Book Creator | Erasmus+ - Learning by doing

Lithuania
English
15-16 year old students
Ms. Nida Budreikiene

Independent Reading Project

1. Every month, a student chooses a different topic he/she is interested
in and reads at least one article OR watches at least one TED.com video
on this topic.
2. Then, in the Google Disc folder that I created, they add information about the texts (a summary,
a personal opinion, some new words).
The students can take a look at each other's folders and see what their classmates are reading/listening.
3. At the end of each month, we have a lesson when students tell each other about they have learnt about their topic and take individualised tests on the new words and phrases they have learnt.
I think it might be more effective if students have to talk about what they have read/watched EVERY WEEK in class - this would allow for more speaking practice and ensure they read regularly
and don't just do a month's work during the last week. Then, at the end of the month, they would only take the vocabulary test.
This activity increases theamount of real-life English the students engage with AND their motivation grows because they can choose the TOPIC and the ACTIVITY (article or video). They also learnt time-management.

The Czech Republic
English
11-14 years old students
Ms. Kateřina Platzerová

Evaluation

Students were given the self-evaluation sheet.
After each test they wrote the expected result of the test and their effort. After they get the resolt, they compared it and experessed how they feel about it.

It did not really motivate them to study more, but they liked doing it.

Poland

Pupil as an English teacher

A pupil has a hometask to prepare for the next lesson to play the role of a teacher. The topic
of the lesson is “ Conditionals”. At the lesson the pupil introduces the structure and the usage the III Conditional. To make the presentation more attractive the pupil uses the interactive whiteboard to show some examples of sentences. In addition to this the cards with grammar tasks were prepared for each pupil. The pupils have some time to fulfill the gaps with correct grammar form of the verbs. During this part of the lesson teacher is only the observer.

Spain
English
12 years old students
Ms. Miryam Hernando

Poetry with Geography

After working with weather and climate, we devoted one lesson with the assistant and the Literacy teacher to work on poetry, this is the final result GEOGRAPHY + POETRY

Lithuania
English
13-19 year old students
Ms. Nida Budreikiene

www.quizlet.com is used to revise some grammar points, essay writing, vocabulary, formal/informal language etc. Look for "Nida_Budreikiene" to find the free ready-made materials.

Finland
English
13-14 year old students
Mr. Aleksi Ahonen

Students trained English words playing board game Alias. The objective of the game is for
a player to have others guess the word on the player's card without using the word itself. Cards were in English and students first explained
the word in Finnish and the one who guessed right got one point. After that the fastest one said same word in English and got also one point. Later they started to explain the word in English. The winner was the one who got the most points.

Finland
English
14-15 years old students
Ms. Jaana Simola

Students studied some prepositions of English so, that when the teacher said something students have to move so that they were behind the chair and so on. For example ”next to window”, ”behind the chair” ”under the table”. Students liked it and it was easier to remember those prepositions afterwards.

The Czech Rebuplic
15 years old students
Mgr. Kateřina Platzerová

English Conversation

To make them speak only English all students got 10 points at the beginning of the lesson. They lost a point for every time they used native language. We played some board (speaking) games.

They were highly motivated to kept the point to have a good grade. The result was great and they didn´t even realize it and felt they got good grade for nothing.

The Czech Republic
English
14 years old students
Ms. Kateřina Platzerová

Star Signs

Students get a sheet with description of star signs... they translate the text about their star sign.
They make groups with students they have the same sign as them.
They disscuss wheter they can or cannot relate to the description.
Students choose some quality of the sign and act it out for the class.
Students are later tested from speaking about the sign.
Students enjoyed working in groups and also acting out and they found it motivating. They were interested in learning about their signs. However, some of them did not work very hard...

Lithuania
English
14-15 year-old students
Ms. Nida Budreikiene

Making a Video about a Profession

In groups of 3, students made videos about the job/profession of one of their family members (a father, a mother, an uncle etc.):
1. interviews with the relative (in English or Lithuanian with subtitles),
2. footage from their workplaces,
3. description of the necessary education, skills and character qualities,
4. the students' own opinions of the job.

The students loved the assignment because it was very different from their usual work.
They were creative, improved computer skills and teamwork. Some groups had serious communication and responsibility problems and it took a lot of time and effort
and the teacher's help before they finished the video. This way, they learnt about
the importance of responsibility, doing your part for the team, planning and meeting deadlines.

In order to do this activity again, I will have to present clearer assessment criteria in advance.