Курсовая работа: Project Work in Teaching English

2. Tell them that the hardest part is often choosing the project. So give them copies of the handout given below:

Example topics for personal culture projects

1. History

a) A long period, e.g. the Elizabeth era, the Victorian era

b) A short period, e.g. the American Civil War, Henry VIII and the Reformation

c) An incident and the events surrounding it, e.g. the Spanish Armada, the Wall Street Crash

2. Geography

a) A country you do not know about where English is spoken, e.g. one of the Caribbean or Pacific islands

b) A region or state in an English-speaking country, e.g. Florida, Wales, Queensland

c) A city or town, e.g. Cambridge, Stratford-upon-Avon, Auckland

3. People and their work

a) Statesmen and women, e.g. Gandhi, Churchill, Lincoln

b) Scientists, e.g. Newton, Darwin, Einstein

c) Artists of all kinds, e.g. The Beatles, Constable, Blake, Jane Austen, Shaw

d) Entertainers, e.g. Charlie Chaplin, Fred Astaire, Marilyn Monroe

e) Individuals, e.g. Martin Luther King, Bede, Dr Johnson

4. Other areas

a) Traditions and customs, e.g. Pancake Day, Thanksgiving

b) The Royal Family

c) Political institutions

d) Castles, stately homes and gardens

e) Folk music

f) Food and cooking

g) Porcelain and pottery, e.g. Wedgwood, Royal Doulton

h) Sport

i) Ways of being, e.g. attitudes, norms, taboos, behaviours

Ask your students each to decide on their project to tell you next lesson.

3. Next lesson ask each student what their project is going to be about and make a note of it. If more than one wants to work on a particular area, suggest they work in a pair, but discourage more than two students working on one project. There are so many to choose from that it is a pity not to have a wide range. Agree a target date for completion of the project and presentation to the class - in a one-month course it will have to be near the end of the course, in a year-long course towards the end of the term you start the project in. Tell your students that you will ask them from time to time how their projects are going and will set aside some class time to discuss progress and to deal with any problems.

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