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PROJECT PROJECT

Vouneuil sur VienneVouneuil sur Vienne

(France)(France) October, 21October, 21stst – 25th 2008 – 25th 2008

SCUOLA MEDIA STATALE “C. CASTELLER”

PAESE - ITALY

HOW YOUNG PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED AT SCHOOL:

EXAMPLES OF STUDENT DEMOCRACY

SUBJECTS INVOLVED

• FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ENGLISH• EDUCATION TO CITIZENSHIP• HISTORY• ITALIAN

TEACHERS INVOLVED:

• ITALIAN, HISTORY AND CIVICS TEACHER

• ENGLISH TEACHER• SUPPORTING TEACHER

TARGET AUDIENCE:CLASS INVOLVED

3^ F: A GROUP OF 28 STUDENTS (13-14 YEARS OLD)

LEVEL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH):A1/A2 and A2/B1 according to the levels of the Common European Framework

TIME

• Two hours a week for three months ( about 25 hours )

Why choosing this topic and these subjects?

• LAST YEAR A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT CLASSES OF OUR SCHOOL REALIZED A FILM (“L’ISOLA”) ABOUT THE SHARING OF CORRECT LIVING RULES.

• AFTER THIS MEANINGFUL

EXPERIENCE, THE STUDENTS WILL BE HELPED TO REFLECT UPON THE CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY AND HOW THEY CAN APPLY IT AT SCHOOL

• IN ITALY OUR EDUCATIONAL MINISTER WANTS TO GIVE AN EVEN MORE IMPORTANCE TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF CORRECT SOCIAL LIVING RULES AT SCHOOL

• IN THE MEANWHILE THE STUDENTS ARE REQUESTED TO KNOW THE ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• 13-14 AGE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN STUDYING ENGLISH LANGUAGE FOR SEVERAL YEARS,THEREFORE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE NECESSARY COMPETENCES IN ORDER TO AFFORD THE TOPIC

Methodology

1) Teachers :

• Plan the activities to be proposed;• Explain the activities to students;• Prepare a list of key-words;• Alternate class management with

groupwork;• Prepare activities of assessment.

2) Students:

• Listen to the teachers that introduce the topic (paying the requested attention);

• Carry out the task;• Work (in pair, in groups, etc.) in order

to find out the information;• Synthetize contents they learn;• Prepare different tools to be discussed;

Linguistic Pre-requisites:

The students are able to:

• Describe people and objects;• Describe habits and routines; • Say what they like and don’t like;• Give short, basic descriptions of events

and activities;• Express personal opinion about situations;• Locate a place or a space giving

instructions;• Describe past and future activities;• Surf the internet.

• Grammar: personal pronouns, reflexives; demonstrative, possessive, indefinite and nationality adjectives; present simple and continuous of regular and some irregular verbs; main time and place adverbs and preposition;

• Lexis:physical description; daily routine; like and dislike.

The students know:

LINGUISTIC OBJECTIVES:

• Describe young people (physical aspect, style of dress, tastes..);

• Speak about free time;• Express personal opinion about the

suggested topics;• Find out specific information in oral

and written texts;

• Reply to a multiple choice questions and open questions;

• Use simple structures to reply and ask about the main content of a text;

• Produce simple written texts (questionnaires, summaries,…).

At the end of the activity students are supposed to

know:• Simple past and present perfect;• Relative pronouns;• Complement personal pronouns;• Going to… and will future;• Conditional (use of could and would);• Comparative and superlative

adjectives;• Specific lexicon.

EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

• Democracy concept: beginning, development and different aspects;

• How the Democracy manifests itself at school;

• School regulation: rights and duties of students in our school;

• Comparison between different customs, cultures and way of life of students from foreign Countries.

Integrated Objectives:

The students:

•Are able to read descriptive and expositive texts and identify the requested information;

•Are able to read a text in order to carry out a task and find specific information;

•Learn and use the specific vocabulary related to the concept of Democracy, Right/Duty, freedom, responsability, cooperation;

•Are able to find helpful information in a web site;

• Interact with school mats and adults about the topic:

a. Set a problem;b. Ask questions; c. Give suggestions;d. Propose solutions and alternative

possibities;e. Compare different points of view; f. Reach an agreement.

ASSESSMENT

Written comprehension on the content that will be examined through true/false and multiple choice

activities.

Oral discussion with suggestions and solutions in order to apply the concept

of Student Democracy examined by the teachers involved.