First lessons
What is the biggest city in the world?
Tokyo!
What are the five biggest languages in the world?
English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, French
Where was the oldest cave painting from?
France!
e.g. gardening, dancing, painting
Can you name three types of videogames?
e.g. dance game, cosy game, strategy game etc.
worse! (apart from Tokyo)
How does drinking alcohol help language learning?
It helps Speaking! Everything else gets much much worse.
e.g. Cultural, Economic, Social, Emotional etc.
What happens if you don't review things you learnt?
You forget them of course!
What is the gender difference in gaming?
Mostly men play, and almost all game developers are male. etc
What are the main problems of city life?
e.g. loneliness, pollution, loss of green space etc.
How serious a global problem is fake news?
It was ranked as one of the three biggest problems worldwide. Many countries like Malaysia had it as #1!
How can studying a country's art help you?
e.g. it teaches you about that culture etc.
Which are more memorable: good things or bad things? Why?
Bad things are more memorable because we need to learn from stressful situations.
How does boredom affect creativity?
e.g. it encourages it
Why are native speakers bad communicators?
e.g. they use slang, cultural jokes, talk too quickly etc.
What was the most shocking true/fake news we read in class?
e.g. for me, the Spanish woman who ate her own knee muscle.
Complete this: "The journey, not the ______ matters" (T.S. Eliot)
arrival!
What is the popular psychological definition of "creative"?
New, surprising, valuable (Boden).
How does memory affect behaviour?
e.g. we could argue memory = behaviour
How does language change brains?
e.g. The more you read English, the better your brain gets at reading English. Bilingual or multilingual people are better at learning languages!
Why are explorers similar to language learners?
e.g. Doing both requires courage. etc.
Why is Ernest Shackleton an interesting role model?
Who can think of the most uses for...
Be creative!
Who can name the most benefits to gaming?
I can think of loads!