Merging EFL methodology, intercultural teaching, and project-based learning in an attempt to push the envelope of EFL college level instruction Cover Image

Merging EFL methodology, intercultural teaching, and project-based learning in an attempt to push the envelope of EFL college level instruction
Merging EFL methodology, intercultural teaching, and project-based learning in an attempt to push the envelope of EFL college level instruction

Author(s): Bartosz Wolski
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Foreign languages learning
Published by: Akademia Nauk Stosowanych w Koninie

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on interdisciplinarity in (college level) EFL instruction which appears to be gaining popularity in modern teaching techniques. The idea presented here serves as an example of an interdisciplinary approach to EFL instruction where intercultural teaching merges with EFL methodology in a project-based-learning-oriented environment. I will offer a discussion of an experimental run of 24 projects prepared by 74 EFL college level Polish students under my supervision; the projects were team work assignments where students’ task was to create/compile a unit for an EFL coursebook consisting of a series of (2 or 3) classes (lesson plans) with ready-made materials for learners and ‘teachers’ book-like’ methodological guidelines for instructors. The lesson plans were supposed to revolve around an intercultural topic, to which the practice of all language skills and a computer-assisted element were to be added. All the procedural details and outcome of the projects will be described in the presentation and the core of the discussion will focus on both rewarding and disappointing aspects of this mode of instruction from students’ as well as the instructor’s perspectives.

  • Issue Year: 2/2014
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 211-235
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English