🌐 Phase 3 - Investigation
🌐 Challenge
⏱ 5 minutes
Task 6 - Group C: Global Communication Challenge
You are part of an international student team preparing a school event. Your team members come from different countries. You must communicate important information even though not everyone speaks the same language.
Step 1 - Complete all three communication challenges
The Translators - simplify for an international audience
Rewrite this message so it's easy to understand for someone still learning English.
"Attendees are kindly requested to congregate in the main auditorium prior to the commencement of proceedings."
The Communicators - build a message with no words
Select at least 3 icons to communicate: "Welcome! Join us for food and music at the school party."
Tap icons below…
👋
🎉
🍕
🎵
🏫
📅
🌍
❤️
The Cultural Explorers - spot the misunderstanding
Tap 2 scenarios that could cause a cultural misunderstanding at your event.
👀 Direct eye contact means different things in different cultures
🍽️ Some guests may have dietary or religious food restrictions
⏰ "On time" is interpreted differently across cultures
✋ A friendly gesture in one culture can be rude in another
🚶 Comfortable personal space varies widely
🔊 Speaking loudly can seem normal or rude depending on culture
Step 2 - Mid-investigation question
Reflect
What was more important today: perfect grammar or clear communication?
Step 3 - Quick check
A. Using only grammar rules.
B. Combining simplified language, visuals and cultural awareness.
C. Avoiding all cultural references.
D. Using only one language for all communication.
Bridge to Phase 4 - Discovery
"Every language opens a new way of seeing the world - and a new way of sharing yourself with others."
What happens in Task 6
A 5-minute Phase 3 - Investigation activity as "Group C - The Cultural Explorers." Students complete three linked communication challenges - simplifying text, building a wordless visual message, and flagging cultural misunderstandings - then reflect and answer a formative check.
🎯 Learning objectives
Recognise that communication is more than vocabulary. Visual communication, cultural awareness and collaboration all shape how meaning travels between people from different backgrounds.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Alternative response formats: students may draw, record audio, or point to symbols instead of typing
- Speech-to-text available for all text fields in this activity
- Peer support: pairs may work through each challenge together
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Group A: use scissors, paper and markers to simplify a printed message
- Group B: draw symbols and images on large paper to communicate without words
- Group C: printed cultural awareness scenario cards, solutions written on sticky notes