Project Activity in Teaching esp e e rybakova 1, t V kudinova
International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)
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International Scientific Conference "Far East Con" (ISCFEC 2020)
Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license -http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. 355 ● A central topic from which all the activities derive and that drives the project towards a final objec- tive; ● Access to means of investigation to collect, analyze and make use of information. Nowadays the Internet has become the main tool and facilitator; ● Large amount of opportunities for exchanging ideas, collaborating and interacting with other learn- ers, which is crucial in this technique; ● A final product (normally a tangible one and created involving new technologies available) in the form of reports, presentations, videos, webpages, blogs, posters, etc. [1]. Project activity has long been used in teaching in the framework of communicative and activity ap- proaches, and a project activity with web quest elements in teaching ESP (English for special purpos- es) is a common technique nowadays [2-5]. In its most common sense a project activity is any activity aimed at making learners complete some thematic task requiring preliminary preparation and investigation. Thus, a group of teenage learners working on a project to develop a series of posters on how to protect the environment is an example of a project [6], [7]. The British Council website on teaching English gives the following definition of project activity: “Project work is work which focuses on completing a task. Project work normally involves a lot of resources - time, people and materials - and learners practise a range of skills and language systems” [8]. In the article they comment on that project work may provide many opportunities to meet a variety of learning aims, but it requires strong classroom management skills. Learners need independence in planning and realizing the work but they also need the teacher to act as a driver in ensuring it is carried out in a way that meets learning aims. There are some crucial points to a successful project activity involving speaking aspect [9]: ● There is not any real need for extensive or time-consuming research ● The topic is centered on the learners’ interests ● Students can present their work orally to the rest of the class. What also should be mentioned is the vocabulary issue, the one that is considered to be the key el- ement of students’ understanding and efficient communication. It is well-known that without vocabu- lary comprehension mutual understanding is almost impossible even in native language, not speaking about a foreign one. Thus a project activity has the potential to enrich or at least activate learners’ vo- cabulary on a related topic. It is an appropriate strategy to help learners boost their term stock while doing the task and preparing the presentation. Download 0.65 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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