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       Task 2: Civic Participation

 

     How can adolescents participate in their communities' life?

 B. individual activity. Now, think of about 20 words that     relate to those concepts:

   

               City – Citizen - Citizenship  

 

 

 Example:     Citizenship:  Tolerance - Employment

 

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          Hi kids.  Through these activites you will explore diverse options to :  

 

    1. Identify vocabulary connected to the concept Citizenship. 

    2. Recognize the correct pronunciation of words connected to the concept Citizenship.

    3.  Listen to adolescents that participate in civic activities.

    4.  Start  to plan  a short video in collaboration with other partners about  how                                   adolescents  may participate in civic activities.  

 

     ACTIVITY 1.

 

  A. Consult the meanings of the terms: 

     City – Citizen and Citizenship

 

     You can consult them in the following          online dictionaries.

 

     www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary

 

     www.dictionary.cambridge.org/

 

 

     www.oxforddictionaries.com

 

    

     Time: 20 minutes       

 

 

ACTIVITY 3.     Adolescents' Roles and  Attributes                                                                   as Citizens

  Listen carefully to Shawany.

 

      1.  What personal attributes identify  her            as an adolescent?

  

      2.  What role does she have  as an                            adolescent?

 

      3.  What difficulties does she  face  in her                family?

 

      4.  What problems are there in her                           community and city?

 

      5.  What are her plans?

If you are not sure about what words or terms to write, you can explore some of the sites below to get the words from the webpages below.

 

   http://globalci.org/gci-citizens/

   

   http://www.citizenshipfoundation.org.uk/main/page.php?427

   

 

  http://www.unicef.org/adolescence/index_rights.html

   

 

  http://motherhood.modernmom.com/teenagers-good-citizens-7831.html

   

 

  https://www.ndi.org/citizen-participation

   

 

  https://www.ndi.org/whatwevelearned

 

  Time: 45 Minutes

My reflection.     How do I feel living in my city,  and being  a citizen in Bogotá?

                                 

Write your reflection.  Go to the Forum section and leave your message there.

Now, be sure of the pronunciation of these words, because you are going to use them in the creation of your video.

 

 you can use these sites to check pronunciation: 

 

 http://es.forvo.com/search/citizen/en/

 

 In this site, you just introduce the word and almost  immediately, you will have the corresponding pronunciation.

 

Or:

 

 http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php

 

 

 

In this site, you can create your avatar, and you can also introduce the word or statement, adjusting certain pronunciation patterns such as pitch voice, speed. You may select the gender and nationality of your avatar too.  It’s for you to have some fun….!

 1. Share your answers with your partners here in the Contact box.  

 

 2. Comment on some of your partners' answers.

Get ready  to participate in the Face to Face session in the Classroom.

 

Bring your resources to the classroom.

Special Invitation:     We would like you to participate in the Public Forum:  

                                     City, Citizens and Citizenship on  http:eflearningeo.jimdo

 

                              Share your  perspectives, ideas and experiences there!!

 

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