Task-based learning activity with Claude AI

Students prepare and perform a phone call in the target language to their housing company to report a leaking water pipe - practising real-world communication for everyday life needs.

DigCompEdu Competence Area(s)

Time

Preparation time minutes

Implementation time minutes

Educator Progression Level

Target groups

Minimum student digital skill level

C2

Minimum student language level

A1

🎓 Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to...
  • Open, sustain, and close a formal phone call in the target language
  • Describe a household problem using relevant vocabulary
  • Use modal verbs to express urgency and negotiate a repair timeline
  • Apply target language telephone conventions and polite repair strategies
  • Answer AI‑generated quizzes to check understanding of a topic.
  • Reflect on question types (multiple‑choice, recall, short answer) and identify areas for improvement.
  • Provide feedback on the accuracy and relevance of AI‑generated questions.

Ingredients

Utensils

Computer or tablet with internet access (teacher)

Claude.ai account (free version is sufficient)

Word processor or Google Docs to format and print materials

Printer (optional - materials can also be shared digitally)

Student devices with Claude.ai access (optional, for extension activity)

🥣 Preparation – Before Implementation

🔥 Implementation Steps

  • Warm-up & vocabulary activation (10 min) - Ask students: “Have you ever had to report a problem at home? What was difficult?” Elicit key vocabulary on the board and distribute the phrase bank.
  • Model text (10 min) - Students read (or listen to) the Claude-generated dialogue. They answer comprehension questions and complete the gap-fill in pairs. Brief whole-class feedback follows.
  • Task - Role-play the phone call (20 min) - Pairs receive their role cards. Student A plays the tenant, Student B the housing rep. They conduct the call (back-to-back for realism). Roles are then swapped. Do not interrupt or correct during the task - note language use for the next phase.
  • Report (10 min) - Each pair reports to the class: What was agreed? When is the repair? What was hardest to say? Groups compare outcomes.
  • Language focus (10 min) - Share anonymised examples of language from the task. Focus on 2-3 forms (e.g. modal verbs, polite requests). Students complete the grammar activity. Review the telephone conventions checklist together.
  • Tip: You can ask Claude to generate follow-up variations - e.g. “The repair team didn’t show up. Call back to complain.” - to extend the task in future lessons.

🧂 Differentiation & Inclusion

🍴 Assessment & Feedback

⚠️ Ethics, Privacy & Safeguarding

🍱 Extensions / Follow‑Ups

  • Students re-do the call using Claude.ai as the housing rep: “You are a Swedish housing company representative. Speak only Swedish at B1 level. Correct my grammar gently after each turn.”
  • Write a follow-up email to the housing company summarising the problem and agreed repair date
  • Civics / samhällskunskap - tenant rights in Sweden, how bostadsföretag work
  • Digital literacy - how to use online felanmälan portals (e.g. Mitt Boende, Riksbyggen app)

🔗 Cross‑Subject Link

  • Civics / samhällskunskap - tenant rights in Sweden, how bostadsföretag work
  • Digital literacy - how to use online felanmälan portals (e.g. Mitt Boende, Riksbyggen app)

References & Resources