adapted from Natalia Brines

Characteristics
 We transform information to adapt it to a specific set
of circumstances.
 We select, adapt, remove, paraphrase or reformulate
information.
 We facilitate communication, depending on the
requirements of the context and/or the participants.
 We overcome a specific obstacle that hinders
communication (language level, cultural gap, age gap,
physical gap, etc).
Page 104: CEFR Companion Volume with New Descriptors
Strategies
 Simplify
 Explain a new concept
 Translate
 Adapt
 Select
 Clarify
 Illustrate
 Amplify
 and always paraphrase
ORAL MEDIATION TASKS: SAMPLES
You will need to turn the information into different formats:
whatsapp voice messages or speeches in front of a specific audience.
 Interpretation of videos, documentaries, conferences,
meetings, formal speeches...
 Interpretation of culture to foreign visitors in your
country: oral messages of welcome, guided tours, "how
to" explanations...
 Interpretation of social and transactional situations for
friends, family, clients, foreign guests...
 Interpretation of signs, menus, notices, infographics,
charts, graphs...
 Summarising for gist: reading into speaking
WRITTEN MEDIATION TASKS: SAMPLES
You will need to turn specific information into different formats:
posts for blogs, letters, reports, proposals...

 Summarising for gist: reading into writing

 Interpretation of videos, documentaries, conferences,
meetings, formal speeches... (it involves note taking,
identifying key ideas, summarising...)
 Summarising for implications (cultural differences)
 Paraphrasing / Rephrasing
 Adapting register (from formal to informal or vice
versa)
 Explaining and clarifying concepts
 Including examples
Example (B2)
 Your partner wants to join the gym at Epicentre, but
they are not allowed to do heavy aerobic exercise.
They also work in the afternoons. Explain, with the
list of activities below, which are suitable for him/her
and why.
 (IMAGE or INFOGRAPHIC with list of activities)
 For more samples, check this link to a video with
examples of mediation tasks (oral & written) made by
Aina Monferrer, a Valencian teacher at EOI Castelló.