The project concentrates on creating a theme-organised picture dictionary in which every word is translated into the languages of the participants of the project. Every two months are devoted to one of the topics – one part of the dictionary. The work on every part will comprise a few stages. First, students will prepare pictures using computer programs such as Paint, cliparts from MsOffice, gifs from the Internet, autoshapes or make their own drawings. Next, they will write the words describing each picture in their national language as well as in English. In the next stage students will prepare a presentation of the pictures. If students are able to do that, they can use Windows Movie Maker so as to make short films with the sound recored to present the pronunciation of the word in both languages. In addition, a variety of tasks will be prepared to accompany the parts of the dictionary to help students practise and revise the new vocabulary. All the materials will be gathered together (for example in Power Point presentations) and put on the eTwinning platform TWINSPACE and sent to partners via e-mail. The project is aimed at students aged 6-13. As a result, the level and complexity of all tasks will be adjusted to their skills and abilities. The teachers working with the groups taking part in the project will inform each other about the scope of the vocabulary they are currently working on so as to make sure that all groups are dealing with the same material. The final product of the project will be a CD with a picture-and-word dictionary in English and national languages of the participants covering the following range of topics: appearance, Christmas, seasons of the year, toys, food, animals, jobs, feelings.

• Materie: Arte, Geografia, Informatica / TIC, Lingue Straniere, Materie per la scuola primaria, Materie Scuola dell'infanzia, Media, Musica, Scienze Naturali
• Lingue: EN
• Età degli studenti: 6 - 13
• Strumenti da usare: Altri software (PowerPoint, video, foto e disegni), email, MP3
• Obiettivi: 1. Developing students' ability to communicate in English by dealing with tasks that require cooperation with students who do not... per saperne di più1. Developing students' ability to communicate in English by dealing with tasks that require cooperation with students who do not know their native language. 2. Enhancing students' awareness of the fact that they are members of a local, regional, national and international community. 3. Exposing students to different cultures and languages, making them more tolerant and open to new experiences. 4. Developing students' ability to use modern technology in order to communicate: the computer and the Internet, e-mail, various computer programs etc. nascondi
• Procedura di lavoro: 1. Students get familiar with the idea of eTwinning, the rules of the project and the Internet tools. 2. Students... per saperne di più1. Students get familiar with the idea of eTwinning, the rules of the project and the Internet tools. 2. Students are divided into groups according to their age and the tasks of the project are discussed. Students get in touch with their peers from other countries via e-mail, they introduce themselves on-line create bilingual “passports”; 3. Students create elements of the multi-lingual dictionary: find / make pictures related to a selected area of vocabulary and write words to accompany them in English and their national language. They also work on other activities, such as creating riddles, crosswords and other tasks for their peers, recording a carol, making drawings on the basis of the information from their peers etc. 4. After every task products are published on the eTwinning site, students exchange materials and information via e-mail, the results of work are presented to the rest of the school community. 5. At the end of the information exchange process the multi-lingual picture dictionary is ready as a product of the cooperation between the groups of students from different countries. nascondi
• Risultati attesi: 1. Students will develop their ability to use English in real-life situations with their peers from different countries; 2. Students... per saperne di più1. Students will develop their ability to use English in real-life situations with their peers from different countries; 2. Students will improve their Information Technology skills (using the Internet, the computer, e-mail, Power Point etc); 3. Students will become more aware of the fact that they belong not only to their local communities, but are also members of the European society; 4. Students will make friends with peers from various European countries. 5. A CD with a multi-lingual picture dictionary will be created. nascondi

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