Transcript Dia 1 - European Centre for Modern Languages

CEFR and ELP seminar
(Skopje)
ELP and action-oriented tasks
Workshop 3
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Introduction to the pedagogical function of the
ELP
– The ELP is designed
to make the language learning process more transparent to
the language learner
to foster the development of learner autonomy
Action-oriented .... ‘I can’ ....
– Learner has to do something (show some kind of an
action)
– Through carrying out tasks
(CEFR: ..any purposeful action considered by any individual
as necessary in order to achieve a given result in the
context of a problem to be solved, an obligation to fulfil or
an objective to be achieved’ (CEFR, p.10)
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Focusing on the dossier-part means more
task-based language learning
Because the result of the task (a product)
can be admit to the dossier
It shows what a learner is able to
It makes clear that language learning is
more than making exercises
If possible these tasks are linked to the
communicative situations in the portfolio
(checklists)
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Task
communication
learning
reflection / evaluation
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Task
communication
authentic
learning
pedagogic
Reflection / evaluation
meta-communicative
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A authentic communicative task.....
has a product at the end (What does the learner have to
show at the end?
is imaginable (in the short or in the longer term)
fits into the world of the learner (is not hypothetical)
should have an addressee: if this is clear, it supports the
communicative approach
is open in its structure, there are more solutions possible
Steering through clear specifications( e.g. structure,
content and quality)
needs teamwork
has as a goal or aim: developing competences
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Table - the communicative task
reception
production
EPL, CEFR activities
EPL, CEFR activities
Communication themes/content
Trigger texts
Texts produced
Interlocutors/participants in communication
ELP, CEFR competences
ELP, CEFR competences
ELP, CEFR strategies
ELP, CEFR strategies
plan of (inter)action
Individual objectives
ELP, CEFR criteria
Individual objectives
ELP, CEFR criteria
documentation
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Table - the communicative task
reception
production
EPL, CEFR activities
EPL, CEFR activities
Communication themes/content
trigger texts
produced texts
interlocutors / participants in communication
EPL, CEFR strategies
EPL, CEFR strategies
plan of (inter)action
individual objectives
individual objectives
ELP, CEFR criteria
EPL, CEFR criteria
documentation
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Learning
– pedagogical
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Reflection / evaluation
Necessary for the learning process
Kind of ‘debriefing’
Appears in ELP in all kinds of formats
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Points for consideration
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relevance of the task for the learners
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differentiation
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incorporating the work on competences
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implementing activities
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checklist for lessons
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autonomy
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new educational and pedagogical challenges, action, interaction,
co-construction, text
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the task responds to the educational and documentational
function: presentation of the ELP
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ELP and action-oriented tasks
Exchanging information
Niveau A1
100
Speaking
All FL
Product: Video report with description of your place of residence and map
Situation:
As part of an exchanging project you will prepare
your new roommate for what he/she can expect in
his/her new (for the meantime) place of residence.
Tip:
- Use an online dictionary as
www.euroglotonline.nl
Task:
Make a video report on your place of residence. Film the nicest, most important and most boring spots
and tell about them.
Make a map and mark on the map the spots where you filmed.
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Getting information from a newspaper
Niveau A2
Reading
60
All FL
Niveau A2
Listening
60
All FL
Product: typed or printed summary of article from newspaper
Situation:
You want to go on holiday and you want to
Tip:
know what is going on in a particular
country.
Look for a website of a newspaper of a foreign country for
example via www.kidon.com
Task:
Look on the internet for a newspaper of your choice. Choose an article that might interest you. Look also for
pictures etc. which might help you to understand the text.
Print the text and underline the most important sentences. Write a summary in Dutch. Use the sentences you
underlined.
Other possibilities: Listen to the news on radio or television of the particular country and compare the
information with what you read in the newspaper. You can find them also through internet.
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Task
Develop (in groups) a task like in the
grid before
Pay attention to:
– Authenticy
– Product (the output)
– Communicative situation
– Reflection / evaluation
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