Integration of the project objectives and skills development in the Portuguese official English curriculum

Aims and Objectives of the project:

The project aims to:

- develop the students' language skills.

- develop the students 21st-century skills.

- create a cultural exchange between the different partners in the project.

By the end of the project, the students will be able to

- practise writing as a process by

• introducing oneself to others 
• interacting/ chatting online

• debating with others global issues

• describing in a concise text a local problem

• collaborating with their team to write an action plan

• analyzing and editing  others writing

- apply their knowledge (SDGs, language grammar and punctuation rules, coordination and use of linkers, etc...) to describe global and local issues and to draft a plan of action and write a report.

- collaborate with peers to achieve a task.

- use ICT to accomplish a task

- use ICT to collaborate with peers online

- debate with others 

- practise speaking by

•  interacting with their partners in online events
•  presenting to their class the results of their work

In Portuguese School, this project was integrated in the regular activities of the English lessons year 7  class E and year 9 class EE (from a small school in a village near Sátão) so as to learn the topics and language structures of the curriculum (instriducing oneself, presenting the school, reading and replying online messages, etc...) in a more active and relevant way.

The class decided to join the project and organised an action/ campaign for the issue they chose for their transdisciplinary project which involved subjects like English, Portuguese, Maths,Geography, Visual Arts, ICT, Technological Education, Physical Education and Religious Education. (See the class project plan of the school year)