Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme

Project

Material development on ISUS

German material

What did we achieve until now?

• team building

• revision of former syllabus and material

• creation of new syllabus for level 1 to 3

• development of new units 1.01 to 3.20

Challenges in phase 1

• to build a reliable team

• to become acquainted with the ISUS platform

• to deal with the original German syllabus and the material

Challenges in phase 2

• to recruit new developers

• to create a new syllabus on level 2 and 3

• to keep the developers up to date

• to be in time with the documentation (for the developers and for the project)

Team Building

• Phase 1: (November – December 2011) the coordinator had to get experience in the

development work as well an experienced trainer left the team coordinator and a trainer with less experience

had to develop the 10 units final dead line could not be met

Team Building

• Phase 2: (January to March 2011) 2 new developers from the beginning of

February one trainer always met the dead lines one trainer did not meet the dead lines, but

did very good work final dead line could not be met

coordination has to be more effective

Acquaintance with the platform

Phase 1:– introduction through our English trainers– trial lessons with ISUS (coordinator)– login (coordinator)

Phase 2:– introduction through coordinator – trial lessons with ISUS (did not work out)– login

Revision of the Original Material

grammar progression, vocabulary and speaking activities are not related to German as a Foreign language

grammar and vocabulary do not fit together

Revision of the Syllabus

Phase 1: Time consuming work on the syllabus

not possible to work over the whole syllabus (time frame; teamwork)

decision: changes for level 1

Creation of the Syllabus

Phase 2: (level 2 and 3)decision: development of our own syllabus with CEF as framework

Level 1 and 2: A 1 Level 3 and 4: A 2 Level 5 and 6: B 1 Level 7, 8 and 9: B 2 Level 10: C 1

Creation of the Syllabus

• Coordinator delivers the grammar progression and a list of vocabulary and speaking issues for the next level

• developers only stick to the grammar progression

• cooperation with our developers concerning the vocabulary, speaking and writing activities

Creation and Development

• syllabus is kept up to date by the coordinator

• new version is sent out to developers before they are going to start with new lessons

Revision of the Material

• Original German units: no grammar progression grammar explanations not adequate for the

level most of the activities far to difficult for the

level most of the activities were not authentic and

not interesting for the learner

Outstanding Challenges

• to deal with the feedback from the university of Ulster

• changing and uploading the units of level 1

• to get an overview of all the words and structures covered until present

Outstanding Challenges

• to check all the new lessons according to the evaluation criteria

• feedback conversation with our devolopers

• to set up the grammar progression and subjects for level 4

• audio files: team of speakers and time schedule

Summary and Outlook

• Team

• Schedule

• Content

• Costs

We look forward using the German ISUS material in the future

and we are eager to learn about the material of our partners as well!