Maker 01 Teacher's Guide Unit 8

1 Do you follow people from other countries on social media? What language do they normally use in their posts? Why do they do that? 2 Jimmy is a celebrity dog from Colombia. Read one of his owner’s posts on social media and discuss the questions with a classmate. LOCAL AND GLOBAL 1 Why is his post bilingual (in Spanish and in English)? 2 Jimmy has his own cartoon online and it is only in English. Why do you think that is? 3 Research popular users in websites or social media that produce content in two languages. In which situations do they use both languages in their productions? 4 Choose a person, company or video channel you think is important and uses your native language to communicate online, instead of English. Then answer. 1 Why do you think this content should have a version in English? 2 What are possible ways of making this content accessible to more people? 1 Research into the concept. Bring your research to be discussed in class. 2 Read the article. Then discuss the questions with a classmate. 1 Do you like the idea of Flex Days? Why? 2 Do you think it is possible to learn without a fixed schedule of classes? How? RTV Open answers. Open answers. Open answers. Suggested answers: So that more people can have access to the content. / Because the profile has followers from all over the world. Suggested answers: Because if we consider the number of both native speakers and nonnative speakers, English is more widely spoken than any other language. Open answers. 111 Imagine a school without a fixed schedule. IMAGINE