🪞 Phase 4 - Discovery
🪞 Reflection
⏱ 4 minutes
Task 7 - My Language, My Identity
Language is more than vocabulary. It carries memories, traditions, values and stories. When we learn languages, we do not only learn words - we learn people.
Pause.
What language do you feel most yourself in? What word from your language could you never fully translate?
Step 2 - A word that resists translation
A word from my language I would find hard to translate
Share one special word
✅ Saved to portfolio as "My Language Identity - Activity 7".
Step 3 - Self-assessment
A. Language is only a communication tool - no connection to identity.
B. Language carries culture, memory and personal experience - it is part of who we are.
C. Only your first language is part of your identity.
D. Identity is only about appearance and culture, not language.
Bridge to Task 8
"Every language tells a story. Today, you discovered part of yours."
What happens in Task 7
A 4-minute Phase 4 - Discovery reflection. A short silent pause, followed by a sentence completion ("Language is part of who I am because…", min 30 chars), a special-word field, and a self-assessment question.
🎯 Learning objectives
Recognise that language carries culture, memory and personal experience - it is part of who we are, not simply a communication tool.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- Voice recording accepted instead of typing the reflection sentence
- Alternative sentence starters available: "Language connects me to…" / "A memory I have of language is…"
- Breathing timer extendable to 4 minutes; skip always available
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Teacher leads a verbal silent reflection (eyes closed, 2 minutes)
- Students write their sentence completion on a printed "Identity Reflection" card
- Cards displayed in a classroom word gallery; teacher photographs as evidence