Project Work In TEFL

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1.The symbol of the Remembrance Day

2.The symbol of the Victory Day

3.A picture of the Second World War

4.Bryan Adams

5.Jane Austen

6.Emma

7.Abraham Lincoln

8.Frederick Douglass

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“Learners must no longer sit there and expect to be taught; teachers must no longer stand up there teaching all the time. Teachers have to learn to let go and learners have to learn to take hold” (Brian Page).

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• an activity which centers around the completion of a task, and which usually requires an extended amount of independent work either by an individual student or by a group of students. Much of this work takes place outside the classroom;

• a versatile vehicle for fully integrated language and content learning, which represents a natural extension of what is already taking place in class;

• an approach to learning which compliments mainstream methods and which can be used with almost all levels, ages and abilities of students.

Project

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Project work is thought to be an activity which promotes:

• CO-OPERATIVE LEARNING, • the principles of STUDENT – CENTRED TEACHING,

• language learning through using the language for authentic communicative purposes.

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A project involves:

• finding the answers to questions;

• reading about the topic, visiting sites or places;• talking to other people who know something about the topic;

• documentation – collecting information and preserving the experience by writing about it, taking photographs, or videotaping.

• hands-on investigation;

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The students move out of the classroom

They complete their planned tasks (e.g. conducting interviews, collecting information).

When the project is completed it is reviewed and monitored.

Procedures

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Three stages:1.Classroom planning (the students and

teacher discuss the content and scope of the project, and their needs);

2.Carrying out the project (the students move out of the classroom to complete their planned tasks (e.g. conducting interviews, collecting information));

3.Reviewing and monitoring (this includes discussions and feedback sessions by the teacher and participants, both during and after the project).

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The expert in content-based instruction, Fredericka L. Stroller, proposes a 10-step sequence of activities for orchestrating project work:STEP 1: Agree on a theme for the projectSTEP 2: Determine the final outcomeSTEP 3: Structure the projectSTEP 4: Prepare students for the language demands of STEP 5STEP 5: Gather informationSTEP 6: Prepare students for the language demands of STEP 7STEP 7: Compile and analyze informationSTEP 8: Prepare students for the language demands of STEP 9STEP 9: Present final productSTEP 10: Evaluate the project.

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