switched on: multilingual projects heike craig daramalan college, canberra
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Switched On: Multilingual Projects
Heike CraigDaramalan College, Canberra
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At Daramalan:
What challenges do we face?Student engagement and interest (especially Year 8 at
the end of semester)
Student retention in higher years
• 4 languages (French, German, Japanese, Indonesian)
• compulsory at Year 7 and 8, elective in Years 9-12
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What do we do?2 multilingual projects (Masterchef and Breakfast TV)
Projects at the end of Semester 1 and 2
Each language follows the same format.
Students are given language help.
Students prepare and film their work in groups. The best films of each language class are shown at a
special Languages Day.
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MasterchefWelcome to Masterchef and introduction of judges and contestants
(include: name, profession, age, why competing in Masterchef etc.Opening of mystery box: state what food items are inside Each candidate says what they intend to cook with the items in the box.Announcement: “You have 2 hours. Start cooking now.” Judges might walk around asking the contestants questions, e.g. “What
are you cooking?” The contestants might answer with: “My mother’s good at cooking.”
Countdown 10…9...8……1 - while camera moves to judges, they sit at a table and the first plate is being served
They comment on each dish, e.g. very green broccoli, beautiful presentation, great flavour/smell etc. and give compliments/criticism to the chefs, e.g. “You’re good at cooking.”
Then they announce the winner.
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Breakfast TV Students are running Breakfast TV for young people in Australia and most of the program is in German/French/Japanese/IndonesianCreate a TV program of 10 minutes using at least 4 of the following segments.
Introduce the people involved in the show and the name of the TV program. Introduce and play two songs (maximum one minute each) Interview with a celebrity (include name, age, birthday, siblings, hobbies,
pets, favourite food/colour etc) 2 jokes News with interesting news and sport including a short weather forecast Short English lesson Interview with a teacher about his/her experience in Germany /France/
Indonesia/Japan speaking the language. Can be done as a report in English. Ending the showYou also need to design a logo for your show, have pictures of
the people you are interviewing, illustrate your joke, make weather symbols etc.
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Breakfast TV
Assessment task for Semester 2 as it incorporated all the topics of the year.
Even though this is a group assignment each student is being assessed individually on how well they work in the group and on their contributions.
Warning: Production phase of both programs is noisy!
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OutcomesRaising subject profileStudent enjoyment and engagement Talk about language outside the classroomStudents are proud of their outcomesStudents enjoy seeing their peers