The project is developed through the blog http://periodistaspuros.blogspot.com and it consists of creating a newspaper with news from all around Europe. Children create news about what they hear from TV, about local events, sports, hobbies, etc. Learning a language means to learn the culture, customs, personality, etc. Then news from a specific country shows too many of this features and create real communicative contexts when doing interviews to the different correspondants in each country.

• Subjects: Foreign Languages
• Languages: EN
• Pupil's age: 8 - 11
• Tools to be used: Audio conference, e-mail, Other software (Powerpoint, video, pictures and drawings), Twinspace, Video conference, Web publishing
• Aims: -To describe by writing or talking the events with order and sequence. -To discover new styles of writing. - To be aware... read more-To describe by writing or talking the events with order and sequence. -To discover new styles of writing. - To be aware of the reality around us and far from us. - To motivate students writing and talking in English. -To learn how to create a digital school newspaper. -To develop the communicative and the digital competence in students. hide
• Work process: Ask the kids to bring news from home. The news can be any field, but yes, they have to be... read moreAsk the kids to bring news from home. The news can be any field, but yes, they have to be the ones who write them and can not copy from the newspaper or the Internet. Neither parent could dictate the news. They write what they learned from any news. To publish the news in the blog http://periodistaspuros.blogspot.com, I would give permission to any participant and all can publish news at the same time with the frequency of a week minimum. Once a week also, we will have a video-conference with the correspondants of the other countries through skype to practice oral skills. This activity will be a corner in the class, not only for the fast finishers, but also for the others, who need to rotate. The most skilled with the computer will help the others. So, we need a computer with internet conection and the children will work in pairs. Sometimes the teacher will have to help students with the news, but they can work autonomously, since news don't need to be very extense. hide
• Expected results: -A newspaper with news from different countries, and up to date with the activity of a real newspaper. -I hope to... read more-A newspaper with news from different countries, and up to date with the activity of a real newspaper. -I hope to develop the writing skills in my students. -To know students from other countries and visit them and receive them in our school. hide

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