Plan and timeline

  • INTRODUCING OURSELVES AND OUR SURROUNDINGS

    INTRODUCING MEMBERS: Teachers and students make their „face your manga „ pictures and write a short info about themselves. It's important that they name languages they speak.

    Resources

    https://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml

    www.avatarmaker.com

     

    Product page

    Teachers introduction page

    Students introduction page

    January, 29

    Portugal: February due to schools lockdown by government's order

     

    Turkey: February due to school's break.

    Croatia: till at least  February 15th , due to schools being in lockdown

    INTRODUCING THE SCHOOLS: introducing educational programes within our schools, extracurricular activities and all the things that make our schools interesting to others.

    Resources

    http://www.vimeo.com

    http://www.youtube.com

    Written texts, pictures, photos, videos, etc.

     

    Product page

    Schools introduction page

    January, 29

     

    Portugal: February due to schools lockdown by government's order

     

    Turkey: February due to school's break.

    Croatia: till at least  February 15th , due to schools being in lockdown

    INTRODUCING TOWNS AND STATES: Introducing the town, city, state we live in.

    Resources

    http://www.vimeo.com

    http://www.youtube.com

    PowerPoint

    Microsoft 365 Office

    Written texts, pictures, photos, videos, etc.

     

    Product page

    Countries

    Cities

    January, 29

     

    Portugal: February due to schools lockdown by government's order

     

    Turkey: February due to school's break.

    Croatia: till at least  February 15th , due to schools being in lockdown

     

    Project LOGO and dissemination POSTER challenge

    Students/group of students propose a project Logo and Poster

     

    Mandotory elements to be included:

    Project's name

    Partner countries/cities/schools

    Resources

    www.canva.com

    www.wix.com

     

    Product page

    Posters and logos competition

     

    Portugal: February due to schools lockdown by government's order

     

    Turkey: February due to school's break.

     

    Croatia: till the end of   February  , due to schools being in lockdown

    Select the „winning“ logo and poster

     

    All partners vote.

    Microsoft or Google Forms

    April

     

    WHAT IS MEDIATION ?

    WHAT IS MEDIATION?

    Ss try to define what is language mediation on a short text from their mother tongue they have to interpret to their project peers.

     

     

     

     

     

    The point is that teachers of their mother tongues choose interesting material that Ss have to mediate conveying the cultural and linguistic peculiarities.

    Short text/Interacting on the Forum

     

    TwinSpace page:

    Video and forum discussion

    Forum threads

     

    Email conveying cultural aspects.

    Sharing the conclusions:

    On TwinSpace/Forum

    February-April

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    March

    MEDIATING COMMUNICATION

    Ss interpret various types of communication, written and spoken in search of the message and mediate it  to their peers in both English and their mother tongues.

     

    TwinSpace page:

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

     

    Forum

    Sharing the conclusions:

    On TwinSpace/Forum

    March/April

    MEDIATING LITERATURE WORKS

    Extracts from different English speaking authors' literary works

    Mediating the message, cultural aspect by digging into the facts about the author, historical circumstances, language and the genre.

     

    TwinSpace page:

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

     

    Forum

    Sharing the conclusions:

    On TwinSpace

    and forum

    April

    MEDIATING LINGUISTIC PECULIARITIES

    Focusing on idioms, idiomatic pairs, homonyms and phrasal verbs as peculiarities of each and every language,

    -Ss find equivalent idioms, idiomatic pairs and phrasal verbs  in their languages. It 's a great way of enforcing real, authentic language skill of both English and their mother tongues

    Padlet

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

     

    Sharing the conclusions:

    On TwinSpace and forum

    April

    MEDIATING HISTORICAL CONTEXT

    Understanding historical circumstances of certain countries and events is very important for understanding and conveying the message

     

    - Ss will research about 10 historical topics within partner countries.

    Colaborative document:

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

    Sharing the conclusions:

    On TwinSpace

    April/May

    MEDIATING MUSIC

    Ss analyse certain musical pieces of various authors in order to reveal the message and the real content of it

    Product page:

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

    Sharing the conclusions:

    Chat

    On TwinSpace

    April/May

    COLLABORATIVE FINAL WORK

     

    IDIOMS

    Students from each country suggest 5 idiomatic expressions in their mother tongue; students from other countries present the equivalents in their own mother tongues.

     

    Pronouncing WORDs in each others' mother tongues

    Students from  each country suggest 10 words in their mother tongue; students from other countries pronounce them.

     

     

    Resources:

    www.flipgrid.com

     

    Product page:

    Twinspace (etwinning.net)

     

     

    TwinSpace

     

     

    May

     

    FINAL EVALUATION

    Evaluating the project.

    Questionnaire

    June, 10