Life Through The Lenses – English teaching with extras

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EL ES HR DE FR HU PL
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life_through_the_lenses_es.pdf

The good teaching practice at a glance

Subject of practice

languages

Target groups

Teacher

Educational level

Secondary Education

Short Summary

This practice was created by a secondary school teachers using collaborative tools and project-based learning methodology. It is a 20-hour English-language project, which focuses on media, including the press photography. The project aims at the development of English language skills in addition to improving the digital literacy of students, expand historical knowledge, creativity and social sensitivity learning.

Duration of the implementation

2013-11-26 18:00:00 - 2013-11-26 18:00:00

Difficulty of ICT solutions used

Medium

Detailed description

Age of learners

15 - 20

Typical learning time

20 hours over a course of 2 months

Description of challenges faced (Are there any difficulties teachers/learners might face?)

Development of generic skills (communication, collaboration, e-skills, self-regulation, creativity) embedded in English language learning with solving real-life problems

Detailed description

In the introductory part, the students explored the concept of media images, different products were tested in English, with special attention on press photos. Participants work out together the concept of image - text relationship.

In the second part of the project was built on 10 famous press photos. The students discussed their intuitive reactions and feelings when seeing each of the famous images. Then came the Internet research, which charted in the photos according to the historical events depicted in the background and the subjects of the photos.

The third part, explored the work and life of Robert Capa, the famous Hungarian press photographers and combined a visit to the Ludwig Museum exhibition on  Capa. Pupils had to draft and conduct fictional television interviews with Robert Capa, which were then loaded to Youtube.

In the last part of the project, the students themselves have become ‘press photographers’. Different teams were formed according to themes: culture, religion , politics , environment, city life , sports, people. The teams documented the daily life of Budapest (their city), Their photos , their experiences, their statements recorded their work on a blog, and discussed each other’s entries.

 At the end of the project the students organised a photos exhibition choosing from their own selection the best press photos at their school. They voted for the the best student photographer from among themselves as a celebration of their work..

Learning Activities / Implementation

In the introductory part, the students explored the concept of media images, different products were tested in English, with special attention on press photos. Participants work out together the concept of image - text relationship.  In the second part of

Country of originHungary
Language of the practiceHungarian
Website relatedMission:Camera
Status of the practiceFinal
Download full practice desciprion life_through_lenses.docx
Area of good practice
  • ICT enabled learning - Using digital resources for face-to-face classroom practice & for online learning/blended classroom practice
  • Community Building - Using digital resources to connect learners/build communities
This practice is
Transferable, Adaptability, Acceptability, Effectiveness, Availability, Creativity

About the author

Name of contributorEniko Berecki
Affiliation of contributor Secondary school teacher
Institution where this practice was implemented
Contact e-mailsuba@eden-online.org