Additional Info

• Name: Addictions - there's a way out!

• OVERVIEW

• Linguistic dimension

• CEFR Level: A2, B1
• Linguistic dimension - Skill(s): Writing; Speaking
• Duration: 2 x 90 minutes
• Target language: English or any other

• ICT dimension

• ICT resources:

  Internet connection; Web quest: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=251825 Windows; google images; online dictionaries; Go animate; Voky.

• ICT competences: To browse or search in the internet for specific information; To use word processing ICT tools; To use Windows, Android or IOS programmes to make a presentation; To use free online tools to create animations.

• Detailed description of the task

• Situation / theme(s): Addictions - A campaign to stop addictions. Alcohol, drugs, the Internet, shopping; gambling and food are some of the addictions that cause problems to society in general, to families and to individuals all over the world. It is, or should be, a general concern to stop those addictions.
• Product requirements or prerequisites: Students must be able to use the imperative and be acquainted with the vocabulary of the topic. Internet access, online dictionary with definitions, PC, projector.
• I can...:
  • I can find specific information in simple everyday material such as advertisements, brochures, menus and timetables.
  • I can understand straightforward texts on subjects related to my fields of interest.
  • I can find and understand general information I need in everyday material, such as letters, brochures and short official documents.
  • I can search one long or several short texts to locate specific information I need to help me complete a task.
  • I can follow or give a talk on a familiar topic or keep up a conversation on a fairly wide range of topics.
  • I can briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions, plans and actions.
• Product: An anti-addictions campaign.
• Product requirements or prerequisites:

  Students must be able to use the imperative and be acquainted with the vocabulary of the topic.

  Internet access, online dictionary with definitions, PC, projector.

• Process:

  Lesson # 1

  • Students watch 2 videos about addictions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNIQ79mkG_A ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhk4fh6Sld0

  • Students and teacher analyze and register possible reasons and consequences of different types of addictions: alcohol; cigarettes; shopping; computer games; gambling; shopping; food; etc.

  • Students write down the conclusions on their notebooks;

  • Students are asked to solve a web quest: http://zunal.com/webquest.php?w=251825

  • In the web quest students are asked to produce an anti addictions campaign:

  • Students are divided in pairs.
  • Each pair chooses one of the addictions.
  • After some minutes of thinking, they choose the following:
  • Alcohol, medicines, gambling, mobile phones, orthorexia, vigorexia, food, drugs and kleptomania.

  • Using the guidelines in the web quest students search for information on line and write an anti addiction campaign. Students can use PowerPoint; Publisher or any word processing tool to make a poster or a leaflet. If they choose to do an animation, students can use Go Animate,Voky (free online programmes that allow them to create an animated presentation) or a video using their mobile phones and movie maker.

  Setting homework – If students don’t finish their presentation within the first 90 minutes they will have to do it as homework. At home they must practice the class presentation.

  Lesson #2

  • Pairs present their campaign to the class.

  • Students register information of peer’s presentation and evaluation on a table.

  Peer assessment – Students fill in a table with information from the presentation of their peers.

  Pair’s names	Addiction	Causes	consequences	Solutions	Assessment

   

  Evaluation - Teacher will evaluate using direct observation of the task performance according to the success criteria described below. Self and peer assessment will count 10% of the final evaluation, 5% each.

• Division of roles (optional): Peer work.
• Consolidating activities suggested or follow up plan:

  If necessary, a debate about the videos presented earlier (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNIQ79mkG_A ; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhk4fh6Sld0) can be arranged, followed by a worksheet with questions on the videos and presentations produced by students.

• Success factors or evaluation criteria:

  Students have done well:

  • if they have presented a persuasive anti addiction campaign using ICT resources and if they achieve the following criteria:

  • Vocabulary - they have used vocabulary and expressions connected to the topic

  • Grammatical correctness - they have used simple grammatical constructions and expressions that they have learnt by heart

  • Fluency - they have been able to talk for a longer period of time without lacking words or making too many mistakes

  • Coherence - they have been able to link sentences with fitting connectors and used conjunctions quite frequently

  • Interaction - they are active within the small and larger group, and share their ideas and accept other people’s opinion and criticism.

  • Pronunciation - they could pronounce the words used correctly and  could correct some major mistakes made by your classmates or group members.

• Authors: Lúcia Nassa Tardão

• Didactic added value of the task and other information

• Practical hints for teachers:

  In order to avoid delays in lesson development, always download videos beforehand using a youtube downloader like iLivid. for example.

  www.ivona.com can be used by students to check on their pronunciation.

• Additional methodological or didactic comments:

  Set precise deadlines to conclude the task. If students don´t finish after the 2^nd 90 minutes, ask them to finish it at home.

  Be precise in setting the goal of the task and in explaining the evaluation criteria.

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• Reasons why this task is a model of best practices:

  The task was created to develop language competences using ICT resources and to develop social competences by enlightening the danger of having addictive behaviours.

• Impact that it is expected to have on the teaching practices and attitudes:

  Engage teachers in the inclusive use of ICT in the language lesson.

  Encourage teachers to adopt TBLT and CEFR in their practice.

• Reasons why this task travels well:

  This task can be introduced in the Health and Body care theme which is transversal to most national syllabuses and  foreign language programmes.

• Rationale and/or theoretical underpinnings of the task: TBLT using CEFR common reference levels. B1 task taking into account the public domain - students are engaged in persuading others to stop an addiction.
• Preferencial target age group(s): Young learners and high school students