Patrícia Meneses & Enric Calvet. Vic. March, the 12th

A way of teaching and learning…Based on communicationBased on the learners’ autonomyIntegrating language with meaningful contentWith a final product from a final taskWith a very rich process

WHAT IS PROJECT WORK?

WHY PROJECT WORK?

WHY PROJECT WORK?It integrates language knowledge, content and skills.

It encourages emotional and personal development.

It promotes responsibility and cooperation.

It encourages learner’s independence.

It caters for mixed-ability classes.

It educates the whole child ( intellectually and socially)

It allows for flexibility within the curriculum.

WHY PROJECT WORK?•It takes into account the learners’ needs and characteristics

•It provides close-to-real life and problem solving activities.

•It enables learners to communicate meaningfully through collaborative work.

•It allows them to take part in their learning process

•It gives a self-elaborated final product

PROS AND CONS ON PROJECT WORK

PLANNING THE PROJECT Analyze the needs of the learners

Choose a topic based on learner’s interests

Plan the objectives and the content

Choose the communicative tasks ( 5 skills)

Choose the final product (a PPT, a video, a wall

display, a booklet, podcast, blog etc.)

Plan the instruments and process for assessment and

evaluation

INTRODUCING THE PROJECT TO THE CHILDREN

Involve the children in the project by listening to

their suggestions

Tell them the choices they will have

Reach an agreement about the end-product

Tell them how their progress will be monitored

and assessed

MANAGING THE PROJECTThink of ways to monitor group work and

individual work

Give the children clear instructions and check

understanding

Have your materials ready

Expect some noise and movement

Plan time at the end of lessons to sum up

ORGANISING GROUP WORK

Should everyone do all the aspects of the project?

What choices should we give to the children?

Can the children take responsibility for finding information or materials?

How do we deal with grouping?

PROJECT PLANHaving a plan of work helps both teacher and

students to follow the steps of a project

It can be in the form of a wall poster, in a project

web, in the form of a calendar or in other forms

Individual or group responsibilities can be

reminded in the plan

As the project progresses objectives can be

evaluated and ticked off

PROJECT :

NAME RESPONSIBLE FOR...

SESSION 1 SESSION 2 SESSION 3 SESSION 4 TEACHER’S CLASS OBSERVATIONS

Group comments

PLANNING THE END-PRODUCTGive clear instructions about the final outcome.

Be clear on how the project is going to be displayed:

poster, exhibition, magazine, DVD, PPT, show, etc.

Do not be over-ambitious

Decide how to store on-going work

Be creative!

PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT

• WHO TO? To classmates, to other groups, parents…

•WHERE? In the classroom, the school hall, corridors, outdoors, in a school blog or website…

•HOW? a poster, an oral presentation, an art exhibition, a video recording, handmade books, a performance…

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

ASSESSING PROGRESSAllocate time for evaluation of the process and the

product

Children should know how well they are doing thingsEvaluation helps you adapt your materials and

methodsOngoing evaluation help the children to become

more independentSometimes you may need to switch to first language

for evaluation tasks

Julia, oxford

Exceeds Expectations Meets Expectations Does Not Meet Expectations

Score

Points Earned 3 2 1 or 0

 Colors and Patterns  Enhance readability  Support readability  Detract from readability  

 Layout Creatively enhances

information Balanced, uncluttered,

adequate white space

 Not balanced, cluttered, insufficient white

space 

 Graphics/Photos  All graphics are engaging, enhance text

 Graphics enhance text  Graphics do not enhance text

 

 Titles and Subtitles  All titles and subtitles are

clear, enhance readability

 Most titles and subtitles are clear, enhance

readability

 Few or no titles or subtitles to clarify text

 

 Text Size and Color

 All text is clear and readable; a few

changes in size and color enhance understanding

 Text is clear and readable; changes in

size and color enhance understanding

 Some text is clear and readable; frequent changes in size and

color do not enhance understanding

 

 Writing Well written and organized, clear, easy

to follow

 Adequately written and organized, clear,

reasonably easy to follow

 Poorly written and organized, unclear,

hard to follow 

 Quality of Information    Accurate, complete, concise

 Inaccurate, incomplete, not concise

 

 Grammar and Spelling    No grammar or spelling errors

 Many grammar and spelling errors

 

 References    Correctly credits all references

 Incorrectly credited or missing references

 

TOTAL SCORE 

 

PROJECT

ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

ACTIVITIES

LANGUAGE

FINAL PRODUCT

CONTENT

STUDENTS ORGANISATION

STORYDRAMA

MATHSGAMES

SONGS AND

RHYMESCULTURE

ARTS AND

CRAFTS

SCIENCE

LITERACY/

LANGUAGE

Display quality work

Inspire children

Stimulate interest

Purposeful

Lively literacy

Attractive

Yield success

ELMER

MULTICULTURAL BOOKS

Patrícia Meneses & Enric Calvet. Vic. March, the 12th