This is an activity 'about' the internet, but it doesn't start online. In fact it has to start offline: the idea is that students try and predict the first paragraph of the Wikipedia entry for their town, region or country.

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If you teach young learners who are all the same age and live in the same town, opportunities for sharing and comparing life experiences can feel more limited than they would be in a multi-national class of adult learners.

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Response tasks are designed to give students the chance to express themselves creatively and openly, not for comprehension checking.

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This is a speaking task that encourages students to empathise with other people and try to understand them better.

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One of the good things about migration is the opportunities it brings for learning about other cultures.

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I first did this activity to supplement a unit in one of the better known Pre-Intermediate coursebooks which had a focus on school, and since then I've used it many times as the culmination of activities aimed at practising the ‘obligation and permission' modals, can, can't, have to, must, don't have to, mustn't.

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