IDEAINFO INCLUSION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL ACTION School No 12 BUZAU ROMANIA

Teacher: POPINA MIRELA

Whoever is not acquainted with foreign languages knows nothing of its own Goethe REASONS FOR LEARNING LANGUAGES

Learning usual words and phrases in Portuguese was a must during the IDEA project, but there are also good general reasons to motivate people to learn a foreign language no matter the age.

EDUCATIONAL REASONS

- a foreign language contributes significantly to the development of individual intelligence - people who have learned foreign languages show greater cognitive development in areas such as mental flexibility, creativity, and higher order thinking skills, such as problemsolving, conceptualizing, and reasoning.

CULTURAL REASONS

- knowing another language and culture affords you the unique opportunity of seeing yourself and your own culture from an outside perspective; - contact with other languages and cultures gives you the unique opportunity to step outside your familiar scope of existence and view your culture's customs, traditions, and norms as well as your own value system

PERSONALITY

-by learning a new language you gain new horisons, but at the same time you reinforce your identity and therefore also your self confidence.

ECONOMIC REASONS

- knowing languages gives you an edge over monolingual applicants competing for the same jobs.

TO MAKE LIFELONG FRIENDS

- knowing other languages effectively increases the number of people on the globe with whom you can communicate.

STEPS IN LEARNING USUAL

PORTUGUESE(IDEA) -buying some conversation guides; -using a trillingue dictionary made in another project; -asking for help with the Portuguese parteners; -finding the best methods for the pupils to learn easily: the new technologies

THE FIRST PART - The Romanian pupils co- operated with the

Portuguese pupils - a PPT document wich contained: -usual Portuguese expressions -usual English expressions -usual Romanian expressions

APRESENTAR ALGUM

INTRODUCING SOMEONE

Prezentam pe cineva.

Este o meu amigo Miguel. Ele chama-se Joo.

This is my friend Miguel. Acesta este prietenul meu Miguel. He is called Joo. El se numeste Joao. Numele lui este Pedro.

O nome dele Pedro. His name is Pedro.

Ele tem 15 anos. Ele mora em Gaia. Ele do Porto. Ele mdico. Ele gosta de chocolate.

He is 15 years old. He lives in Gaia. He is from Porto. He is a doctor. He likes chocolate.

El are 15 ani. He lives in Gaia. El este din Porto. El este doctor. Lui ii place ciocolata.

THE SECOND PART

- The teacher in charge with the trillingue dictionary posted on the projects site a series of documents made in Photo Story3 for Windows. - The pupils and the other teachers listened to that movies and could also read the expressions in English, Portuguese and Romanian.

Pupils and teachers co-operated and made some

dictionaries in Photo Story 3 for Windows

This Part 1 of Dictionary Portuguese

Romanian-English is made by Portuguese students and Romanianstudents. January 5, 2010 biraramona96 Dictionary Portuguese-Romanian-English Posted in 2.2. Portuguese Language, 3.2.1. Bira Ramona. Comments Off

THE THIRD PART - The pupils and the teachers attended an online course of Portuguese LIVE MOCCHA It was an extraoradinary occasion for everybody to socialize with people from all over the world -the Poruguese speakers advised them when making mistakes -the Romanian pupils were teachers for all the people in the world who wanted to learn

Self learning was a great method to acquire

knowledge of Portuguese
Types of exercises used by Live Moccha

-multiple choice exercises -fill in exercises -free ranking exercises

Why choosing the new technologies in

learning other languages? -it increases motivation; -it gives children control over their learning; - it helps in promoting learner independence; - it develops learning strategies provided the learners receive appropriate guidance.

EVALUATION

We found that the best method for assessing the degree of acquiring the Portuguese language is the dramatization of communication situations.

This document was made by the primary school teacher, POPINA MIRELA