Language Learning Projects
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Year: 2003
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Language Learning Projects

1. ESL/EFL Project:
Let's Make a Deal!: Surviving the Car Buying Language Experience!
This project is designed to prepare advanced English language learners with the necessary language skills to research, locate, and negotiate through the process of purchasing a new or used car. Since purchasing a car involves knowing everything from technical information about car specifications and financing to negotiating a reasonable business deal, this project creates opportunities for learners to develop their proficiency further.
Author: Karen E. Johnson, Penn State

2. German Project:
13 Jahre Deutsche Vereinigung: A Sample Project for Advanced Learners of German
This group project is an "inquiry project", in which students research in-depth the continuous process of unification in Germany. Students' research develops from a text (a speech), which they read initially. In this speech, several key issues surrounding German unification are raised, which can be transformed into project questions or sub-topics worth investigating. After identifying key concepts, students select a set of sub-topics to be researched and do so in small groups. The product, which they develop is a written report on their sub-topic and an oral presentation.
Author: Gabriela Appel, Penn State

3. Spanish Project:
Evocando y Paso Avanzando: A Creative Writing Project to Advance Spanish Proficiency
In this creative writing project, the instructor and students will build a safe environment in which creative writing in Spanish is extensively practiced. As a class, teacher and students will evoke and reflect on lived experiences while traveling, studying, and/or working in Spanish-speaking environments. Students will be encouraged to use their experiences and/or reflections as inspiration to create short stodies, poetry, and other art forms.
Author: Miryam Espinsoa-Dulanto, Penn State

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