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A. Alchazidu: Building Presentation and Communication Skills...

The integration of these plurilingual microactivities served as a suitable pedagogical ap-
proach in this CLIL course. These activities fostered not only language skills but also cul-
tural understanding and opened dialogues about diverse perspectives. Thanks to exploring
differences in culinary traditions and table manners, students engaged in meaningful dis-
cussions where they were forced to make effective language use. At the same time, they
could broaden their horizons by discovering other cultures through gastronomy.
Meaningful and conceptualised incorporation of such microactivities proved to be essential.
These activities provided opportunities to emphasise plurilingualism and cultural sensitiv-
ity. They also offered a practical and accessible means to promote language pro iciency and
intercultural competence.
As mentioned before, plurilingual microactivities turned out to be an extremely powerful
tool for teachers seeking to develop culturally aware students.

Regular Feedback

Continuous and regular feedback after each seminar also proved to be bene icial. It allowed
comparison between seminar groups and enabled possible adaptations to the speci ic needs
of each group. Exit tickets were, in fact, a sort of a very useful microactivity that served as
a valuable tool for collecting feedback at the end of every class. They provided students with
a chance to showcase their comprehension of the lesson’s content, and at the same time they
also allowed teachers to con irm the achievement of teaching goals.
While the exit ticket by Socrative that was used in this course had instructions in English,
the students were encouraged to use any language from their repertoire. Some students
actually preferred to answer in Czech (see Fig. 6).

Figure 6: Socrative Exit Ticket. Source: the author, 2023
Moreover, there is another advantage to be highlighted. Regular feedback helped students
set achievable goals and monitor their progress. This was very signi icant for these students

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