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Activity 6

• The Great Dictatorwas released
inOctober 1940, however, the
script was prepared between
1937-1939, with filming starting
in September 1939. By the
time it was released, World
War II had already begun and
many countries in Europe were
already under the control of
Nazi Germany (for example,
France and Norway). However,
the full scale of the atrocities
committed (for example, the
concentration camps) were
unknown to the public. Chaplin
would say years later in his
autobiography that he would
not have made the film had he
known the full extent
of the horrors in the
concentration camps.

Activity 7
• As in other activities, it is more
important to distinguish the
features than the name of the
topics presented. However, as
we have said elsewhere, your
students need to recognize
what we could call the “hard”
concepts of the topic, thereby accumulating increasingly complex knowledge of the subject. As an
example, imagine a car mechanic who does not know the name of the pieces of a car. Obviously, this will
not hamper her/him in fixing the car, however, she/he will spend more time at the auto parts dealer and
will probably have more difficulty conferring with her/his colleagues to solve a problem.
• The reason we made this a collective activity (not an individual activity) is because there is empirical
evidence that reflection upon metalinguistic concepts works better if students have to explain their
rationale to a peer.
• When possible, use students’ wrong answers as a way of understanding why they are not producing the
expected answer. This type of investigative teaching is really useful for moving from directed teaching
towards more student-centered ways of interacting in the classroom.

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