ONLINE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

LEVEL B1

DESCRIPTOR

Can engage in real-time online exchanges with more than one participant, recognising the communicative intentions of each contributor, but may not understand details or implications without further explanation.

1st March 2018

Thanks for joining us!

Today first meeting with the working Group of the eTwinning project "CLIL approaches in European countries: a comparison" at the partner school IES Ausiàs March in Gandia, Spain.

The video chat took place through Google Hangouts and lasted about one hour.

The pupils of both schools introduced themselves and next their Spanish friends talked about their city.

Our students also answered ten questions of a Kahoot! quiz prepared by their Spanish mates. They had so much fun.

Enthusiasm spread among both classes. The pupils took control of the meeting and started exchanging Instagram contacts and sharing "stories" about the event.

Now expectations are running high for the next online discussion!

Gandìa, our Spanish mates' city!

7th March 2018

On our second meeting today Sraffa students talked about the city of Crema where they study and where some of them live.

Crema, the city where we study!

After describing the city they invited their Spanish friends to play a game to see if they had grasped the main information about it. The Spanish students took part to the game in groups, there were 7 teams and they were great!! Here are the results!

15th March 2018

Sport and Music!

The topics of today's meeting were music and sport. The students first talked about their favourite singers and groups and the importance of music for teenagers. They also made a collaborative mind map about it.

Then their interest focused on sport, mainly on football and the best football teams in each country.

A collaborative mind map about music!

ONLINE CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION

LEVEL B1

DESCRIPTOR

Can post a comprehensible contribution in an online discussion on a familiar topic of interest, provided that he/she can prepare the text beforehand and use online tools to fill gaps in language and check accuracy.

21st March 2018

Interacting in a forum!

Today March 21st Sraffa students contributed to an online discussion about the most typical foods in their region or country and posted some local recipes with tips to make them healthier.

Translating traditional recipes!

The recipes were translated beforehand using an online dictionary to fill gaps in language and check accuracy.

28th of March 2018

Preparing materials for the next online meeting about local traditions

The students agreed to having the next online meeting on two similar local traditions (Carnival and Fallas) to make a comparison so today they started collecting and preparing materials about Carnival, a popular festival in Crema. Once they had a text ready they focused on practising pronunciation!

GOAL-ORIENTED ONLINE TRANSACTIONS AND COLLABORATION

LEVEL B1

DESCRIPTOR

Can interact online with a partner or small group working on a project, provided there are visual aids such as images, statistics and graphs to clarify more complex concepts.

Today April 5th the students started working on a project: making an escape room. To get an idea of the work to be done they had a look at an escape room to see how this kind of games work. They discussed how to deal with the topic which was "Traditional dishes" . They had already collected local recipes in the forum and they decide to make an ebook with them together with the Spanish students. The booklet would be the prize at the end of the game and they started building the storyline of the escape room starting from the home page.

11th April 2018

Today all the groups worked hard for two hours to make their page of the escape room. The work was a little webquest on different types of food and their nutrients. It was not easy to read, select the information and then write it using their own words but in each group the members helped each other a lot and they managed. Good collaboration always works and gives results!

LEVEL B1

DESCRIPTOR

Can engage in real-time online exchanges with more than one participant, recognising the communicative intentions of each contributor, but may not understand details or implications without further explanation.

12th April 2018

Today 12th April last meeting with our Spanish friends. The connection was not very good and the students had some difficulty understanding but they managed. They talked about a popular local tradition - Carnival - and got information about a similar festival - Fallas - that is celebrated in Spain. Both the Italian and Spanish students asked a few questions to get more details.

GOAL-ORIENTED ONLINE TRANSACTIONS AND COLLABORATION

LEVEL B1

DESCRIPTOR

Can interact online with a partner or small group working on a project, provided there are visual aids such as images, statistics and graphs to clarify more complex concepts.

26th April 2018

Today Sraffa students made some of the riddles for the escape room. It was fun! They checked what had been done with the escape room given as an example and started creating. Some used the suggested tools, others looked for better ones. At the end of the activity they were really satisfied!

Piloting the above-mentioned descriptors has had a positive impact on both teaching and learning.

As far as teaching is concerned it has led to a more careful and detailed planning of the activities keeping in mind precise objectives to be reached.

As for learning better planning has resulted in better and more active involvement of students, higher motivation and commitment and hence to more satisfactory learning outcomes.