ILEP – INTERCULTURAL LETTER EXCHANGE PROJECT
OBJECTIVES
The Project is aimed at working on a collaborative way where students will exchange letters with students from different countries. If you are interested and I hope you are for the benefit of your students, please send a private message with you school address to [email protected]
TOPICS TO WRITE ABOUT
My school: photos of my school, sketch, drawings, my classroom: photos, sketch, drawings, my street, my neighborhood, the map of my neighborhood, my city, my state, my country, my house, the plan of my house, my street, my favorite friend, my pet, my favorite place at home, likes and sillies, my family, physical description of my family, my physical description, my routine, my family routine, personal description, the map of my country, state, city, or whatever: open to more suggestions.
DATE
The project is due to start on may 1st and end on September 30rd 2009. (OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS: depending on when your school year ends). By this time all projects must be concluded and sent to their twin classes.
RESULTS
After receiving the projects I am going to design a website with all the materials sent to me and host them on the Internet. Please se an example of a project exchanges with Russia and China here: http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/projetomongolia,
http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/projetososnova http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/projetointercultural.
ADVANTAGES OF THE PROJECTS
Ř Rise students` interest for the language.
Ř Knowing each other`s culture;
Ř Improve reading and writing strategies;
Ř Plausibility in studying English;
Ř Interaction among teachers so as to exchange lesson plans, materials designed for the project and general discussion about language acquisition within teachers` contexts.
Ř (PLEASE ADD OTHER RELEVANT SUGGESTIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE LIST)
