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Project-based Learning and Advanced Proficiency |
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Project Work and Project Based Learning as instructional approaches offer the opportunity to create innovative learning environments. They afford students with working in teams, engaging in meaningful activities (problem-solving, analyzing, evaluating, collaborating, reporting, presenting etc.) over a significant period of time, in order to create a product, realistic and relevant to the learners. Project Work creates a logical link to content-based instruction, now a major goal of foreign language education in the U.S.
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Project Work Webspace:
CALPER's Project Work Webspace has been created for teachers who are interested in exploring ways of working with projects in intermediate and advanced language courses. It contains background information, suggestions of how to plan projects, stories by teachers who are experienced in conducting projects and more.
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Project Work Website
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Example Projects:
Currently, there are three projects for intermediate/advanced learners available, which serve to illustrate project work and can also be adapted by teachers to fit their particular instructional context.
- "Let's Make a Deal: Surviving the Car Buying Language Experience".
- "13 Jahre Deutsche Vereinigung: An Inquiry Project for Advanced Learners of German."
- "Evocando y Paso a Paso Avanzando: A Creative Writing Project to Advance Spanish Proficiency".
You can download them from the left sidebar.
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WORKSHOPS:
CALPER conducts intensive workshops on how to integrate Project Work and Project Based Learning into intermediate to advanced-level language classes. Please consult our Professional Development page for information on this year's offerings. |
Project Director 2006-2010: Gabriela Appel
Project Co-directors 2002-2006: Gabriela Appel and Karen Johnson
Project Co-director 2002-2005: Miryam Espinosa-Dulanto
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