course design (c) by Herbert Dutzler, 2007
Subject: English
Upper Secondary / BHS year 1-3 / AHS year 5-6
The unit focuses on the application of grammar (modal verbs) in everyday English. The learning package can be used for self-study, but it is much more effective to train vocabulary (paraphrasing) and the correct use of modals in class, either by using laptop computers or a presentation computer and a data projector. Please, take a look at the notes for teachers and students at the beginning of the learning package before you start working through. The unit offers a huge variety of signs, but it is not necessary to work through the whole package! An emphasis should be put on spoken English and not on grammar theory!
Length: approx. 2 units - but it can also be separated in bits and pieces for a continuous training of modal verbs, e.g. at the beginning of the lessons.
Author: Wilfried Nagl, 2007
Subject: English
Upper Secondary / BHS year 2-3 / AHS year 5-6
This unit can be used as an introduction into presentation techniques. The lesson plan can give you an idea how to get into the topic. Students are provided with necessary vocabulary and phrases which should be used in the following lessons when they are doing their first professional presentations in class.
Length: 2 units
Author: Wilfried Nagl, 2007
The course gives information about a major Irish sight (Uneco Cultural Heritage Site), offers Listening Comprehension on a fairy tale connected to the site and various interactive exercises to increase motivation and ability / knowledge output.
Should take about 1 unit without creative task, 2 units including creative task.
(c) by herbert dutzler, 2007
"Stop all the Clocks"- a poetic contemplation of death
Subject: English
Level: Year 7
Desription of content:
In this course students are invited to deal with a very famous poem written on death - "Stop all the Clocks" by W.H. Auden. The popularity of this work of verse is mainly due to the fact that it featured prominently in the film "Four Weddings and a Funeral". The tasks focus on listening skills, analytical aspects involved in interpreting poetry, furthermore the acquisition of a theoretical framework for analyzing metrical compositions as well as a test on recognizing various figures of speech. All the tasks are meant to enable students to finally come up with an in-depth analysis/ interpretation of the poem.
Author: Mag. Rowena Hametner, Europagymnasium Baumgartenberg
Number of lessons covered: 1-2
Subject: English
Upper Secondary / BHS year 2-5 / AHS year 6-8
The unit focuses on presenting facts and figures and the interpretation of charts and graphs by providing the students with the necessary vocabulary.
The students should have experience in MS.Excel and MS.PowerPoint. Moreover, students should have already been trained in how to make a good presentation. The learning package can be used for self-study, but it is much more effective to train vocabulary and techniques in class, either by using laptop computers or a presentation computer and a data projector.
In the second topic the application of the words and phrases can be trained, but it is also suitable for a discussion on global justice, of course.
Length: 2 units without presentation of the students' exercises; 4 units including the students' task to design and do their own presentations in class.
6 units when you add the global jusitice topic!
Author: Wilfried Nagl, 2007
text comprehension / vocabulary work