Hints on Task 3


     This task is intended to force the students to draw comparisons, to check the points of view in a graphic. They will not only learn the words for weather-reporting in German (which could also lead to an additional communication exercise), but they also will have the chance to be exposed to comparative geography -- which geographical units are the "reference points" for the German culture (all of Europe), compared to those in the US (largely leaving out Canada, the Caribbean, and Mexico from its "American" weather maps). These open the door to connections into the ways in which even "neutral" items like maps express distinctive cultural viewpoints.


 Exercise, Task 3