"Move" Your Students to a World City
And Teach Language Through Authentic Culture Contents
by Sue Fenton

Summary:
            If your students can’t actually move to a world city like Madrid, Paris, Rome, Munich, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Moscow or Tokyo, they can do the next best thing.  They can “move” there virtually – for the entire year or a semester.  Use “Virtual Residence Language” as your curriculum premise.  You’ll have authentic real-world culture contexts as your disposal to introduce, apply, and practice everything you teach.  The students SAY grammar in the city!  
            Your students will love moving into their very own apartments in the language community where they’ll explore, discover, learn “on location,” make decisions, visit, go on errands, have appointments, plan, and have adventures – all immersed in the target language and culture.
            This book shows you how to set up a “virtual residence” experience for your class, and has over 1,000 ideas and activities.

Contents

Part 1: Premise & Set-up

•  Language Starts with Culture
•  Culture Cues
•  Their Own “Virtual Reality” Shows
•  The “2-Week Vacation” Syndrome
•  What About Your Text and Curriculum?
•  Beyond the 1st Year
•  “Move There” – Basic Steps
•  Student Identities, Personal Documents, Jobs, Finances, World School Partner, Handouts
•  Basic City Cues & Skills
•  Put on Your Grammar Glasses
•  Say it First: Grammar Appetizers
•  Wall Calendar of City Events, Signs, Materials, Equipment
•  The Internet: a “Virtual Residence” Goldmine
•  “On Location” Backdrops
     …  And many, many more topics!!!

Part 2:  “Move” There

•  Language Mini-Course
•  Preparing for the Flight, Passport, Boarding Passes
•  The Flight
•  Arrival: Hotel Registration
•  City Maps, City Orientation
•  Finding an Apartment, Checklist
•  Apartment Building Photo, Addresses
•  Move in and Decorate
•  Telephone Numbers, Pets, Mail Service
•  Neighbors
•  City Vocabulary, City Skills, City at a Glance
…  And more….  

Part 3:  Keep The Virtual Residence” Going

•  Daily City Connections: 125 Strategies
•  Journal Entries
•  Photo Ops
•  Culture Frosting
•  City Activities (Errands, Courses, Part-time Jobs,
    Sightseeing, Entertainment, etc.)
•  Problems and Dilemmas
•  Class “Events” in the City
•  Crazy Fun
•  Souvenirs
•  Mysteries
    … And many, many more units and ideas!

Sample Pages from the book...

• Activities...Supermarket Brands
  
  
• Apartment Checklist
  
  
• Culture Cues
  
  
• Problems and Dilemmas
  
  
• Preparing for the Flight

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