Culture : A way to learn a Foreign Language

Juan Carlos Laguado Bastos Sindy Liseth Daz Pacheco

Culture : A way to learn a Foreign Language Ages: 11-19

Duration: 4 weeks Tools: software (PowerPoint), publisher, internet, video, photos and drawings. Elements: National costumes, food, music, folk dances.

Main Objective
The goal of this project is to stimulate languages learning and to improve oral skills. Students will learn culture in a cooperative way, sharing information about different Anglophone countries.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Students will develop speaking skills through oral presentations talking about Anglophone countries, their festivals, holidays, foods, and clothing. Students will develop cooperative learning . Students will gain knowledge of the culture from another part of the world.

 students will develop skills of critical thought when one looks for, selects and organizes information about the chosen subject. Students will demonstrate artistic skills through different performances, such as dances, recipes, songs, drawings and theater.

Proccess

1. To begin:
Activating Prior Knowledge about culture of Anglophone countries. Display web sites and other resources about culture around world in the classroom. Allow students to explore and interact with the materials to build motivation about the project.

Conduct a class discussion about culture of Anglophone Countries to elicit prior knowledge. Ask question such as: What kind of music do people from Australia listen to? What is the traditional food and costume of Canada? After a classroom discussion, motivate students to write a short writing about cultural aspects of their favorite Anglophone country. To ask students to work in pairs.

 The students will select the Anglophone country. They will look for information (via internet/library). They will organize the material about the chosen country and prepare it by using slides, poster, images.
The teachers monitor the students work.

2. To collect and classify the information

3. To present the Anglophone Country

Students will present their speech by using different tools such as: slides, posters, images, brochures. Students will show a performance about the Anglophone Country. E.g.: A dance, a song, a poem, a play, a recipe. The audience will ask questions to the lecturers about the presentation of the Anglophone country.

 students will make comments about all the presentation in an evaluation sheet given by the teacher , they will keep in mind the quality of the language, the content, the disposition and the relevance of the presentations. The teacher will ask students to do a selfassessment.

4. Reflect/Assess

 The teacher will give a feedback about the different presentations and suggestions for further lectures. Finally, the teacher will give students their grades individually taking into account the quality of speech, the tools used, the creativity of the performances.

THANKS A LOT!