Leonardo da Vinci Lifelong Learning Programme Project

Material development on ISUS German material

What did we achieve until now? team building revision of former syllabus and material creation of new syllabus for level 1 to 3 development of new units 1.01 to 3.20

Challenges in phase 1 to build a reliable team to become acquainted with the ISUS platform to deal with the original German syllabus and the material

Challenges in phase 2 to recruit new developers to create a new syllabus on level 2 and 3 to keep the developers up to date to be in time with the documentation (for the developers and for the project)

Team Building Phase 1: (November – December 2011)  the coordinator had to get experience in the development work as well  an experienced trainer left the team  coordinator and a trainer with less experience had to develop the 10 units  final dead line could not be met

Team Building Phase 2: (January to March 2011)  2 new developers from the beginning of February  one trainer always met the dead lines  one trainer did not meet the dead lines, but did very good work  final dead line could not be met  coordination has to be more effective

Acquaintance with the platform  Phase 1: –introduction through our English trainers –trial lessons with ISUS (coordinator) –login (coordinator)  Phase 2: –introduction through coordinator –trial lessons with ISUS (did not work out) –login

Revision of the Original Material  grammar progression, vocabulary and speaking activities are not related to German as a Foreign language  grammar and vocabulary do not fit together

Revision of the Syllabus Phase 1: Time consuming work on the syllabus  not possible to work over the whole syllabus (time frame; teamwork)  decision: changes for level 1

Creation of the Syllabus Phase 2: (level 2 and 3)  decision: development of our own syllabus with CEF as framework  Level 1 and 2: A 1  Level 3 and 4: A 2  Level 5 and 6: B 1  Level 7, 8 and 9: B 2  Level 10: C 1

Creation of the Syllabus Coordinator delivers the grammar progression and a list of vocabulary and speaking issues for the next level developers only stick to the grammar progression cooperation with our developers concerning the vocabulary, speaking and writing activities

Creation and Development syllabus is kept up to date by the coordinator new version is sent out to developers before they are going to start with new lessons

Revision of the Material Original German units:  no grammar progression  grammar explanations not adequate for the level  most of the activities far to difficult for the level  most of the activities were not authentic and not interesting for the learner

Outstanding Challenges to deal with the feedback from the university of Ulster changing and uploading the units of level 1 to get an overview of all the words and structures covered until present

Outstanding Challenges to check all the new lessons according to the evaluation criteria feedback conversation with our devolopers to set up the grammar progression and subjects for level 4 audio files: team of speakers and time schedule

Summary and Outlook Team Schedule Content Costs We look forward using the German ISUS material in the future and we are eager to learn about the material of our partners as well!