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Ideas Bank
Languages Other Than English |
PP - Year 3 
Years 3 - 7
Years 7 - 10
Years 10 - 12 |
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| Task: |
Students completed an oral
recount of a real life experience. The oral recount was recorded
using a webcam and microphone. |
| How: |
Students developed understandings about
how to sequence events in a recount. They recorded their recounts
and feedback was provided by peers and the teacher. Students
were encouraged to re-record their recount based on the feedback
given. The activity was repeated the following year and the
videos compared. |
| ICT used: |
Webcams, microphones. |
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| Task: |
Students were set the task
of planning a trip to Italy. They chose to focus on modes
of transport, things to see (monuments, etc) and things to
do (try the food, visit museums and art galleries, etc). |
| How: |
A range of ICT and print resources written
in Italian and English were used to collect information. Students
also used their Italian ePALS as an important information
resource. Students selected and organised information and
completed the task in the target language. |
| ICT used: |
World Wide Web, email, digital images,
word processor, presentation software. |
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| Task: |
Students had to identify an
unknown ePal from another school. |
| How: |
Students exchanged emails over a term
with an unknown epal in another school, using the target language.
At the end of the exchange the groups met to identify each
other by asking and answering questions in the target language. |
| ICT used: |
Email |
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| Task: |
To create a range of Japanese
language textbooks for use by upper primary students. |
| How: |
Students identified the Japanese language
learning needs of the target group. Using this information
they drafted fictional recounts and narrative stories in Japanese.
Following review and editing, the books were published as
a print resource and as eBooks. |
| ICT used: |
Presentation software using Japanese character
sets, recorded oral speaking, digital images. |
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