ortesol-developing projects from textbooks
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Erica Harris, Ursala McCormick & Julie Vorholt Academic English Studies (AES) ORTESOL Conference November 16, 2012
Developing Projects Related to Your Course's Textbooks
Overview • Introductions to program and presenters (5) • Project 1 (10) • Project 2 (10) • Further examples (15) • Design your own project (35) • Plenary discussion/Q & A (15) Note: You can download a copy of this PPT later on
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Introductions Who we are... About our program..
Lewis & Clark College • Small liberal arts undergraduate school
Academic English Studies (AES) program ~100 students • Low-Intermediate entry level • Intensive English language program • Emphasis on academic language skills and content-
based learning About you...
Project 1
Type of Class: Communications
Level: Intermediate
Objectives: Public speaking skills, Team building, Learning the process of designing a product or service, Present in a poster session
Text: Four Point 1: Listening and Speaking Intermediate
Chapter Topic: Business: The World of Entrepreneurship
Schedule (how far into the semester): near the end of our 6-week summer course
Project 1 Cont. Overview of project: Unit 3 “Business: The World of
Entrepreneurship:” 1. characteristics of an entrepreneur
2. developing a company
3. analyzing a new business
Details of project (timeline): 3 week unit
Introduction Guest
Speaker Vocabulary Shark Tank clip
SWOT Analysis
Impromptu Speeches Assessment
Group Project: New Business
Venture
Presentations & Poster Session
Project 1 Cont. Examples:
• Guest speaker: entrepreneur • TV show: Shark Tank • Project: New Business Venture • Presentations & Posters
Assessment: • Unit Test (45% of grade) • New Business Venture (35% of grade)
Reflection: • Very positive responses (survey); engagement & motivation • “I like this lecture style, of a group project and watching a video
related to the lecture. “ • “I liked listening to others’ presentations and I also improved my
own speaking skills, so this is a good opportunity.”
Project 2 Type of Class: Seminar/Communications Level: Advanced Speakers
Objectives: Research, Use APA citations, Learn to make graphic posters, Present research in front of large group
Texts: Human Ecology & Omnivore's Dilemma
Chapter Topic: They have a few choices
Schedule (how far into the semester): Introduce at Midterm (about 8-9 weeks into a 16-week semester)
Project 2 Cont. Overview of project and details:
• Students are assigned partners based on a match of written proposals on the topics that each student is interested in.
• They must develop a research question and use at least 5-7 sources exploring the question. They also must write an annotated bibliography exploring the question (no thesis).
• Once research has been completed, they are given a workshop about making a poster. They must organize and design a poster that is both creative and informative.
• At the end of the semester, they are invited to present their poster with LC undergraduate students for the Environmental Studies end of semester poster session.
• Based on the poster research, they also write an extended research paper changing the initial research question into a thesis statement. This is done individually.
Project 2 Cont. Timeline: The students are given around 5 weeks to work
on this project.
Examples: To be shown.
Assessment: This project is worth 15% of their grade and is assessed based on the objectives given.
Reflection: This project has been very successful in the past. It gives students the opportunity to research, be creative, and participate with undergraduate native speakers.
Further Examples
• Low Intermediate Level: story PowerPoint project • Intermediate Level: Pamphlets for communication • Low Intermediate Level: UNESCO PowerPoint project • Multiple Levels: iMovies • Advanced Level: Creating resources for other students • Intermediate Level: Creating commercials for products
Design your own project Class: Level:
Unit/Chapter topic:
How much time given:
Details/End product:
Plenary Discussion / Q & A
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