Academy Award – Oscars Conversational Activities in French and Spanish
Ready for Oscar Night? Sunday, March 7, I have a date with a big bowl of popcorn and a televised view of the Red Carpet. I haven’t actually seen many of the nominated movies yet, with the exception of Up! Still, I fondly remember my pre-parenthood days of dates at the cinema instead of my living room.
Anytime there is an event people might be buzzing about, such as the Academy Awards, I want to bring the conversations into my classroom as a way to motivate my learners to talk in the target language. For Oscar Night, Foreign Language House has just prepared some conversational activities for secondary students. Check them out at these links:
Spanish Conversational Activities for the 2010 Academy Awards
French Conversational Activities for the 2010 Academy Awards
We tried to make the classroom activities a lot of fun. To introduce the topic, we prepared formal invitations in the target language for the big event. This warm-up provides lots of question-answer opportunities to discuss the who/what /where/when/how-to-dress of the Academy Awards. Next, students imagine they are in the Kodak Theater, discussing the nominees listed in their program. Finally, a thematic grammar-practice worksheet reinforces the various forms of the word “best.”
Hope all you film- and fashion-buffs enjoy Oscar Night, both in the classroom and in front of the screen!
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