Use of the Topical Project Work “My Body” for Developing All Language

I did not like the activities

The first project task was begun with the song “Head and Shoulders”. (Appendix 3) Children sang and touched the body parts mentioned in the song.

The next step was work in pairs. Pupils were showed the parts of the body each other, were drawing and writing the parts of the body in their notebooks. It was done in the form of game. (Appendix 4)

Further, the teacher asked the children to listen to the dialogue and try to understand what the children were talking about. They also were supposed to discuss the dialogue, explain the phrases and words pupils did not understand.

Then the teacher planned work in pairs:

they mimed having a headache/earache/backache;

the children tried to guess what was wrong with them by asking “Are you ill?” or “What is the matter?”

Later the children wrote the new words and expression in the notebooks. They read in pairs about little John – decided whether little John was really ill, practised the short answers [ Pupil’s book “Enjoy 2”]

Work in groups: the teacher used Worksheet 1 (Appendix 5) for each group to fill in, introduced new words: weight, height, length, width.

The teacher together with the nurse weighed the pupils and measured their height pupils in the medical room of the school.

When Worksheet 1 was completed in groups, the pupils could repeat their results to their classmates at the second project lesson.Work in pairs: What is different about English food? – children read the text (Appendix 6) They consolidated the vocabulary about food/likes and dislikes; discussed on good and bad food, and clarified ideas about the “Pyramid of Food”. (Appendix 7)

Work in groups: in this activity was used Worksheet 3 for making group pictures “Healthy Food for Healthy Body”. (Appendix 8)

Finally, the learners were offered to write “Table Manners” using words: dirty, hands, mouth, do not, fork, spoon, knife, hear, etc. (Appendix 9)

4.3 Analysis of the Results

When all these numerous tasks and activities were successfully performed, the author of the case study summarised the results of the students’ opinion about them.

TABLE 3. Self-assessment

LessonsI like activities at the lessonI partly like the lessonI did not like the activities

1- lesson1076

2- lesson1544

3- lesson1652

4- lesson1643

5- lesson1850

6- lesson2030

Table 3 shows that 20 students out of 23 liked the activities, 3 students out of 23 partly liked the activities at the project lessons. It proves that activities at the project lessons were used successfully.

In order to observe a progress of the students’ knowledge an achievement test was suggested, which consisted of 3 exercises.(Appendix 10)