COMENIUS 200911 BOUNDLESS COMMUNICATION VÄSTERVIK (Sweden) – BERGA (Catalonia OBJECTIVES THAT STUDENTS Use the foreign language on a basic level, both spoken and written. Improve the use of the new technologies. Improve his/her oral communicative competence. Work collaboratively with their partners from Berga and from Västervik. Learn about living conditions in both countries. Get to know students of the same age from another country. Become more skillful in working cooperatively and experience a new method to language acquisition. THAT TEACHERS Establish a new pedagogy and teaching method by using modern IT technology based on Internet and special software oriented for this type of application. Work collaboratively with other teachers from our departments and other teachers from another country.
COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCES C1. Linguistic communicative competence. C2. Mathematical competence. C3. Knowledge of and interaction with the physical world. C4. Competence in information and communication technologies. C5. Social and civil competence. C6. Cultural and artistic competence. C7. The competence of learning to learn. C8. The competence of personal autonomy and initiative.
STUDENTS INVOLVED: 14 /15 years old students in Sweden and Catalonia. OBSERVATIONS: CONTENTS
YEAR COURSE: 200910
CONTENTS WITH OTHER SUBJECTES
Communicative Dimension and New technologies Dimension. 1. Presentations and Creating a blog.
English, Computer subjects.
2. Inventing a the lyrics of a Catalan Christams song about Catalan Christmas traditions.
Music and English subjects. English subject.
3. Learning about other’s experience.
English subject.
4. Talking about our Christmas. Oral activity.
English subject.
5. Recipes. Creating a recipe book on Catalan and Swedish recipies. 6. Newspapers comparing Sweden and Catalonia. 7. Radio programmes. 8. Video conferences.
Catalan, Spanish, English, Maths, Physical Education, Arts, Science, History and Geography, Technology, Music, Classical language. Language classes.
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA Use of the new technologies. Work collaboratively. Improve their communicative competences. Learn about general skills of their own life.
9. Catalan, Swedish classes