The OLOA Project: On Line and On Air
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Contents
Knowledge Skills
• Oral language: • Comprehension of
expressing opinion, instructions to create
agreeing and the bulletin.
disagreeing, showing • Comprehension of
interest. Autonomous subtitled videos and
use of communication semi-authentic texts to
strategies to start, get general and
maintain and finish specific information
interaction. about news creation.
• Information sources: • Radio words grouping
description, to create a mind map.
interpretation and • Analysis and
contrastive analysis. transformation of
• The 3 C’s1 of information from the
journalism writing. web using models
• The news report: parts provided.
and content (the 5 • Use of Audacity and
W’s). Spelling and web 2.0 tools
punctuation. (Blogger,
• Simple sentence Goear/Esnips,
structure. CmapTools
• Basic connectors. /Exploratree).
• Present, past and • Responsible and
future tenses. autonomous use of
Contrast with their digital resources.
own languages. • Organization of
• Reading aloud: clarity individual and team
and speed. work as a strategy to
• Pronunciation: difficult become autonomous
phonemes. learners.
• Intonation of simple • Use of mistakes as a
sentences. tool to improve the
• Rhythm of the English learner’s own
sentence: stressed performance.
key words. • Use of self-
assessment and team
assessment as a tool
to regulate learning
improve the learning
outcomes.
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http://www.xtec.cat/~mgrane/webquests/OLOA/basicradioglossary.htm
Attitudes and values
• Acceptance and
integration of English
as the language of
communication and
access to information.
• Interest in
cooperation and
responsibility in team
work.
• Integration of radio
and new technologies
as learning and
communication tools.
• Acceptance of
interaction in English
with a certain level of
accuracy to contribute
to successful
communication.
• Positive attitude
towards reflection and
assessment of
individual and team
work.
• Positive attitude and
initiative taking
towards
pronunciation, stress
and intonation as a
means to improve
communication.
• Acceptance of
mistakes as part of
the learning process.
• Awareness of the
importance of being
critical with the
information found on
the web.