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Project-based learning has proved itself to be an outstandingly effective way of teaching a foreign language.
Participating in interesting and exciting real world projects inspire children and make them more motivated in acquiring language skills. Task-based, real life challanges engage students which results in enhanced performance.
Apart from the apparent results in improving foreign language skills, PBL promotes other 21st century skills, such as presentation and debating skills, collabortion, innovation and creativity.
Description
An engaging, highly interactive and practice based course for language teachers who want to learn more about Project- Based Learning. The course explores the core concepts, elements and benefits of PBL and aims to provide tips, ideas and tools to inspire and support participants in their lesson planning.
Aims and objectives
The aim of the course is enabling teachers to create,and then successfully conduct a high quality PBL project that was designed to improve their students’ language competencies.
Learning outcomes
Participants will:
- understand the advantages of the PBL method, and ways it can be implemented into foreign language teaching.
- be able to choose the right project and create a PBL lesson plan with a language learning focus.
- be able guide and mentor students through a PBL project
- be familiar with the different types of assessments
Target groups
Foreign language teachers seeking to engage their students in deep and effective language learning through Project Based Learning. Grades 5+
Minimum level of language: English, B2/C1
Duration of training: 35 lessons, 7 days – Malta
Trainer: Orsolya Carrick, owner and operator of Kids and Teens English Club, an English language school for children, based in Hungary. Project based learning has been successfully used in the language school’s clubs and camps for the past 10+ years
Location: Malta/Málta
Dates:
Budapest (English)
2024.09.01-05. Planned
Price: EUR 595, incl. course, certificate, Erasmus+ documentation (if needed), a cultural activity
Applicable funds: As part of the Erasmus+ Key Action 1 (KA1), all costs for mobility /travel expenses, course fees, accommodation, subsistence fee/ are covered by the fund.
Trainer
Orsolya Carrick
Founder and operational leader of Kids and Teens English Club
Orsolya Carrick is the founder and operational leader of Kids and Teens English Club, a private language school specializing in children’s English language education.