Read the two exercises below, and then, in the Brainstorming Forum below, comment on how these exercises foster the culture standards. If you don't want to brainstorm, go directly to the Hints, and then to the exercises for other standards.

     Using the information found above (after visiting at least 3 or 4 different websites), students are told to assess the characteristics of these sites.  What voices and speech acts do they reflect?  What kind of information do they provide?  What is "missing" (what aren't they saying)?  Is the information in line with what students have read in Draußen vor der Tür -- why or why not?

     Students are asked, in small groups, to come up with key words to use in a search for websites that would complement Draußen vor der Tür, and present the justification for their choices (in writing and orally).

     Why do these exercises foster the culture standards, and what difficulties do you foresee in implementing them?