Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 6

Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter

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ability to motivate students to study and work. We
analysed the impact of multiple intelligences and
learner styles on the learning process. Very often
our teachers – Anita Gauci, Niki Stokes and Valerie
Zammit – asked us to work in pairs or teams of
three in the group.
Each thematic block was focused on developing
existing knowledge and presentation of specific
exercises. Especially interesting were the classes
with the use of ICT and video presentations – we
learned how to use Movie Maker to create our own
video clips and multimedia presentations. We also
learned how to create an interesting blog only for a
specific group using avatars and other exciting
apps.

Some of the 42 hours of learning were dedicated to
vocabulary and grammar. We practised
collocations, idioms, pronunciation, and active
listening. With an atypical use of songs and video
clips, we examined prepositional phrases, word
formation, transformation of sentences, as well as
the social and cultural situations presented in the
songs. In addition, we investigated some "living"
language as well – the use of slang and informal
expressions.

An element worth mentioning was the exploitation
of humour and jokes in learning phrasal verbs,
grammatical structures and specific tenses.
Interesting stories and anecdotes make it much
easier to pass difficult content, which is often also
confusing for students.
The course focused on refreshing the teaching
methods and techniques in order to spice up
activities and adapt them to