Recommended reading and watching this weekend.

Happy weekend!

Here are some ideas to chew on this weekend!

1. The period is pissed. Do you agree? Has using a period (fullstop) as a punctuation sign taken on a new meaning? Also watch this video about the use of "exclamation point" here: 

2)  Is Global Warming a hoax? Haha! The historic People's Climate March takes place in New York City while a House of Representatives committee struggles with the basic principles of global warming. 

3) Interesting article on FOMO or the Grass is Greener Syndrome. Can you relate to this fear? Here's How To Conquer Your 'Fear Of Missing Out.'

"Outsourced" Study Guide / Intercultual Communication

The movie Outsourced is an excellent movie to show when working with the topic Intercultural Communication. It shows how an American has to learn to adapt himself to the Indian way of living when he has to move there for work purposes. I have prepared a study guide or discussion questions that students can work with after they have seen the movie. Here is a link to the guide. 

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First English Lesson

Here is a Prezi I created for the very first class with my Vg1 English students. The prezi allows for interaction and is intended to be both humorous and informative.

Sensoroppdrag / eksaminator i internasjonal engelsk, litteratur og kultur, engelsk studiespesialiserende

Her er et vurderingsskjema som kan brukes til å vurdere elever som skal opp i muntlig eksamen både på vg1, vg2 og vg3 engelsk. Skjemaet viser kjennetegn for måloppnåelse.

Skjemaet tar utgangspunkt i følgende vurderingskriterier:

• det skal være fokus i presentasjonen og det kan oppnås ved f.eks. å ha en problemstilling i presentasjonen. 
• bruk av kilder
• at elevene presentere og diskutere temaet
• at eleven i samtalen etterpå viser evne til kommunikasjon og innsikt i fagstoffet fra resten av pensumet
• strukturen av presentasjonen
• språk og uttale
• bruk av manus

Mock Exam - Oral /Muntlig presentasjon + samtale

Her er en oppgave som kan brukes til muntlig vurdering. Oppgaven er basert på den nye modellen for muntlig eksamen fastsatt for engelskfag. På muntlig eksamen skal elevene først presentere et tema i 10 minutter. Deretter skal de ha en samtale med eksaminator/sensor i inntil 20 minutter. Oppgaven jeg har laget er begrenset til 15 minutter pga praktiske årsaker. Elevene skal presentere et fordypningsemne i 7 minutter og ha en samtale der læreren stiller oppfølgingsspørsmål fra presentasjonen samt spørsmål fra andre kompetansemål.

Here is an oral assignment that I have successfully used in my classes. The task is created keeping in mind  the new oral examination model suggested by UDIR where the learners present a topic first and then have a conversation with the examiner/teacher about different topics they have worked with in the course of the year. The exam is supposed to last 30 minutes where the learners present a topic for 10 minutes and then have a conversation up to 20 minutes.
This task, however, is intended to last 15 minutes due to practical reasons.  

Fun Stuff: Dancing Bollywood Style!

Here is a video of my students and I dancing to a Bollywood Song at a Bollywood Festival in Bergen.

Enjoy!

Task: News and Current Events

I have posted earlier about a task here related to news and current events which is a group task and quite time consuming. Even though the students love it as it allows them to get creative, sometimes we need a simpler version. Here is a task that the learners are supposed to work on individually. The competence aims fulfilled, and the criteria required to assess this task are also included.