In this lesson, students explore the Internet for information on the metro system as a means of transportation and for information on culturally appropriate and polite behavior for the metro. Students research polite forms of address and connect to a digital penpal in the target country. Students email digital penpals in the target country to ask about culturally appropriate behavior on the metro. Modalities include interpersonal communication, reading and writing. Language structures focus on forming questions and polite language. The acitivity includes a variety of role play scenarios. This activity is applicable for any written world language course.

In this lesson, student will be exposed to different folktales corresponding to the Colombian folklore with the objective of getting the student familiarized with these traditions, as well as identifying the difference between a myth and a legend. This lesson was developed by Carolina Vargas-Escobar as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

In this lesson, students will have the opportunity to be part of a Colombian legend. In this case, the legend of "El Dorado". Also they will get to know part of the history of a Pre-Colombian civilization. This lesson was developed by Carolina Vargas-Escobar as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Students will learn how to do a job interview in Spanish if they are applying for a position at a Spanish-speaking company. Students will notice that the speakers use the Usted form because it is a formal situation. Additionally, students will learn the vocabulary used in the interview. Finally, students will understand how to engage in complex conversations about professional topics.

This module focuses on the ins and outs of apologizing in Spanish, both linguisitically and culturally. Included are exemplary videoclips in Spanish, transcripts and a step-by-step, interactive study guide: Encountering the Communicative Act, Learning and Performance Strategies, Identifiying Important Social Factors, Perceiving Dialectal Variances and a Summary of Key Points. The language samples are in Spanish but the study of this pragmatic act is in English.

In this activity, students will write descriptions of guests who will be attending a wedding. The teacher hands out the descriptions to each student who asks and answers questions to find the mystery guest. Once each person has found their mystery guest, they must present them to the class explaining their likes, dislikes, residence, work, age, family, etc. The modalities include interpersonal communication as well as written and spoken presentational communication. This activity is applicable for any written world language course. Included are suggestions for adapting and extending this performance task as well as character descriptions for French, German and Spanish.