Slides from a conference session given by Kylie Malinowska at the 2014 Akcent IH Prague Teacher's Conference. The presentation was an adaptation of a session given at the 2014 IHWO YL Conference in Bristol. Both were inspired by a mini presentation given by Kylie at the 2014 IHWO DOS Conference in London.
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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 4
You 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 5
Ready, 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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Why 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
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Why 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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Why 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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2become1:
Self-Assessment
It’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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2become1:
Measuring progress
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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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.com
http://ihjournal.com/young-learners-project-work-and-young-learners-kylie-malinowska
Klokanomil.wordpress.com
Thank you for listening
