A difficult situation
Characters:
Theme: Strategies and types of comprehension.
Competencies
Competence in Linguistic Communication
Competence in cultural awareness and expressions
Subjects and year by Educational System
Spain > English > 2nd ESO > Communication
Enunciation
Observations and context
You can work together with the activities To help or not to help and How many Pulitzers do you have? in several sessions and reflect on the consequences, beneficial or detrimental, of the intervention of people who photograph conflicts.
Distribute the students preferably in heterogeneous groups so that everyone can participate according to their level, as some questions are easier and others more difficult.
You will need a computer, projector and speakers for the video, as well as a Vimeo account (free of charge).
Other contemporary women or women with similar characteristics: April Saul, Mary Ellen Mark or Lynn Johnson.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://vimeo.com/30335035 (account needed).
https://www.iamunbeatable.com/ (22/03/2022).
Description
Reading comprehension activity: students read the text extracted and adapted from an article in The Guardian, identify the required information (general and essential), reflect on socio-cultural aspects (gender-based violence) and how they are represented through art and culture, and answer the questions.
Comprehension strategies. Distinguishing types of comprehension. General meaning, essential information and main points. Inferring from text and context the meanings of less frequently used or more specific words and expressions. Predicting the meaning of unfamiliar words using knowledge of the language.
Listening comprehension strategies. Distinguishing types of comprehension. General meaning, essential information and main points. Formulation of reasonable hypotheses about content and context.