Ziga Ziga ahSpice up your classes with Project Work

Kylie Malinowska YL Advisor & YLC, IH World

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Sporty Spice Mel C

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Sporty Spice Mel C

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham

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Sporty Spice Mel C

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham

Ginger SpiceGeri Halliwell

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Sporty Spice Mel C

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham

Ginger SpiceGeri Halliwell

Baby SpiceEmma Bunton

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Sporty Spice Mel C

Posh Spice Victoria Beckham

Ginger SpiceGeri Halliwell

Baby SpiceEmma Bunton

Scary SpiceMel B

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Are you ready for a mini-task?

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Step 1• You have 30 seconds to

get into groups of five (or more)

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Step 2• You have 1 minute to

allocate the following roles to the people in your group....

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Public Relations Manager• It’s up to you to report back on your group’s discussion.

Secretary• It’s up to you to take notes and write things down when/if

necessary.

General Manager• It’s up to you to make sure everyone gets a chance/is

encouraged to speak and is listened to.

Project Manager• It’s up to you to make sure your group stays on task and

finishes within the time limit.

Creative Director• It’s up to you to make sure the end result looks/sounds

good.

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Step 3• You have 1 minute to read

the task guidelines on the next page...

BUT don’t start yet! Just read

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1. Spice Girls?!?!? What have they got to do with project work?

In your group, come up with 3 reasons why I chose a Spice Girls theme for this presentation.

2. Which Spice Girl would you be?Decide which Spice Girl each member of the group would be and

why? Alternatively, you can choose your own e.g. ‘Smart Spice’ ‘Chatty Spice’ ‘Arty Spice’ ‘Book Spice’....

3. Come up with a team name.It can be one word or more than one word, but it must be in English

and it must contain the first letter of everyone in the group’s name e.g. If I were in your group, there would have to be a K in there

somewhere.

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Step 4You have 1 minute for your secretary to

get...

• A pen

And for your creative director to collect a....

• A piece of paper

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Rules for the discussion task• English Only!• Everyone in the team must participate• You must be finished in 5 minutes.

Step 5Ready, set, GO!

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1. Spice Girls?!?!? What have they got to do with project work?

In your group, come up with 3 reasons why I chose a Spice Girls theme for this presentation.

2. Which Spice Girl would you be?Decide which Spice Girl each member of the group would be and

why? Alternatively, you can choose your own e.g. ‘Smart Spice’ ‘Chatty Spice’ ‘Arty Spice’ ‘Book Spice’....

3. Come up with a team name. It can be one word or more than one word, but it must be in English

and it must contain the first letter of everyone in the group’s name e.g. If I were in your group, there would have to be a K in there

somewhere.

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Ziga ziga ahWhy Spice Girls?

1. 90’s• But why stop there?

2. I still like them• And I love project work

3. Different Spices• MI, Cross-curricular, mixed-ability...

4. Girl Power!• Learner independence, learner training, 1:1 within a group

5. End product of a collaborative process

Ziga ziga ahWhy Project work?

• Learner independence• Caters for mixed ability• MI• Cross-curricular• Allows for flexibility• YL Learn via Problem Solving• Social• Develops the whole child• Emotional and personal growth• Personal knowledge• Communicative stretching• Experiential learning

• Integrate knowledge and skills

• Language vs skills• Developing strategies• Incidental learning• Learning Centred • 1:1 within a group• (self) Assessment• Meeting specific needs

Ziga ziga ahWhat is your Spice name?

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Mummy Spice

Sleep deprived

Spice

Coffee Spice

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Kids always take a long to come up with a team name, so why not make it a mini task

and push for some extra language production.

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My Projects

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My Projects

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The Magic Planet

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The Magic Planet

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My Projects

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Ziga ziga ahWhy Project work?

• Learner independence• Caters for mixed ability• MI• Cross-curricular• Allows for flexibility• YL Learn via Problem Solving• Social• Develops the whole child• Emotional and personal growth• Personal knowledge• Communicative stretching• Experiential learning

• Integrate knowledge and skills

• Language vs skills• Developing strategies• Incidental learning• Learning Centred • 1:1 within a group• (self) Assessment• Meeting specific needs

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Key ingredients

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Key ingredients

•age relevant

•Well managed

•Involve parents

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•Always choose quality over quantity

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•Active involvement

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•Choice points•Let me be me!

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•Manageable•Clear Rules•Planning •Pay attention to language

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Key ingredients

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•Achievable and transparent end product

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Feeling good!

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2become1:Project Work & Assessment

Ziga ziga ah2become1:Self-AssessmentIt’s important for learners to be aware of their progress throughout the project and of their learning process as a whole. Learners can do this via:

Rate yourself on this scale

Very Good***

Good**

Try again*

Adapted from Pinter 2006:136

•Smileys

•Charts

•Project diary or log

•Discussion

•Class review

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Cameron 2001:234

•Tick charts

•Milestones

•Reflection tasks

•Homework tasks

Students profile and work folders and to a large extent the end product of a project constitute tangible proof of the work achieved. However, its important to plan for goals and milestones to be met along the way and to help learners both measure and recognize their achievements.

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Cameron 2001:234

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2become1:Teacher Assessment

Adapted from Phillips, Burwood & Dunford. 1999:21 2001:234

Sarah Smith

1 2 3 4 5 6

Participation good ok

Cooperation Worked well in the group

slow

Understanding ok good

Homework complete 9/10

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Brewster, J. Ellis, G. & Girard, D. The Primary English Teacher’s Guide. 2004. Pearson

Cameron, L. 2001. Teaching Languages to Young Learners. CUP

Phillips, D. Burwood, S. & Dunford,H. 1999. Projects with Young Learners. OUP

Pinter, A. 2006. Teaching Young Language Learners. OUP

Ihjournal.comhttp://ihjournal.com/young-learners-project-work-and-young-learners-kylie-malinowska

Klokanomil.wordpress.com

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