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Our project is intended to have a literary focus with an emphasis on students’ communication, cooperation and collaboration. Our main goal is student empowerment, so that the students gain the opportunity to work together reading and producing various kinds of texts. Our main topic will thus be European literature, and the activities we intend to develop would be built around the idea of bilateral/multilateral teams that connect through the use of digital tools.
- Subjects: Art, Citizenship, European Studies, Foreign Languages, Informatics / ICT, Language and Literature, Media Education
- Languages: EN
- Pupil's age: 14 - 16
- Tools to be used: Chat, e-mail, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Project Diary, Twinspace, Video conference, Web publishing
- Aims: For students:
- learn the English language as a foreign language in a meaningful way;
- foster progress in reading development in... read moreFor students:
- learn the English language as a foreign language in a meaningful way;
- foster progress in reading development in English;
- build confidence with extended texts written in English;
- promote intercultural communicative competence through reading in English;
- develop ICT skills;
- foster team work and collaboration among fellow classmates and partners.
For teachers: learn up-to-date ways to encourage students to engage in a focused and motivating reading program with the potential to lead students along a path to independence and resourcefulness in their reading in English and in their learning of English as a foreign language. hide
- Work process: Steps:
1 introductory video clips / vokis / podcasts etc. of students;
2 identification of students’ learning styles, level of English and... read moreSteps:
1 introductory video clips / vokis / podcasts etc. of students;
2 identification of students’ learning styles, level of English and level of ICT skills;
3 assessment of the students’ level for graded readers;
4 identification, interpretation and evaluation of students’ reading interests, habits and attitudes;
5 devising reading program (possible activities: survey, abstract, relationships mind maps, report, graph, chart, checklist, debate, investigation, persuasive speech/essay, post-review-comment-moderate, collaborating, slideshow, film, presentation, story);
6 providing lists of suitable books to read and develop criteria to choose wisely;
7 development of project identity by creating a logo for the project;
8 structuring eTeaming in ways that will optimise its impact;
9 creating operational procedures for eTeaming;
10 training teachers in implementing the procedures;
11 analysis (deconstruction, outlining, linking, integration and structuring) and evaluation (judging, hypothesising, reflecting, commenting, justifying, reviewing, construction and application of standards and criteria) of stories, collaboratively (in heterogeneous European teams of 6-8 students) using Google Docs or the like;
12 planning, designing, constructing, producing and publishing book trailers (issues: storyboarding, images, text, music, layout, flow, pace, harmony, balance, consistency, efficiency, suitability, interactivity etc.) using Flixtime or the like and/or glogs using Glogster;
13 final evaluation of the project. hide
- Expected results: For students:
- higher motivation to read;
- more interest in improving English skills;
- more familiarity with ICT tools.
For teachers:
- professional development;
-... read moreFor students:
- higher motivation to read;
- more interest in improving English skills;
- more familiarity with ICT tools.
For teachers:
- professional development;
- confidence in the use of ICT tools.
Tangible results: at least 6 book trailers in 10 months' time, uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo. hide
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