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

In those tasks the students had to demonstrate their knowledge of the new vocabulary which were used in the topic “My Body”.

Figure 2. The Result of the Achievment Test

Figure 2 shows the results of the test, where the vertical axis reflects the percentage of development of the students’ skills. According to the final test 15 students out of 23 are good listeners, 18 students out of 23 are good readers, 10 students out of 23 are good writers.

Finally, at the end of the project work the respondents were to choose the statment according to their feeling:

Speaking in English:

I speak as much as possible

I should speak more

I want to speak but I am afraid

So, only 7 respondents out of 23 confessed that they were afraid to speak in English. (see Chapter 4.1)

To compare the results of the first questionnaire with the final test the following conclusion can be drawn out that significant progress in training all language skills has been made. The results of the project work “My Body” showed that the pupils self-activity and potencial self-realization were grown.

Conclusion

Needless to say that the English language has become very popular today. About 350 million people speak English as its first language. It is an official language in 44 countries. It is the dominant language of the medicine, electronics and space technology. A foreign language is not just a subject learnt in the classrooms. It is something which is used in real life situations. Project work is one of the teaching methods teachers can use for teaching the English language during learning process.

The aim of the Paper was to stimulate the interest in studyng the English language and to improve the skills and knowledge of pupils with the help of project work “My Body”.

The objectives of the Paper have been completed:

metodological literature on teaching English through project works has been studied;

the case study has been carried out;

the results of the case study have been analyzed.

The research that was carried out based on the analysis of the theoretical literature and completed tasks and activities for the project work “My Body”, allowed the author to ascertain that the hypothesis of the Paper has been proved, that the effective use of the project work successfully develops all language skills of young learners. The study proved also that the project work elevated the effectiveness of learning English.

Project work includes a lot of practical activities through which learners develop all skills and knowledge even in different school subjects. Project work is an example of the co-operative learning. In big classes it is possible to organise dynamic and creative teaching with the help of such teaching/learning organization forms as pair and group work.

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