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

Izstrādāt un aprobēt projekta tēmu “My Body” 4.d klasē.

Apkopot un analizēt iegūtos datus.

Pētījuma hipotēze: skolēnu iemaņu attīstība norisinās veiksmīgāk, ja skolotājs savā darbā izmanto projekta tēmu “My Body” atbilstoši bērnu interesēm un vecumposmiem.

Projekti kā metode attīsta un pilnveido skolēnu prasmes. Projekta darbu angļu valodas stundās ievieš, lai stundas kļūtu interesantākas, daudzveidīgākas un ciešāk saistītas ar reālo dzīvi, ar skolēnu aktuālām problēmām.

First of al it is possible to say that the children are given basic knowledge in the elementary school. Listening, reading, writing and speaking in a foreign language is a difficult art and it has to be learned starting in junior classes.

The theme of Graduation Paper is Use of the Topical Project Work “My Body” for Developing all Language Skills in Form 4.

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

The hypothesis of the paper is that the effective use of the project work successfully develops all language skills of young learners.

Figure 1 shows the result of the questionnaire. So, refer to the Gardner’s table of the intelligences it is possible to conclude that the most part of the learners had linguistic, visual and socialiser intelligences.

The next teacher’s step was to complete a set of activities and tasks for the theme “My Body” according to the students types of intelligence.

Having studied the advantages and disadvantages of the project work and work in big classes it was decided to organise the class into pairs and groups.Table 2 reflects the summary of the activities used for developing four language skills. This material was designed for young children.

Finally I want to show two activities:

Project work was begun with the song ”Head and Shoulders”. Children sang and touched the body parts mentioned in the song.

The game “Parts of the Body’.

Inroduction

Education is very important in our life. An educated person is one who knows a lot about many things. He always tries to learn, find out, discover more about the world around him. He gets knowledge from books, magazines, TV educational programs. The pupils can get deeper knowledge in different optional courses in different subjects and school offers these opportunities.

The result of the educative process is the capacity of further education. Nowadays students of secondary school have opportunities to continue their education by entering gymnasiums, lyceums, colleges, universities. Children are given basic knowledge in the elementary school. But the road to learn is not easy. There is no royal road to learning. To be successful in studies one must work hard.

The role of foreign languages is also increasing today. To know foreign languages is absolutely necessary for every educated person, for being a good specialist. English is widely spoken in the world. It is the language of progressive science and technology, trade and cultural relations, commerce and business. It is also the major language of diplomacy. Listening, reading, speaking and writing in a foreign language is a difficult art and it has to be learned starting in junior classes.

The aim of the paper is to stimulate the interest in studying the language and to improve the skills and knowledge of pupils with the help of project work “My Body”.

The objectives of the work are:

to study the methodological and psychological literature on using project works;

2. to study the topical project work “My Body” in form 4;