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Activity 13
• This is an activity based on
what psychologists and linguists
call metalinguistic awareness,
that is, the ability to manipulate
language units (sounds,
morphemes, words, etc.). As
with any other linguistic skill, it
takes many experiences with
language beyond the classroom
and reflection upon the mother
tongue. This activity is useful
because it helps to broaden
students’ range of expressions
as well as giving them more
clues for understanding
new repertoires of words
and expressions.
• Make sure your students get
the idea that they should look
for the meaningful parts within
words. These parts usually share
the letters they begin with.

Activity 14
• If your students need more
information to establish the
most common natural disasters
in their community, they could
ask relatives and acquaintances
if they remember a natural
disaster that occurred where
they live, when it happened and what its aftermath was.
This could help your students make their proposals for their posters.
• The book proposes a poster as a product to be developed during this practice. Other suitable options may
be a leaflet (which, in turn, may be useful for people visiting the place where you and your students are)
or if where you live is an area that can be threatened by more than one natural disaster; you could produce
a guide that can be used by visitors. You can even make street signs (remember to ask permission of local
authorities), thus creating a plurilingual space beyond school.

Activity 15
• Remind your students they have argued other choices before. Model how to use expressions which can be
used to argue their point.
• Help your students to recognize how ambitious they can be when establishing their purpose and
addressee. Take into account time limits and your students’ level of competency to define whether the
purpose and addressee are plausible decisions. Remember challenges must not be so hard they become
unreachable and discouraging and they also cannot be so simple they are unattractive.

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