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Educational project

“How to improve your English studying”

PARTICIPANTS:  pupils of the 9th form

TEACHER: Oksana Sautkina

THE TYPE OF PROJECT:  

1)creative and searching;

2) language learning;

3) group (3 groups);

4) short-term ( 1 month)

ACTUALITY:

   2016 has been announced as a year of the English language in Ukraine.The importance of learning English cannot be overstated in an increasingly interconnected and globalized world. There is no doubt  that it is very necessary and important to learn English now, because English is the language of the planet. 760 million people all over the world use it.   It is the most spoken official language in the world. It is the primary language used in international affairs. 

    Learning English is not an easy thing as it takes a lot of time and patience. Sometimes it's boring to study grammar or to learn new words, but it's well known that if the process of learning is interesting and exciting it becomes easier. The students need the motivation for learning and they have to know where they will able to use their knowledge of English. .
     The entrance of Ukraine to European and world community created  opportunities for the  integration of students in the culture of other nations. Studying of theme of the project increase personal interest of students to the  relation to the study of English, will form the system of knowledge about ways of learning English, useful tips for enriching active vocabulary.

   The main item is  that students study to work in a group, to be responsible, to think  non-standard and creative ,to see end-point  of the  activity. As a result of  the project work students develop and improve their speaking, writing, reading and listening skills, become more educational, it gives an opportunity to go out in large interesting world of new knowledge.

                                     КEY QUESTIONS:

1.     Is English a privilege and luxury or necessity of nowadays?

2.      Why do we need to study  English?

3.     How can we make our English studying easier and more interesting?

4.     How is it better to organize the language learning?

METHODS OF REALISATION :
- research work;
- a group collaboration;
- practical work.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

• Give the students the concept of language learning;
• To form skills of speaking, reading, listening and writing;
• Teach students to make an oral report on the topic;
• Teach how to generate ideas;
• Teach to summarize the plot of the topic;
• Teach to make inferences from the text;
•  Teach to compare and contrast different ways of language learning;
• Develop coherent oral and written speaking;
• Develop a basic knowledge of vocabulary learning;
• To improve students’ ability to make conclusions;
• Develop communicative skills;
• Develop logical thinking of students;
• Develop creative ability of students;
• Develop students’ ability to work in groups;
• Induce students’ positive attitude to the English language;
• Create the series of mathematical steps to be used in the project;
•  Produce an effective essay;
• Demonstrate mastery in the study of English through cooperative learning and research.

 IMPLEMENTATION  STAGES:

1st stage. Preparatory.

Aim:
-Prepare the participants of the project. 

-Stimulate them to research work.

 -To make students interested in a future project.

-Creation of research groups

-Determination of aim, problems, ways of their   decision, plan of work.
2nd  stage. Collection of necessary information.
Aim: 

• to collect information; 
• to define and discuss the methods of researching information .
• Collecting  information .

3rd stage. Determination of the directions of work.
Aim:

• to generalize the collected material;
• to systematize obtained information;
• to define the effective ways of decision of problems;
• to develop a plan of actions. 
• determination of necessary results. 

4th  stage. Stage of activity.
Aim:

• realization of the concerted plan of actions;
• preparation for the project presentation.

5th stage. Presentation  projects.
Aim: 

• presentation of the projects to the students and teachers;

DIRECTIONS OF THE PROJECT:

1st direction

 Why do we need to study  English?  Motivation for studying English.

• Students prepare questions for the interview “Why do you study English?”
• Interview other students from the school.
• Do searching work individually to find the additional information on their topic.
• Discuss the importance and actuality of the topic  of their project.
• Discuss and summarize the results at “ the round table”.
• Produce poster on the topic.

2nd direction

How can we make our English studying easier and more interesting?

• Do searching work to find the additional information on their topic.
• Read additional literature.
• Find useful tips for language learning in the Internet.
• Determine pros and cons of each method.
• Discuss the importance and actuality of the topic  of their project.
• Find the most useful methods of English learning.
• Present results in the form of  Powerpoint presentation.

3rd direction

How to enlarge our vocabulary ?

• Students prepare questions for the interview “How do you learn new words”
• Interview other students from the school.
• Do searching work to find the additional information on their topic.
• Read additional literature.
• Find useful tips for vocabulary learning in the Internet.
• |Present the results of their work in the form of a poster.

RESULTS:

Working at the educational project students got a lot of useful information, read a lot of additional literature. Students  got a good opportunity to improve their dialogue and monologue communication through the interpretation of their projects. They got a lot of  educational experience and shared their knowledge with other students. Every language learner became more motivated for English studying, they understood what opportunities gives them knowing of English. Most of students found the answers for the questions they were interested in:

1.     Is English a privilege and luxury or necessity of nowadays?

2.      Why do we need to study  English?

3.     Where can we use English in our everyday life?

4.     How can we make our English studying easier and more interesting?

5.     How is it better to organize the language learning?

6.     How to remember more English words?

PROJECT WORK AT SCHOOL

Project learning, also known as project-based learning, is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges, simultaneously developing cross-curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups.

Because project-based learning is filled with active and engaged learning, it inspires students to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying. Research also indicates that students are more likely to retain the knowledge gained through this approach far more readily than through traditional textbook-centered learning. In addition, students develop confidence and self-direction as they move through both team-based and independent work.

In the process of completing their projects, students also hone their organizational and research skills, develop better communication with their peers and adults, and often work within their community while seeing the positive effect of their work.