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compare them to activities in their own community; research activities and interests that are popular among young people in a target-language com- munity, and report their findings; read an article about an environmental issue in a target-language community and make connections to a similar issue in their own community)
Teacher prompts: “What similarities and/or differences did you discover between customs and traditions related to food in different communities?” “In what ways are sports in this target-language community similar to sports in your own community? How are they different? What does that tell you about the connections between the two communities?” “What common concerns does this article describe about the issue of waste disposal? What methods do your community and the target-language community choose to address the issue?”
C3.2 Awareness of Sociolinguistic Conventions: identify, in level-appropriate texts in the target language, examples of sociolinguistic conventions associated with a variety of social situations in diverse communities where the target language is spoken (e.g., compare menus from various target-language communities to identify different ways of describing similar dishes; compare and contrast traffic signs and symbols in Canada and in a country or region where the target language
is spoken, using a Venn diagram; read travel brochures and posters to identify words and idiomatic expressions that are unique to particular countries or regions; identify colloquialisms in
a target-language blog; evaluate the level of formality in letters written by people from different target-language communities)
Teacher prompts: “Which dishes on menus
you are comparing have different names but the same or very similar ingredients?” “Which words or expressions in this letter signal the level of formality that the writer intends? Is that typical of this target-language community?”
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