Do schools kill creativity? – Listening comprehension exercise

Section : Lesson LEVEL

CEFR level : B2, C1

Digicompetence level (teachers) : Difficult

listening comprehension

oral production

written production

Students learn to practice listening skills and finding information from an oral presentation
Students learn to check understanding of what has been said in a video
Students learn to produce written and/or oral response to the listening activity

Individual work: watch and listen to the video https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity
Online quiz for checking understanding >
examples of quiz questions:
- According to the speaker, what happens when you ask someone about their education?
- Select one:
  - They become angry and lash out.
  - They start talking about education enthusiastically.
  - They grab you and pin you to the wall
- What happens to children who have talent?
- Select one:
  - Their talent is wasted.
  - Their talent is acknowledged and built on.
  - Their talent is belittled and squashed.
- What happened in the play?
- Select one:
  - The boy said his line at the wrong time.
  - The boy made a pun (a joke).
  - The boy forgot his line.
- What does the speaker say about being wrong?
- Select one:
  - People naturally learn to avoid being wrong.
  - It is stigmatized.
  - It is the same as being creative.
Written response to the original speech ( writing a letter-to-the-editor)
- Students first study how to write an LTE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4mknSDWH8w
- Then they write their own LTE, trying to follow the guidelines on the example video.
- Students can also make an oral letter-to-the-editor if they prefer by following the same guidelines as in the written one > students can search for how to make videos themselves

Peer feedback on first versions of written and/or oral response
Teacher gives feedback on the progress of the task and the final result (written or oral LTE)