Introduction
ACTIVITY : GROUP WORK
Level : Above Intermediate
ACTIVITY TITLE: CABINET SECRETARY FOR A DAY!
SUBJECT AREAS: SAARC, Group Presentation or monologue
YOUR INVESTIGATION:
Someone has kidnapped the Cabinet Secreatary of one of the SAARC countries and you have been picked to impersonate the Cabinet Secreatary until he/she is found. No one must find out that the ambassador is missing or it will mean chaos and upheaval in that country.
From the main page of your site, select several of the embassies to browse and see which one you prefer to be the home of the missing Cabinet Secreatary . Study the details about the country you have selected and prepare a speech to give to your fellow countrymen, assuring them that all is well. Remember, you've got to convince them that you are the Cabinet Secreatary by dazzling them with your knowledge of their country.
You can share information on some of these topics:
Economy...Society.. Current Events...Government...Population...Education...History...solving one of this country's leading problems today.. reforms would you make either in education or in government practices etc
Useful Links
http://www.saarc-sec.org/SAARC-Cabinet-Secretaries-Meeting/116/
The above link gives information about SAARC cabinet Secretaries meeting . The link gives you an idea about the agenda of SAARC Cabinet meetings.
Task Adapted from : https://webdisk.lclark.edu/krauss/cwis/usia/berger/Amb.html
on Michael Krauss' web site was given by Joan Berger on 9/10/2007