Production stage: Children all over the world

Activity 1. Explanation                                                          DAY 1

In groups of 5 students, you will have to be a teenager from different parts of the world. Each member of the group has to choose one of them. This is the table in which are the groups. You will have 10 minutes for this activity. 

	America	Europe	Africa	Asia
Group 1	USA	Greece	South Africa	Emirates
Group 2	Canada	Finland	Morocco	Iran
Group 3	Mexico	Rumania	Nigeria	Japan
Group 4	Colombia	Spain	Madagascar	China
Group 5	Chile	UK	Sahara	North Korea
Group 6	Argentina	Russia	Egypt	Kazakhstan

Production stage: children who made a difference + school contest

Here are some activities for the production stage. There are instructions for the teacher, as it will be the students who will create the projects.

MINI PROJECT 1: Create a poster of children who made a difference

DAY 1: Create a card of a child or teenager who made a difference

Gender Inequality, production stage.

For this stage we propose the following:

This stage is 3 days long. The two first days the students will be in the school library so they have access to newpapers, books, magazines and computers and other resources useful for their research. On the third day, students will work in the computer room, uploading their posts and looking at the other students posts. 

Our aim is to help them learn about women's achievements throughout history, make our students aware of gender inequality and ways to prevent it and to make them develop a critical attitude towards gender inequalty.

Production activities

In this section you can find several production activities that the prospective teachers of English have designed.
Enjoy!

Co-teaching

Co-teaching is a model that emphasizes collaboration and communication among all members of a team to meet the needs of all students. Read more...

Lesson 6

Activity 1. Malala’s speech  

Let’s watch Malala’s speech video at the UN (New York, 12 July 2013). You can find the script under the video.
(6 min.)

 

(10'30'') Peace is necessary for education. In many parts of the world especially Pakistan and Afghanistan; terrorism, wars and conflicts stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering in many parts of the world in many ways. In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labour. Many schools have been destroyed in Nigeria. People in Afghanistan have been affected by the hurdles of extremism for decades. Young girls have to do domestic child labour and are forced to get married at early age. Poverty, ignorance, injustice, racism and the deprivation of basic rights are the main problems faced by both men and women.

Production stage: work on Malala's speech

Here are some activities to exploit Malala’s speech at the Youth Takeover of the United Nations on 12th July 2013. The whole speech can be found here. The written text for reading comprehension begins with "Honourable Secretary General, peace is necessary for education" (min. 10:30 on the video) and finishes with "let us empower ourselves with the weapon of knowledge and let us shield ourselves with unity and togetherness" (15:43).

Age: 16 years old (4º ESO in Spain)
Time: two and a half days

DAY 1

A) Comprehension questions

We begin the reading comprehension questions by dealing with the general idea of the text (1-2). Then we move on to more specific questions where students have to look up more specific information (3-4). Finally, we ask them to look beyond the text and understand the goals of the speaker.

Lesson 4

Activity 1. Pay attention!

Listen to Malala’s speech at the United Nations. There are some differences between the transcription and the video. Point out these words or phrases.

(10'30'') Peace is necessary for education. In many parts of the world especially Pakistan and Afghanistan; terrorism, wars and conflicts stop children to go to their schools. We are really tired of these wars. Women and children are suffering in many parts of the world in many ways. In India, innocent and poor children are victims of child labour. Many schools have been destroyed in Nigeria. People in Afghanistan have been affected by the hurdles of extremism for decades. Young girls have to do domestic child labour and are forced to get married at early age. Poverty, ignorance, injustice, racism and the deprivation of basic rights are the main problems faced by both men and women.

Lesson 3

 Activity 1. What would you change about your life?

 Think about your life as it is now. Would you like to change something about it? Take a look at this survey and choose!

Lesson 2

1. Listening comprehension

Watch the video and answer these questions:

• Where is Malala from?
• What did she start doing when she was 11?
• She was in hospital. What happened?
• What is she doing now?

Lesson 1

Activity 1. Guess who!

Complete the card with the information given in the video about Malala. Click here to complete it. You will see the answers once you have finished (click on "ver otras respuestas, and then "ver todas las respuestas"). If you cannot see the quiz properly, you can complete it with the card below. Good luck!

Participatory Action Research (PAR)

Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to research in communities that emphasizes participation and action. It seeks to understand the world by trying to change it, collaboratively and following reflection. PAR emphasizes collective inquiry and experimentation grounded in experience and social history.

This PARtoolkit designed by Durham University may be very useful for future teachers.