POLISH GRANDPA: ENGLISH FOR BEGINNERS (ESTÍBALIZ VÁZQUEZ)

 

Level: Grade 4 ESO.

Objectives:

- make students aware of the importance of learning a second language - make students use the L2 in a real context - use of ICTs to record and edit their own video.

Activities:

I would use that link at the beginning of the school year. I think it is interesting to know the reason why your students would like to learn a second language as a way to motivate them in their learning process.

- I would start asking the students in which moment of their life, their English knowledge has helped them. In groups of 4 they have to talk about it and then, they will share it with the rest of the class (this is a way to promote peer to peer speaking, a context in which sometimes students feel more confortable before sharing it with the rest of the class).

- Visualize the video. After letting them share in which moment they use English in a real situation, they will visualize the video in which that old man is learning English because of a huge personal motivation. Afterwards, we'll start a debate on how motivation can help in a learning process.

- Final task: in those groups of 4 students, record a 2 min video choosing one of the reasons why they need or want to learn English. Beforehand they would be given clear instructions about the task and a rubric specifying what is going to be graded.