forum, they will present their country and Unesco heritage sites, it's history, the tales about the place, and its meaning in their country's and the world's history. |
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Wall of Names The Wall of Names task is designed to support student self-expression using various artistic devices and to teach them to cherish intercultural exchanges. This task includes discussion, research, writing, and creating art. The task includes a description of a possible classroom activity. |
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Write On The Write On task is focused on developing students' writing skills in four domains of writing: Persuasive, Expository, Narrative and Descriptive. Emphasis is placed on the importance of clear and thoughtful writing. Students are encouraged to share their reflections or reviews on any shared article or book they have read, and invite others to discuss these writings. In addition, students can use a news article or heading/caption of the news article as a debate prompt, and can invite others to add comic writing by adding dialogues in blank speech bubble. |
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