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Activity 20
                                                                                 • This activity (making
                                                                                   assumptions) is a skill required    T
                                                                                   in practices both before and
                                                                                   after this one. Be sure to adapt   rack 36
                                                                                   the contents of other practices.
                                                                                   Remember: knowledge about
                                                                                   the language does not entail
                                                                                   knowing everything before
                                                                                   doing it, but rather learning
                                                                                   what it is necessary to solve
                                                                                   a problem. There are other
                                                                                   strategies beyond those
                                                                                   mentioned in the Remember
                                                                                   box that your students can
                                                                                   use, for example, questions
                                                                                   beginning with Don’t you...? or
                                                                                   Could it be that...?
                                                                                 • If your students have already
                                                                                   mastered how to use all the
                                                                                   strategies in the Remember box,
                                                                                   and even the ones mentioned
                                                                                   in the previous suggestion,
                                                                                   you may skip the activity
                                                                                   altogether. Just remind your
                                                                                   students that they will need to
                                                                                   put into practice how to make
                                                                                   assumptions by Activity 23.

                                                                                 Activity 21
                                                                                 • Offering options is key for
                                                                                   solving riddles. As in Activity 11,    T
                                                                                   it is important that your students
               stay focused. However, since they also have to assess how plausible the option is, even if the solution   rack 37
               may seem ludicrous, it is actually an excellent chance to get your students to react and make a counter-
               argument (which is pretty complex even in one’s first language).

              • Make sure your students respect even the options that they may think of as far-fetched. It is important to
               have them notice that the answer to the riddle may lie in an out-of-the-box way of thinking.


























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