Unit 10
Learning Focus
Opening doors to learning and working in Europe – Each partner to offer links to resources in host country language https://europass.cedefop.europa.eu/
New ways to introduce yourself: creative CVs https://campusvirtual.urv.cat/course/view.php?id=28712§ion=3&lang=ca ( In Spanish)
What’s an e-portfolio?
How to create a portfolio using google sites:
Tasks: Create your CV & cover letter Create your e-portfolio
Student Resources
Preparing a CV
Summarising personal and professional information
Student Tasks
Showing engaging personal and professional information through communicative behaviour appropriate to the context
Unit 9
Learning Focus
Watch the videos: Copyright & Open Education Resources http://whyopenedmatters.org/videos/index.html
Creative Commons video & Worksheet https://tinyurl.com/y4fop4av
Task: Use a selection of the search tools and repositories from:
OER Search sites
https://rdmc.nottingham.ac.uk/handle/internal/79 (Uni of Nottingham)
https://www.openeducationeuropa.eu/ in EU Languages
Open University UK
Select 2 OERs:
TOPIC A – related to your academic studies.
TOPIC B – related to a subject you would like to learn more about yourself
Add your findings to the padlet page on the VLE Overview to be posted to https://padlet.com/
Student Resources
Research skills
Evaluating & justifying Digital literacy skills
Understanding:
- Open Educational Resources
- Copyright IPP
- Hedging for academic work
Student Tasks
Evaluating accuracy of websites- ie world news to stay in touch with home news https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter & Facebook to contact family & friends
Twitter https://twitter.com
Unit 8
Learning Focus
PPT presentation + voiceover (Univ of Bradford resource)
Task: Try 5 free online dictionaries i.e. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/ vote for favourite via online survey i.e. https://www.surveymonkey.com/
Task: Create a glossary (1) of useful terms in your field of study or research
Student Resources
Academic versus informal language
Create glossary of term
Student Tasks
Free glossary creation tool of useful terms in everyday use causing difficulties Microsoft WORD or EXCEL
Task: Create a glossary (2)of useful terms or expressions from daily life that you find difficult to understand or learn (resource available in VLE)
Unit 7
Learning Focus
Essay structure/Paragraph structure https://tinyurl.com/y3phsmd5
Use of paraphrasing/ summarising/ synthesis Students go to http://www.uefap.com/writing/writframrep.htm
Task: Formal emails to supervisor/ professor video input https://www.english-at-home.com/business/how-to-write-an-email/ Students write formal email to academic tutor
Peer editing via WORD Track changes / Google docs to create final version to upload to VLE
Student Resources
Paraphrasing, Summarising, Synthesis
Formal emails
Student Tasks
Writing a semi-formal email (i.e. to excuse sick child from school) Samples in VLE
Unit 6
Learning Focus
Video on types of sources for research
Referencing help https://www.bradford.ac.uk/library/find-out-about/referencing/referencing/?rdr
Referencing Tool Guide https://www.mendeley.com/guides/videos
Task: Students use range of search terms to find academic texts and to create a short annotated bibliography https://tinyurl.com/y95bqxf9
Student Resources
Annotated bibliography Referencing
BOOLEAN searches
Student Tasks
Expand the list of useful resources for vulnerable migrant students from Unit 2
Task: Complete the grid of shared information about useful resources to establish and live in the host country, and lodge it in https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/
Unit 5
Learning Focus
Different types of reading skills required at University http://www.uefap.com/reading/readframstrat.htm Relevant articles chosen by each partner country to develop critical reading skills of scientific articles: http://www.redcaspe.org/ https://casp-uk.net/
Links to reliable scientific databases
https://www.webofknowledge.com/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
Task: Collect and collate relevant articles from online or library databases and save to https://www.scoop.it/ personal or group resource to be created
Student Resources
Reading to predict
Skimming
Scanning Reading for information
Student Tasks
Reading school letters/ medical forms/ understanding abbreviations (Mr/ Mrs/Ms) etc
Sample forms to be available on VLE
Unit 4
Learning Focus
TED talks/university recorded guest lectures/Vlogs.
Students complete signposting language activities i.e. https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/signposting-language.html
For overview of methods note taking methods see https://blog.labster.com/note-taking-methods to start taking notes.
(HE students in Spain) explain their research in monologues) for note taking skills training http://www.comciencia.urv.cat/ca/setmana-de-la-ciencia/ciencia-al-teatre/
Task: Students Listen to lecture/Choose appropriate note taking method + use to take notes. Post opinion of notetaking method to Discussion Board https://www.audacityteam.org/
Student Resources
Listening to a lecture
Note taking skills
Summarising a talk
Student Tasks
Identify useful local listening app for mobile (local news/ University bulletin via audio?)
Record brief overview of event in recent past/near future and upload to chatroom https://www.audacityteam.org/ (self-access tense resources)
Unit 3
Learning Focus
Watch video of successful/unsuccessful group discussion + complete worksheet. I.e.
Task: Create a podcast with (an)other student(s)to discuss the challenges of studying in your host country https://soundcloud.com/
Upload to online discussion area.
Others respond with advice on how best to manage challenges
Student Resources
Participating in discussions Identifying challenges to studying in host country – identifying possible solutions.
Student Tasks
Sample conversations outlining potential social/family/household problems/solutions.
Students could create video scenarios filmed on their mobile phone asking questions and others could respond with advice/support: upload to chatroom.
Partner countries add relevant local language resources:
To learn Spanish:
To learn Catalan:
http://www.parla.cat/pres_catalaenlinia/AppPHP/login/index.php?lang=en
Unit 2
Learning Focus
Students watch video below to gain insights.
Student Resources
Collaboration
Language of advice/expectation
Agreeing/disagreeing politely
Student Tasks
Create a grid of shared information about useful resources to establish and live in the host country, and lodge it in https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/
Link to self-access grammar practice on Modal Verbs (should, may/might, can etc) ( each institution provides relevant resources)
Unit 1
Unit 1
The learning focus of this unit includes
Internet Etiquette
Internet Etiquette is quite a recent concept. As more and more people have access to this useful service, it has become standard to adopt a certain behaviour pattern in order to promote harmony among users.
Learn more here:
Task for Internet Etiquette
create a collaborative wiki resenting group rules for online behaviour or any free wiki tool i.e.
https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Free-Wiki)
( *Finland to use Helsinki Blog)
Use advice language
Language of Advice
Language of advice refers to the word structure adopted when offering help
(I think we should…If I were you, I’d… Why don’t we…)
Learn more about it here: https://eslgold.com/speaking/asking_giving_advice/
Language of Advice
Discussion Board within VLE– What are the most important rules of netiquette for this group? Post your thoughts ( maximum 50 words- respond to two other postings)
Use advice language
Learning Focus
Managing online identity
Giving personal information
How to stay safe online
Students watch video https://securingtomorrow.mcafee.com/consumer/consumer-threat-notices/10-tips-stay-safe-online/
Task: Create a poster to show best practice staying safe online using Glogster http://edu.glogster.com/?ref=com
Student Resources
Finding your way around university website. Introducing yourself Checking your digital footprint https://twitter.com
Student Tasks
Introduce yourself by means of a small personal description of 2 or 3 lines and post it in the social forum of the course.
Check out your digital footprint