NAME OF THE LESSON PLAN: "ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES"
ADDRESSED TO: 4th of E.S.O. students
TIMING: 1 or 2 60´classes
MATERIALS NEEDED: A computer with Internet connection
OBJECTIVES OF THE TASK: To help students create their own contents in English, to work with ICT tools, to get involved in the world´s multilingual reality.
BASIC COMPETENCES WORKED IN THE PROJECT:
* Linguistic and audio-visual competence
*Social and civic competence
* Knowledge and interaction with the world.
*Information processing and digital competence
*Artistic and cultural competence
*Learning-to-learn competence
*Autonomy competence
ACTIVITIES:
1. A warm-up video called "What do they have in common?" in which the students have to try and guess the country shown and what is the common feature to all of them.
Teacher´s solution key: India, Australia, Ireland, Kenya, Seychelles, England.
2. A treasure hunt about "English speaking countries"
3. A wallwisher with their opinions about the great variety of languages there are in the world.
1. VIDEO: "WHAT DO THEY HAVE IN COMMON?"
Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.
2. TREASURE HUNT "ENGLISH SPEAKING COUNTRIES"
Have you ever asked yourself why do we have to learn English or any other foreign language?
Have a look at this short documentary, it may help you to have an opinion on the matter.
Now answer the following questions herebelow in order and copy them in a PPT presentation. You will find useful web resources at the end of the post.
*Which are the most spoken languages in the world?
*Does the number of speakers alone make a language important?
*What does sole official language mean?
*Who is considered a bilingual person? And a polyglote?
*What´s Spanglish?
* What are the main reasons for the spreading of a language to other countries?
*What is colonialism?
*Which countries have English as official or dominant language?
*Do all English-speaking countries have the same standard of living? Examples.
* What is a "lingua franca"?
THE BIG QUESTION: In your opinion, what has made English become so popular in the world? Mention at least 5 factors that may have influenced this change.
WEB RESOURCES
Evaluation criteria:
Your PPT presentation will be seen in class and evaluated as follows:
* No grammar or spelling mistakes. Revise it before releasing.
* It has to include the answer to all the questions (including the BIG QUESTION)
* The PPT presentation may be accompanied by music and photos and it has to last around 1 or 2 minutes.
* It has to include your personal opinion about the topic in the BIG QUESTION.
* It has to include examples when requested.
3. WALLWISHER "OVER 6,000 LANGUAGES, ONE ONLY WORLD"
Post your comments in this wall explaining how do you live the world´s multilingual reality.
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