Anglès:material 2008-2009

Suport a l’oralitat en llengua anglesa

Materials elaborats pels col·laboradors del Grup de Treball 2009

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Les activitats que es proposen en aquesta pàgina, han estat desenvolupades amb l’assessorament de la professora Imma Piquer, coordinadora del grup durant el curs 2008-09. Fan especial referència als recursos, les estratègies i les actituds més útils i innovadores per desenvolupar les competències comunicatives en l’ensenyament i aprenentatge de llengües estrangeres:

  • Project work
  • Topic-based Approach
  • CLIL (Content and language Integrated Learning)
  • Visual Art and Codes
  • Webquest
  • Role-Play
  • TV and Social Media
  • Autonomy and Critical Thinking

EXAMPLES

How can we realize that English is very useful language for travelling?

-Working in groups on on trips and holidays.
-Doing projects, learning to value oneself and others.
-Using mass media and technology in class.
-Promoting critical thinking and  autonomy.
-Working to obtain, re-elaborate and present data in class.
-Dealing with different information in different formats.

Pay a visit to  Montserrat Fortuny’s work to learn more.

A Holiday 2 Remember Unit Plan elaborat per Montserrat Fortuny

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How can we use a foreign language in a meaningful way?

-Using a topic-based approach and project work.
-Using authentic material and meaningful contents.
-Motivating students to explore resources and to participate in class.
-Promoting an open and respectful attitude towards other languages and countries.

Pay a visit to  Sara Arjona’s work to learn more.

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How can we integrate Language and contect in a Science Class?

-Using CLIL methodology and collaborative research
-Motivating students to build their own electrical circuit
-Asking groups to explain how their circuits work.
-To make predictions and explain consecuences.
-To interpret drawings, diagrams and graphs.

Pay a visit to Ana Cort’s work to learn more.

Electricity Unit Plan elaborat per Anna Corts

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How can we integrate oral and visual codes?

- Using cards and songs to discover the environment
- Practicing picture dictation
- Helping students to prepare big cards
- Working out description of an animal

Pay a visit to Anabel, Marta and Imma’s work to learn more.
Wild Animals Unit Plan elaborat per Anabel, Marta i Imma

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How can we improve Webquests?

- Using the Internet in order to look for rellevant information.
- Taking notes and keeping a portfolio.
- Preparing a specific final product (e.g “A travel brochure”).
- Preparing the presentation of the final product.

Pay a visit to Carmen Arabi’s work to learn more.
Web Quest: Travel Brochure Unit Plan elaborat per Carmen Arabi

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How can we motivate coversation in simulated conversation?

- Using Role-Play in class.
- Preparing sketchs and gags- Using the foreign language to talk about what a character is wearing.
- Creating a relaxed context to develop positive attitudes toeards learning foreign languages and cultures

Pay a visit to Eva Lopez’s work to learn more.

Gayarre Fashionn Week Unit Plan elaborat per Eva López

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How can we develop authonomy and critical thinking?

- Evaluating our own tasks and works
- Assessing others’ work and effort.
- Showing interest and curiosity for listening to other students.
- Discovering mechanisms to improve pronunciation and intonation
- I ncreasing vocabulary from self access to learning resources.
- Think of the presentation genre and its structures.
Pay a visit to Maria Anton’s work to learn more.

Inventions Unit Plan elaborat per Maria Antón

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How can we use music to improve oral skills?
- Using vocabulary music appropriately

- Working in pairs or grups to give oppinions on music likes ans dislikes

- Identifying the different elements taken into account when organizing a concert.

- Locating the most important cities in the world for music events.

- Getting to know what is going on in the most important cities around the world.

- Learning how to buy a concert ticket on the net.

Pay a visit to Maria Ridao’s work to learn more.
Live on tour Unit Plan elaborat per Maria Ridao

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How can we use TV programs in class?
- Watching and commenting TV programs where they interview famous people.

- Asking questions related to a specific character’s lifestyle.

- Describing people, interacting orally with friends ans classmates

- Preparing interview simulations in the classroom.

- Switching codes and text formats (f.e.from TV into Powerponit)

Pay a visit to Trinitat Pedescoll’s work to learn more. Far Away from the Stars Unit Plan elaborat per Trinitat Pedescoll

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