Project‚ revisited’ - 4th editionsomething old –something new

Páli ÉvaOxford Teacher Training Conference,Budapest18 August, 2015

Project 3rd ed.strengths• Thorough methodological foundation – Tom Hutchinson’s name is a guarantee for

success• Tried and tested in a wide variety of contexts (since the1990s)

Reasons for change:• Changing learner needs (digital learners etc.)• Changing teacher needs (feedback from teachers has been taken into account)• Changing learning environments (digitalisation, nature of classes etc.)

All the features that students and teachers and learners love about project havebeen retained:• Project pages• Culture pages• English across the curriculum• Cartoons• Photo stories plus new features

Project 3rd ed.

Teachers’ feedback – what do teachers likeand dislike about project 3rd ed.?

GW – sharing experiences

‚Inspiring the next generation’ – bothlearners and teachers

New features

• New layout – 6 units per level

• Each unit contains 4 core spread-based lessons

• Culture pages come with a new content (according to learner needs and changes

in the world)

• English across the Curriculum has been made more relevant to learners’ needs

• All target grammar is presented and practised thoroughly

New features

• Cartoons and photo stories help to contextualise the language

• More practice than ever (in Workbook, on the Teacher’s Resource Multi-ROM and

on the students’ site – graded exercises in workbook (star-system), listening tasks

included in the workbook, too)

• Revision page with more practice

• Project pages with new ideas

• Testbuilder (editable tests)

Teacher’s book with online practice and Resources multirom

Extra Teacher support

Extra support for teachers who want to bring more digital elements into their lessons

in the Digital Workshops on the Teacher’s Resource Multi-ROM

Animated cartoons and grammar boxes available on itools and DVD

Extra interactive exercises, photocopiable worksheets and games available on the

Student’s website and on the Teacher’s Resource MULTI-ROM

Information about using glogsters + digital workshops – might be useful for project

competition

Extra Teacher Support - Teacher’s bookwith online practice and Resources multirom

• Methodological intro – most general issues (mixed ability classes, warmers vscoolers – practical ideas in the classroom)

• New layout – like in Project 1st ed. –interleaved• Step-by-step lesson plans• Key to exercises• Options to use with fast finishers• A strong Hungarian element (TB

written by Tom Hutchinson andRézműves Zoltán)

DEMO with TB DVD

Extra Teacher support – DVD material DEMO

www.projectonlinepractice.com – email+password Oxford11To provide further practice and manage classes on a digital platform

Learner management system

Cultural content in every unit

Culture pages inform students aboutthe culture of English –speaking countries

TASK: find examples for cultural content

which topics might be relevant to your learners? (Example: page 60)

Plus: accompanying DVD clips available on itools and photocopiable worksheets onthe Teacher’s Resource DVD – DEMO

English across the Curriculum lessons inevery unit

English across the curriculum pages allow students to integrate English with othersubjects of the curriculum –

TASK: find examples in the bookcollect different curriculum areasthat have been covered. – (example: page 61)

Project lessons in every unit

Project page which focuses on the process of creating a project and develops skills

such as planning and presenting etc.

TASK: examine examples for project work in SB

(page 65)

Project competition

2014/15 – 2 ‚winners’ from Hungary - pics!!

Gitta from Paks (II. Rákóczi primary school)Orsi from Pécs (Anikó street primary school)

Revision in every unit

Revision page in every unit with accompanying self-check in the workbook –

reinforcing what has been learnt

and raising learner awareness

Pronunciation Bank – NEW!!

Pronunciation Bank at the end of the Student’s book:

• Exercises for every unit

• Includes games, tongue twisters and TPR activities

• Can be used as vocabulary revision

• Can be used for differentiation with fast finishers

Reading bank – NEW!!

• Reading bank at the back of the Student’s book

• Extra reading page for every unit

• They can be used as an extension material or

extra whole class lessons

• They always include comprehension questions

and a dialogue that the students can act out

in class

SB/WB on screenClips – with/without subtitles or script

Itool demo

Testbuilder demo

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE PRESENTATION AND CONTRIBUTING WITH IDEAS ☺☺☺☺

Páli Évaeva.pali@oup.com

30/6933679www.oup.hu