UNIT:             ED 458

                               NAME:            Alicia Lobato

                                       ID:            976619J
 
 

The L.O.T.E program 'Animal Kingdom' has been developed for beginner primary aged learners,years 3-4 mainly. The program covers a full term's work and the tasks presented to the students are linked to the different learning areas in the Curriculum.

'Animal Kingdom' is a self access centre.The program contains a total of 15 tasks and each of them is presented at three different levels of difficulty. Tasks are colour coded by learning areas and symbol coded to indicate students what is involved or required from them.

Learners will select the tasks in their own preferred order but they must record their completion on their checklist in their file which is provided by the teacher.

The classroom will not be a teacher centred but children interests and at the same time each of them can work at their pace.

However, the L.O.T.E. teacher still will use the first 10-15 minutes of the lessons with starters or icebreakers to refresh or introduce new vocabulary or grammar.As well a support sheet with basic vocabulary and typical expressions is also provided for each student.

Students will work individually, pairs or groups according to the different sort of tasks.

The aim of this program is to offer enjoyable and productive resources and tasks so learners can explore the Spanish Language in a non-threatening environment.
 
 

    1. OBJECTIVES

 2.  LINK TO CURRICULUM LEARNING AREAS

 3. CHECKLIST EXAMPLE SHEET

 4. LEARNER SELF-EVALUATION SHEET

 5. SOFTWARE REFERENCES
 
 

       Learners will develop an awareness of the
     connection between different areas of knowledge
     and experience.
 

    Learners will develop their communication
     skills working in groups and collaboratively.
 

   Learners will gain ownership of their own
    independent learning.
 

   Learners will develop an understanding of the
     culture(s) of the target language in a non-
     threatening environment.
 

   Learners will apply skills and knowledges within
    other Curriculum areas to achieve objectives in
    the Target Language(Spanish).
 

   Learners will develop skills and knowledges to
     can communicate effectively and appropriately in
     Spanish.
 
 

NAME:__________________            DATE:__________
 

1. I did have/did not have trouble completing tasks…
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2..I have tried hard to complete tasks:
  Always            Most times              Sometimes                Never

3.I enjoyed

  Individual                         Pair                        Group
     Tasks                            Tasks                     Tasks
 
 

4.I have felt confident using T.L:

  Constantly               Usually                Rarely             Never
 
 

5.My favourite task was ________________________________________________

   Because______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________

________________________________________________
 
 

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  2.'El gato volvio'(1994),"Escucho,Escribo,
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    Multimedia.

  3.Novato,C.A.(1994).Marc Brown's
   Arthur's teacher trouble,[CD-ROM]
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  4.Novato,C.A.(1993).Aesop's Fable:The
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  5.Novato.C.A.(1994).Mercer Mayer's
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  6. 'All-in-one language fun'(1995).[CD-ROM]
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