Description: Learn about greenwashing and then identify a case of greenwashing in the local context; write and administer a questionnaire about greenwashing; do background research on greenwashing; orally present the research process and conclusions; write an introduction to the research project.
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Level: B1
Target audience: all college level students
General goals/objectives: reading comprehension, research skills, oral presentation, written presentation
Specific goals/objectives:
- Understand what greenwashing is.
- Identify greenwashing in local context
- Develop a questionnaire about greenwashing
- Administer questionnaire
- Research greenwashing in another context
- Orally present the research project
- Write an introduction to the research project
Materials needed for activity: (check the following)
_ internet access _ projector _ speakers _ printout X BYOD (Bring Your Own Device – smartphone, tablet)
_ other:_____________
Time: 16 academic hours
Overview:
Learn about greenwashing and then identify a case of greenwashing in the local context; write and administer a questionnaire about greenwashing; do background research on greenwashing; orally present the research process and conclusions; write an introduction to the research project
Activity 1
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Reception / Reading | Overall reading comprehension | Can read with a large degree of independence, relatively short academic texts on general subjects that do not require field-specific/expert knowledge (adapted B2) |
Reception / Reading | Reading for orientation | Can scan longer texts in order to locate desired information, and gather information from different parts of a text to fulfill a specific task (adapted B1+) |
Reception / Reading | Reading for information and argument | Can identify the main conclusions in clearly signaled argumentative texts (B1+) |
Reception / Reading | Reading for information and argument | Can follow the main line of argument in texts that present issues though not necessarily in detail (adapted B1+) |
Production / Writing | Overall written production | Can write a paragraph comprised of a series of sentences linked with appropriate connectors, such as “and”, “but”, and “because” (adapted A2) |
Production / Writing | Reports and essays | Can summarize a short academic text on general subjects that do not require field-specific / expert knowledge (adapted B1) |
Production / Speaking | Addressing audiences | Can give a prepared straightforward presentation on a familiar topic which is clear enough to be followed without difficulty most of the time, and in which the main points are explained with reasonable precision (adapted B1) |
Production / Speaking | Addressing audiences | Can take a series of straightforward follow-up questions but may have to ask for repetition of the question(s) (adapted B1) |
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