For high-intermediate and above levels. This exercise assumes all students in the course are enrolled in the same academic program, or are at least all are in the same department.

1. In pairs or small groups, define the courses you are required to complete in order to graduate from your program. Prepare your final list in English.
2. As a class, list the requirements on the board. (Requirements include classes, research projects, internships, etc.)
3. In pairs or small groups, discuss your favorite and least favorite requirements.
4. In your group, discuss the following question: Of your least favorite requirements, which ones, if any, do you think could be discontinued? Which ones, though unpleasant, are in fact very important to your education?
5. In your group, discuss the following question: If you could choose that a class be added to the program, what class would it be? What would it teach you?
6. As a class, groups discuss their conclusions.

1. You and your group have landed on a desert island with not way off. There are a number of children with you on the island ages 6-8.
2. Your group realizes that you must educate the children. Luckily, you are all trained teachers. The question is, what and how do you teach them?
3. As a group, determine:
   1. what subject matter to teach them.
   2. how to teach them (methods, approaches).