i am an online ESL teacher. Please help me give feedback to my B1 student. I gave her the following homework:

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Develop the situations using the snowball effect idea. Write a few sentences.
EXAMPLE You didn’t realize that a meeting time was changed.
You missed the meeting. In the meeting, the team discussed a new project
and your colleague was chosen to be in charge instead of you. The project
was a great success and your colleague got promoted. Now, this person is
your manager but because you don’t like them, you don’t get on well. They
might fire you because the company needs to make some changes.
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B. You and your colleagues forgot you were in different time zones.
C. You didn’t ask your colleague a question during her presentation because
you thought it was impolite to interrupt.
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D. Your microphone didn’t work well when you were reporting on your task
progress to your clients.
E. Your manager shared a lot of updates during a call, but you didn’t pay
attention.
F. Your teacher gave you a task, but it was unclear exactly what you had to do.

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The homeowkr was an extension of this lesson plan:

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How to deal with misunderstandings
B1
1. Complete the sentence in three different ways. Use at least one word from the word cloud each time.
• A communication problem at work is when…
2. Look at the things that might cause miscommunication.
Discuss how common they are where you work.
• speaking a language that is not your first
language
• being too shy to clarify something that is
unclear
• having a poor internet connection
• not being allowed to ask questions
3. Choose a situation that might be more likely to cause a misunderstanding. Explain your choice and
give examples.
4. Look at the situations and imagine that they happened because of misunderstandings. Discuss what
you think happened.
EXAMPLE: You got arrested.
You looked like a criminal who was on the news. Someone in a supermarket saw you
and called the police. You didn’t have your documents with you, so the police
arrested you and took you to the police station where you spent a few hours.
A. You met your best friend.
B. You got a present.
C. You went on a business trip.
D. You had to move to a different city.
E. You got promoted.
F. You lost money.
G. You got into an argument.
H. You lost your job.
sharing good news/positive
feedback
sharing bad news/negative
feedback
or
talking to someone from
a different culture
talking to someone
you don’t know well or
communicating via email having an online meeting
with many participants or
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How to deal with misunderstandings
B1
5. Watch a video [https://youtu.be/0WusMvoFnaQ] that is an ad for project management software for
builders and discuss the questions.
• Do you like the ad? Why/Why not?
• Can project management software help improve communication? Give some details.
- Yes, it can help a lot.
- It helps a little bit.
- It doesn’t help at all.
- It depends on the project team members.
• Do you know what the ‘snowball effect’ is? How is it shown in the video? The ‘snowball effect’ refers
to how a small misunderstanding can quickly grow larger and influence more people or situations.
• Has anything similar ever happened to you at work? What did you do to fix the problem?
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Her are the student's responses:

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Develop the situations using the snowball effect idea.  Write a few sentences. 


Snowball effect: A snowball effect[is a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself (an exacerbating feedback), becoming larger (graver, more serious), and also perhaps potentially more dangerous or disastrous (a vicious circle), though it might be beneficial instead (a virtuous circle).


Example:
You didn’t realize that a meeting time was changed. 
Possible answer: You missed the meeting. In the meeting, the team discussed a new project and your colleague was chosen to be in charge instead of you. The project was a great success and your colleague got promoted. Now, this person is your manager but because you don’t like them, you don’t get on well. They might fire you because the company needs to make some changes. 
EXAMPLE
In a job interview, the interviewer spoke quickly and used a lot of professional terms so you were unsure what they were asking you about. You weren't hired by this company, because you hadn’t been good enough during this interview. You didn’t have money to pay your rent so you had to move to a less comfortable neighbourhood. Your self-appraisal has decreased and now you have some alcohol problems and don’t know how to live this life.
	
You and your colleagues forgot you were in different time zones. You lost the zoom call with the most important client and you weren’t included in a team that worked on the project. You were so absent about this situation that you decided to quit your job. Your girlfriend broke up with you and now you are unemployed and live on welfare with your mom. 


You didn’t ask your colleague a question during her presentation because    you thought it was impolite to interrupt. 


Your microphone didn’t work well when you were reporting on your task progress to your clients. 


Your manager shared a lot of updates during a call, but you didn’t pay attention. 


Your teacher gave you a task, but it was unclear exactly what you had to do. You didn’t ask for clarification and did your work wrong. Everybody in the classroom was laughing at you including your best friend. Since then you haven’t been friends anymore. You were disappointed in friendship and couldn’t have friends all your life. 


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