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Intercultural Project Level 1
 OBJECTIVES
● Encourage the development of cultural empathy,
respect, and understanding of different perspectives
about some aspects of lifestyle through oral and
written assignments.
● Acquire cultural knowledge, paying special attention
to the recognition of cultural practices, and heritage of
some towns in Colombia.
● Recognize the nature of cultural identity and cross-
cultural diversity, based on the contrast of home and
foreign cultural practices.
 DESCRIPTION
The design of this project attempts to foster the
growth of first level students’ intercultural
competence using English to appreciate the
differences between a variety of lifestyles
Around the world. To reach this aim, this project
will first motivate the learners to reflect on their
own cultural background before we look at other
cultures. Since communication is not just about
words, students will learn a lot about cultural
differences from the people, eating habits, free
time, clothes, habits, and daily activities in some
towns of Colombia compared with a city abroad.
“Diversity may be the
hardest thing for a society
to live with, and perhaps
the most dangerous thing
for a society to live
without.”
—William Sloane Coffin Jr.
STAGE 1
Search how people live in the international city chosen by the

student. Get pictures from the internet and make a description and

an analysis of the similarities and differences between these two

cities:

▪ Get information about the routine of a typical person in both cities and their

most common free-time activities.

▪ Search about important places in both cities.

▪ Explain the weather in both cities and the clothes you should wear according

to it.

▪ Explain the typical sports and clothes in both cities.

STAGE 1
RESOURCES:

▪ Vocabulary to describe clothes:

https://kidspicturedictionary.com/english-
through-pictures/things-english-through-
pictures/describing-clothing/

▪ Introducing your hometown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qb-
m3tEW_as
 STAGE 1 Product stage 1: Video
Imagine you are a youtuber. In your channel you must compare your
hometown with an international city.

vs

For this purpose, you must create a presentation making a description,

comparison and contrast of the two chosen cities including all aspects
mentioned previously.
You may use some supporting visual aids such as videos or photographs in the context,
however you must always appear in the camera. If you are using slides, you may
only include pictures and key words. VOICE OFF IS NOT AN OPTION.
STAGE 1 Product stage 1: Video
Remember this activity aims to assess your speaking skills, not the reading
ones, so make sure you prepare what you are about to say and don’t use extra
help. The video must be 5 minutes long.
Upload your video to YouTube in PUBLIC mode.

Recommended Tool:
You can use the following Chrome extension LOOM to tape your video. Watch
this video tutorial so you can learn how to use it.

Screencast-o-matic
Download: https://screencast-o-matic.com
Video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqG6NQCs8PM&t=1s

You can always use any other tool you have at hand.
Once the video is online, you only need to post the URL on the task.