ELP-TT Training teachers to use the European Language Portfolio Short-term project ELP_TT2 Heike Speitz, Norway

ELP-TT Oral skills Spoken production Spoken interaction Which curriculum goals for English in Slovenia refer to these two skills? Which CEF levels (A1-C2) do they relate to?

ELP-TT Information gaps Using the target language in the classroom!

ELP-TT Words and expressions in the language classroom Find 10 expressions/questions/words that are likely to be used in the English language classroom: Excuse me? Could you please repeat that? How do you say ”…” in English? How do you spell ”…” ? I forgot my …… ……

ELP-TT How do you learn to speak the target language? by … reading (dialogues) out loud ? … learning lists of new words by heart? … repeating grammar rules? … ? „Um Sprechen zu lernen, muss man sprechen."

ELP-TT 2-minute talk Find a topic that you would like to talk about for 2 minutes!

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Role plays Cards : Waiter in a restaurant: Young, good-looking Just fallen in love No Coca Cola left Guests 1 and 2: Two teenagers Order pizza and Coke Very hungry! How would you prepare this activity with your students, and how can they assess each other/themselves afterwards?

ELP-TT Self-assessment, peer assessment and project work: spoken production Learners work in groups to prepare a presentation in the target language on a particular topic. The whole class discusses what will make a good presentation, and key features are noted on a poster. Each group chooses a leader who is responsible for co-ordinating the work.

ELP-TT Self-assessment, peer assessment and project work After the presentation the group leaders meet to compare the presentations and identify positive and negative points. At the same time, individual learners write a reflection on the contribution they made to the group work. The final evaluation of all projects follows, first in groups and then as a whole-class activity. (Little, D. & Perclov á, R. (2001). European Language Portfolio Guide for Teachers and Teacher Trainers (p. 63). Strasbourg: Council of Europe, Modern Language Division.)

ELP-TT ”Simulation globale”, creating a person and her life This activity can be either short or long It allows students to work on very different levels It fosters intercultural awareness It can be used to work with all five skills Documentation in the Dossier section of the ELP HANDOUT

ELP-TT Checklists A1-B2 (C1?) Choose 4 I can descriptors and find learning activities relating to these descriptors. Which ” proof ” can your students put into their Dossier? - Video- or sound files (z.B. Handy) - their role cards and self-assessment? - ? - ?