sparkles #25

SEPTEMBEROCTOBER 2015

IN THIS ISSUE

NEWSFLASH

2-3

FAIRY TALES

4-5

FAMOUS FAIRY

TALE AUTHORS

6

NOT JUST

ANOTHER BRICK IN

THE WALL

9

ERROR

CORRECTION

11

ISSUE 2515

Magazine for and by English learners and teachers

Editors

Maja Ivanović prof

Komercijalna i trgovačka škola Bjelovar

Irena Pavlović prof mentor

Srednja škola Čazma

email sparklesnewslettergmailcom

Facebook httpswwwfacebookcomSparklesnewsletter

Change is the only constant Is it easy

No its not Is it always welcome Not

really Change is demanding and

difficult We need to step out of our

comfort zone and embrace something

new Sometimes it turns out to be

amazing other times less so So why do

it The answer is simple - change may

be hard and unpleasant but not

changing is fatal

Thats why there is all new Sparklescopy

now in front of you After two years and

24 issues we have decided its time to

become slightly different To grow to

adapt to change As George Bernard

Shaw once said progress is impossible

without change and those who cannot

change their minds cannot change

anything So we did it We have

changed Or better to say we have

begun changing

From now on Sparklescopy

is no longer a

monthly newsletter We are turning into

a proper magazine format with five

issues a year Some sections will remain

the same - we will still give plenty of

materials for learning English and

devote several pages to teachers

professional development But other

sections will be different - and you will

help us shape them There is even

going to be a supplement with each

issue School year 201516 issues will

present a collection of fairy tales written

by grammar school students from High

school in Čazma To honour their effort

the first issue this year is devoted to

fairy tales Enjoy And stay with us bull IP

CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS

ISSUE

Denis Savić

High School Čazma

Anita Ružić prof

The School of Economics and

Tourism Daruvar

Suzana Pušić

High School Čazma Librarian

Lara Lovrić

High School ldquoAugust Šenoardquo

Garešnica

Or Did they

is proud to present Alternative fairy tales written

by second grade grammar school students from High school in Čazma

Shrek Untold

Written by David Bošnjak Patrik Tkalčević

Zvonimir Ante Stipić Matko Grošinić amp Ivan Ranogajec

httpissuucommajaivanovic1docsshrek_untold

Sleeping Beauty

Written by Antonija Margetan Ivona Dabac

amp Monika Pavlović

httpissuucommajaivanovic1docssleeping_beauty

PAGE 2

The final meeting of the Comenius project ldquoMy Herit-

age Your Holidayrdquo funded by the Agency for mobility

and EU Programmes was held in a Portuguese town

Santo Tirso from 18 to 22 May 2015

The host was Escola Profissional Agricola Conde S

Bento Secondary School As the task of the project is

promoting rural tourism tradition and heritage this

meeting also had a topic rdquoLocal products and their

importance in rural tourismrdquo

The participants of this mobility were students and

teachers from England France Romania Italy Spain

and Croatia

The School of Economics and Tourism Daruvar and its

products ndash nettle tea and marigold cream- and hazel-

nut oil which is produced in Daruvar were presented

by four teachers (Romana Gašpar Mihaela Amić

Anita Ružić and Svjetlana Brkić Milivojević) and four

students (Lora Žukina Ema Šoić Katarina Bukač and

Dorotea Matus)

The students were accommodated in a boarding

school with students from the other countries

Ema Šoić 3rd grade student

Going to Portugal was one of the best decisions ever

It couldn`t have been better The students from

Portugal were very friendly hosts and I will always

remember the excursions and competitions against

other countries I would like to go there again and I

will never forget the friends Ive made there

Dorotea Matus 3rd grade student

The trip to Portugal was a wonderful experience I

have met new people and a new culture which is very

different from ours The people are outgoing and

friendly Of all the places we have visited Porto was

the most beautiful That is a city with a soul I was

impressed by the ocean All in all an unforgettable

journey

Lora Žukina 2nd grade student

Portugal was a new experience for me Different culture customs food I have never seen such commitment

and love towards others This is a life experience which if I had the chance I would do all over again

Wrapping up ldquoMy Heritage Your Holidayrdquo in Portugal

They spent time together and had workshops like

baking bread making jam and cheese They also

looked after some animals which live on the farm in

the school

Since it is a school of agrotourism that has its own

land where they grow fruit and vegetables and farm

animals the guests had the opportunity to see the

process of production of different products and to

participate in it

On Thursday every project partner had a

presentation and so did our students They

presented the production of nettle tea and marigold

cream as well as three companies from Daruvar

ldquoBiogalrdquo ldquoPčelarstvo Daruvarrdquo and ldquoNowardquo doo A

multilingual dictionary which is one of the joint

products of this project was presented at a

coordinators` meeting

Apart from the workshops and presentations at

school the participants had the opportunity to see

the sights and learn about the history of Santo Tirso

Guimaraes Porto and Bragabull AR

PAGE 3

Speakers

proposals

admitted until

January 31st

2016

Dear students and fellow colleagues Bjelovar-bilogora County is forming the English Proficiency Centre On Saturday mornings in Bjelovar Gymnasium lessons will be held as a preparation for competitions and Matura Exam for students who are able and willing to become proficient in English This project is financed by the County so transportation lunch and learning materials are provided for all the participants free of charge Teachers from our county schools will be working with the students in small groups The Centre opens on October 10 2015 and the lessons are planned until the middle of March 2016 There is still time to apply for the students willing to learn more as well as for teachers who want to take on a new challenge and make an even bigger difference If you decide to do so feel free to contact us at Sparkles

copy

We look forward to working and improving together MI

English Proficiency Centre of Bjelovarmdashbilogora County

PAGE 4

Oxford Studentrsquos Dictionary

of English says that fairy

tales are stories about

fairies magic etc What is

hidden behind this simple explanation In the

castle or in the woods beyond the seven seas and

the seven hills there are fairies wizards dragons

witches princesses princes kings and queenshellip

But there is a lot more

Children like fairy tales

Parents and grandparents

used to read them more in

the past then today but

they have to keep on

reading even if they see

that the child knows the

fairy tale by heart They

have to continue because it

is interesting and good for

children certainly better

than turning on the TV a

DVD player or a computer and watching a

cartoon based on a fairy tale or watching a film

about a modern Cinderella with a mobile phone

Why do children need fairy tales

Good always wins in fairy tales They teach

children to distinguish between good and bad but

also they give us hope that good will prevail no

matter what A boy

wins the battle with

the giant and he shows

us that the little people

have a chance to

succeed in life which is

very important for

children to know

Children feel sad when

the wolf eats the

granny but happy

when the hunter kills the wolf Although this

could be a violent scene and children today grow

in a very violent environment with a lot of violent

cartoons and video games by reading or listening

to The Little Red Riding Hood they canrsquot see

violence but learn to stand up for the weak

Fairy tales are good for learning

about other cultures Reading

fairy tales from another part of

the world helps us accept

different people and different ways of living

They make us more tolerant and flexible

Children donrsquot like reading today but fairy tales

are made for todayrsquos ldquoreading hatersrdquo They are

usually short full of action and interesting so

they can keep us concentrated on the story We

canrsquot leave the book until we read the end

When The Little Mermaid asks for legs she is not

completely aware of the consequences Fairy tales

encourage critical thinking because they make

children think what will come out of their wishes

or deeds On the

other hand they

have to imagine what

the Mermaid or her

fatherrsquos castle look

like

One of the most

important features

concerning fairy tales

is to believe in magic

and let your

imagination grow and build new worlds So who

is better to talk about fairy tales than the great

Albert Einstein who once said ldquoIf you want your

children to be intelligent read them fairy tales If

you want them to be more intelligent read them

more fairy talesrdquoSP

PAGE 5

Fairy tales I liked to read when I

was younger were Hensel and

Gretel and Cinderella I liked them

because they were very interesting

and educative I liked all the

characters that werent bad but

Cinderella is my favourite

Sara Jančić 3c

My favourite fairy tale was

Cinderella I liked it because

Cinderella had a difficult childhood

but in the end she became a

princess

Marina Kamenečki 3c

My favourite fairy tale and my

favourite character is Rapunzel I

love her because she has long blond

hair and she sings beautifully

Nataša Smuđ 3c

I loved to read The Little Red

Riding Hood The Wolf is my

favourite character because he

shows how bad people can be

Kristina Anić 3c I really like to read fairy tales

Sleeping Beauty Snow White

Cinderella Beauty and the Beast

are my favourite fairy tales

Sleeping Beauty is my favourite

character because she was sleeping

for many years and I like to sleep a

lot too

Ivana Kušan 3c

Fairy tales I wasnt that kind of a girl at

all The cartoon of my childhood was

TMNT because I didnt like that girly

stuff But there was one fairy tale that

my mum read to me lots of times It was

Bambi a beautiful story about animals

better said deer Bambis character is my

favourite one because he survived cold

winter without his mother and after he

met Feline the love of his life everything

was easy and he became The Great Prince

of the Forest

Leonarda Grandverger 3c

My favourite fairy tale is Peter Pan

My favourite character is Peter

because he is a boy who doesnt

want to grow up And he can fly

Dominik Lončarić 3c

I like fairy tales with happy endings My

favourite was The Little Red Riding Hood

My favourite character was the wolf

because he is very funny and resourceful

but he wasnt honest and he was punished

for it

Martina Dropulja 3c

The kids view on fairy tales

My favourite fairy tale was The Little Red

Riding Hood I loved that tale because my

parents read it to me very often My

favourite character was the hunter

because he saved Granny and the Redcap

Niko Škaro 1c

My best fairy tale from childhood

was Tarzan because he can swing

from trees and do whatever he

wants in the jungle

Tin J Plivalić 1c

My favourite fairy tale was Peter

Pan It was a really interesting

tale full of adventures and thats

why I like it My favourite

charater was Peter Pan

Anica Nesvadba 1c

I cant decide which fairy tale is

my favourite but I really like

Snow White and the Seven

Dwarves My favourite characters

are princesses but I also cant

decide which one I love the most

Ive never liked witches though

Maja Posuda 1c

My favourite fairy tale is The Ugly

Duckling because its a story about a

little duck who was ugly and nobody

liked him but in the end he became

a beautiful swan My favourite

character is that ugly duck because

he was sweet and I really liked him

and he was pretty to me even when

nobody liked him

Ema Loth 1c

PAGE 6

CARLO COLLODI

Authors of the worlds most famous fairy tales

Carlo Lorenzini (November 24 1826 ndash

October 26 1890) better known by the

pen name Carlo Collodi was a

Florentine childrens writer known for

the world-renowned fairy tale novel

The Adventures of Pinocchio Lorenzini

died unaware of the fame and

popularity that awaited his work

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)

Danish author and poet wrote many

poems plays stories and travel essays but

is best known for his fairy tales of which

there are over one hundred and fifty

published in numerous collections during

his life and many still in print today

Andersens fairy tales of fantasy with moral

lessons are popular with children and

adults all over the world and they also

contain autobiographical details of the

man himself

Stories such as The Little Mermaid The

Princess and the Pea The Ugly Duckling

The Emperors New Clothes

Thumbelina and The Snow Queen won

him worldwide fame

BROTHERS GRIMM

The Brothers Grimm Jacob (January 4 1785

- September 20 1863) and Wilhelm Grimm

(February 24 1786 - December 16 1859)

were German academics who were best

known for publishing collections of folk tales

and classic fairy tales which became very

popular

Grimm Brothers did academic work in

linguistics related to how the sounds in

words shift over time - Grimms law They

are among the best-known story tellers of

folk tales from Europe and their work

popularized such tales as Snow White

Rumpelstiltskin Rapunzel Hansel and

Gretel Cinderella and The Frog Prince

LEWIS CARROLL

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January

1832 - 14 January 1898) is best known by

the pen name Lewis Carroll His most

famous writings are The Hunting of the

Snark Alices Adventures in

Wonderland and its sequel Through the

Looking-Glass Dodgsons family was

predominantly northern English with Irish

connections

From a young age Lewis Carroll wrote

poetry and short stories both

contributing heavily to the family

magazine and later sending them to

various magazines Between 1854 and

1856 his work appeared in the national

publications

CHARLES PERRAULT

Charles Perrault (12 January 1628 ndash 16

May 1703) was a French writer Perrault

was born in Paris to a wealthy bourgeois

family son of Pierre Perrault His brother

Claude Perrault is known as the architect

of the severe east range of the Louvre

built between 1665 and 1680 At the age

of 67 he dedicated himself to his children

and to publishing stories The

publications of his work made him

suddenly widely-known and marked the

beginnings of a new literary genre the

fairy tale Perraults tales were mostly

adapted from earlier folk tales

ALEXANDER SERGEYEVICH

PUSHKIN

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 -

1837) was a Russian author of the

Romantic era who is considered to be

the greatest Russian poet and the

founder of modern Russian literature

Alexander Pushkin is usually credited

with developing Russian literature His

talent set up new records for

development of the Russian language

and culture

He wrote his most world famous play

Boris Godunov and novel Eugene

Onegin A genius of poetry he

e m b o d i e d R u s s i a n n a t i o n a l

consciousness and he became the pride

of his country

Some of his fairy tales are very popular

to this day such as The Tale of the

Priest and of His Workman Balda The

Tale of Tsar Saltan The Tale of the

Fisherman and the Fish The Tale of the

Golden Cockerel The Tale of the Dead

Princess and others

PAGE 7

Teenage girls dislike fairytales Ive heard it more than once They find them boring full of clicheacutes and borderline offensive Why Well

very often there is a girl sitting in a tower singing to the birds as she brushes her hair and waits for a prince to come and save her

She is demure helpless concerned mainly with her beauty A proper damsel in distress waiting around for the inevitable rescue

Definitely not something any young woman finds compelling

However not all stories are about helpless female victims There are strong women in fairytales- conniving princesses clever maidens

heroic serving girls - who are much more than the stereotype allows Check it out - you might be inspired by some of them IP

The Snow Queen

A little girl called Gerda undertakes an epic quest to find

her friend Kay when he is stolen by the Snow Queen She

eventually tracks him to the Queens palace and finds that

he has been completely brainwashed Gerdas tears born

of love and compassion melt Kays icy heart and free him

from the Snow Queens grasp Kyle isnt saved by true love

as one might expect nor is he kissed lying dead in a glass

coffin It is a rare beautiful friendship that transforms

Gerda from a little girl into a hero

The Iron Stove

A prince is cursed by a witch and imprisoned in an iron stove

in the woods A lost princess rescues him but because she

speaks more than three words the stove and prince fly away

over many icy mountains and snowy valleys She heads into

the forest to search for him encountering a cottage full of

wise frogs a mountain made of glass and other weird stuff

She finally finds the prince who doesnt remember her but

with the help of things her newly found friends gave her

everything ends happily With a totally unexpected twist

The Glass Coffin

Even though this story ends up with the maiden being rescued

from a subterranean prison by a brave tailor everything before

that proves her to be a fearless heroine She sets off into the

dark forest in pursuit of a mysterious stranger who has taken

her brother She battles the stranger and even shoots him with

her gun The stranger wins that contest and buries her but

once the tailor appears the maiden hoists a glass chest onto a

wide stone and breaks about a thousand curses at once

Hansel amp Gretel

Gretel is the most famous witch-killer of them all and also one of

the Grimms most developed characters As the story begins her

brother Hansel is the one doing all the thinking while Gretel cries

and laments their fate But when he is locked in a cage by the

witch who plans to eat him Gretel transforms into the hero She

outsmarts and kills the witch then frees her brother and

eventually deals with the evil stopmother What a fierce young

lady

Different kind of heroines

Fill the gaps with the correct tense of the verb in brackets

James Bond ________ (need) a drink The fight in the car park with the dwarf ________ (make) him thirsty He

walked quickly along 46th Street in search of an air-conditioned bar where he could get out of the heat and

think

He ________ (walk) for only a few minutes when it suddenly ________ (occur) to him that he was being followed

There was no evidence for it except for a slight itchy feeling on the top of his head But he had faith in his sixth

sense It ________ (never fail) him He ________ (stop) in front of the shop window he ________ (pass)

and ________ (look) casually back along the street He ________ (examine) the Swiss watches in the window and

then ________ (turn) and walked on

After a few yards he turned into a shop doorway where a man ________ (look) at Japanese cameras As he did

so something grabbed his right arm and a voice snarled All right Limey Take it easy unless you want lead for

lunch He ________ (feel) something press into his back just above his kidneys Bond ________ (try) to swing his

arm to hit whoever it was that ________ (hold) him but a strong hand ________ (catch) his fist An amused

voice ________ (say) No good James The angels have got you

He turned his head to find himself looking into the grinning hawk-like face of Felix Leiter A face

he ________ (last see) covered in bandages in a hospital bed in Cairo nine months earlier The face of the

American secret agent with whom he ________ (share) so many adventures

(With apologies to Ian Fleming)

limey - an old fashioned American slang expression for an British person

fist - the shape of your hand when you hold your fingers and thumb tightly together when you want to hit

someone

hawk-like - like a hawk a kind of hunting bird

PAGE 8

PAGE 9

If you know me at all you probably know that I love headbands They are basically

pieces of ribbon or chain worn around the head Why do I like them Because I like the way my hair looks

when I wear them I never see others wearing them at school and I understand why Some people think

they look nice but there are people who strongly dislike them and want to make sure that I know how

much they dislike them The first time I wore one of them I heard at least five people shouting rude stuff

about it as I was walking down the hallway After a month or two people got bored of telling me how

terrible it was that I wore what I liked so they stopped Now I can even go a day without hearing

something mean about it

I encourage you to think of something that could represent the headband in your life Something

you like but youre too scared to share because you might be judged for liking it Maybe its a shirt maybe

its pink nailpolish or maybe even a person Now that you have something you like think of how it makes

you feel Excited Calm Joyful Happy If its a positive feeling think of why you decide to hide it from

the world You have something that makes you feel good but you keep it to yourself so you could live a life

others designed for you Why do you try so hard to fit in Youre allowed to be different Its as simple as

that I encourage you to do whatever makes you happy unless its hurting others The truth is people are

going to judge you no matter what you do Your mind might be painted in the nicest shades of red and

blue but there is still going to be someone who hates purple Dont let others bring you down please dont

Youre allowed to be the best version of yourself Youre allowed to daydream about being the best version

of yourself even if people laugh about you and think youll never make your dreams come true People who

are meant to be in your life will see youre worth it and support you because of it If you lose someone

dont try to change yourself in order to bring them back or to find someone new Absence gives the heart

perspective Use your time to think about who you are and who you want to be The fact that youre so

different and individual will attract more people than you think Dont get me wrong Im not saying you

should become a completely different person next Monday Start by doing something for yourself

Something that will make you feel better If youre sentimental like me and you have a room full of useless

things because I remember that one time I sneezed in Germany and I must keep this tissue in order to

always remember the good old days I suggest you sit on the floor and surround yourself with each and

every one of those useless objects If there is something that doesnt bring you joy when you look at it or

hold it in your hands you have to get rid of it Youll end up with a clean room and plenty of space for

new things Also now that your wardrobe is tidy too you can go and buy that cool printed shirt that you

didnt want to buy last week because you thought your friends wouldnt like it Go and buy exactly that

shirt Pick a day to wear it wake up a little bit earlier in the morning make yourself look all cute and

youre good to go Yes even if your shirt has a bunch of pizza slices printed on it and your friends cant

stand your obsession with pizza anymore Go and rock that outfit no matter what others say

Now that I tried to boost your self-esteem and make you feel confident about being unique I hope

youll think of what makes you happy and why youre allowed to do everything that makes you happy You

are not here to live by someones expectations Youre good enough just the way you are and once again I

encourage you to go out and be different Dont listen to what people say and go for it It wont be easy at

first but youll feel so much better once you reach your goal Listen to the girl who likes headbands and

pizza shes tried it LL

Happiness gt societys expectations

PAGE 10

Once upon a time there two brothers were born hellip

Jacob Grimm who with his brother Wilhelm is famous for publishing the Grimmsrsquo

fairytales was born on January 4 1785 Although the Grimmsrsquo fairy tales are often

regarded as childrenrsquos literature the brothers did not originally intend for these dark

and violent stories to be read by children It was their research as linguists that first

led the Grimm brothers to listen to and record the stories and a desire to preserve

the German oral tradition that led them to publish the stories

Many of the fairy tales we are familiar with today have gone through a number of

changes to become more kid-friendly and audiences might be surprised to read the

often cruel and disturbing endings of the Grimmsrsquo original tales For example did

you know that in the Grimmsrsquo tale of Snow White the wicked queen is punished at

the end of the story and made to dance to her death wearing a pair of red hot iron

shoes

Still the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are beloved throughout the world and

with the right lesson plans and tools can be a valuable addition to language classes

Take a look at some of the Web sites below for classroom activities information on

the Grimm brothers and other resources for teaching fairy tales and folklore

At National Geographiccom you can read 12 different Grimmsrsquo fairy tales as

they were originally told including ldquoLittle Snow-Whiterdquo and ldquoThe Frog Kingrdquo

The Web site also includes an interesting biography of the Grimm brothers

Students are challenged to think about ethics as they read several different

popular fairy tales in this lesson from EducationWorld

Branch out from the well-known European fairy tales and study the folklore

and fairy tales of other cultures EDSITEment suggests exploring common

themes found in fairy tales around the world or studying the iconic characters

of Russian fairy tales

The TV show Grimm is loosely based on the fairy tales Have students watch

an episode (but warn them about the contents) Ask students to analyze

where the showrsquos creators stay faithful to the original stories and where they

depart from them

There is plenty to do even if you teach younger learnersWhether its The Princess

and the Rutabaga or Big Blue Riding Hood invite your students to turn familiar fairy

tales upside down and inside outmdashand to have fun This interactive tool gives

students a choice of three fairy tales to read They are then guided to choose a

variety of changes which they use to compose a fractured fairy tale to print off and

illustrate Useful for teaching point of view setting plot as well as fairy tale

conventions such as they lived happily ever after this tool encourages students to

use their imaginations and the writing process at the same time

httpwwwreadwritethinkorgfilesresourcesinteractivesfairytales

PAGE 11

Errors and Correction feedback on errors in foreign language classrooms

What types of error treatments encourage learners self-repair ie

what types of corrective feedback lead students to correct their own

errors with an eye toward grammatical accuracy and lexical precision

within a meaningful communicative context

Different correction techniques and possible effects on the learnerrsquos personality

Hot Correctionmdashcorrecting the learner the minute they make an errorThe learner learns that errors are wrong and that there will always

be someone to point this out and potentially embarrass them At the same time when the learner comes across another speakerrsquos error

they tend to interrupt and correct them on the spot

Cold Correctionmdashwaiting for the student to finish the task and then provide the correction The learner learns that attempting to perform

a task is more important than making errors However they also know that there will always be someone to spot the errors and correct

them eventually

Self Correctionmdashlearners correcting themselves The learner learns that they are completely responsible for performing a task and for

monitoring themselves while performing the task Help is provided by none other than their own selves

Peer Correctionmdashlearners correcting one another The learner learns that they belong to a society where one is helping the other and

that it is through this each otherrsquos support that improvement can be achieved

Types of Corrective Feedback

Explicit correction

Clearly indicating that the students utterance was

incorrect the teacher provides the correct form

Recast

Without directly indicating that the students utterance

was incorrect the teacher implicitly reformulates the

students error or provides the correction

Clarification request

By using phrases like Excuse me or I dont

understand the teacher indicates that the message

has not been understood or that the students

utterance contained some kind of mistake and that a

repetition or a reformulation is required

Metalinguistic clues

Without providing the correct form the teacher poses

questions or provides comments or information

related to the formation of the students utterance (for

example Do we say it like that Thats not how you

say it in English and Is it feminine)

Elicitation

The teacher directly elicits the correct form from the

student by asking questions (eg How do we say that

in English) by pausing to allow the student to

complete the teachers utterance (eg Its a) or by

asking students to reformulate the utterance (eg Say

that again) Elicitation questions differ from questions

that are defined as metalinguistic clues in that they

require more than a yesno response

Repetition

The teacher repeats the students error and adjusts

intonation to draw students attention to it

Should learners errors be corrected

When should learners errors be corrected

Which errors should be corrected

How should errors be corrected

Who should do the correcting

General suggestions

Consider the context

Before you plan systematic error correction practices for your

classrooms you need to consider the context in which student

language use and errors occur Students in the different stages of

cognitive development and language acquisition require error

correction techniques that are appropriate for their level of

understanding

Become aware of your current practices

Teachers can benefit by taking time to find out how they

currently address student errors Ask a colleague or classroom

aide to observe you while focusing specifically on your feedback

techniques Or audio record a number of your lessons and reflect

on the recording

Practice a variety of feedback techniques

Good teachers understand that one size does not fit all

Individual learners may well differ in terms of the particular error

correction technique most appropriate for their unique language

development needs Choosing to learn and use a few different

types of feedback that seem to produce student-generated

repairs increases your chance of reaching more students

Focus on the learnermdashits important to let the learner self-correct

Remember that your students may well be more capable than

you think As teachers we often feel an urge to rush in with the

correct response before students have had enough time to

process the information If we allow time and provide appropriate

cues for the learner to self-repair more often than not the

student will come through The least effective technique for

correcting a students incorrect language use is to simply give

them the answer MI

References

httpwwwcarlaumneduimmersionACIEvol1May1998pdf

httpwwweducualbertacastaffolenkaBilashbest20of20bilasherror20correctionhtml1

httpangelosbollasteflcom20150310on-error-correction

httpslanguageteachingtipswordpresscom20131107error-correction-techniques

OUR MILESTONES

and much much more

Wonderland issue - 150th

birthday of Alices

Adventures in Wonderland

Curricular reform under way

The final meeting of the Comenius project ldquoMy Herit-

age Your Holidayrdquo funded by the Agency for mobility

and EU Programmes was held in a Portuguese town

Santo Tirso from 18 to 22 May 2015

The host was Escola Profissional Agricola Conde S

Bento Secondary School As the task of the project is

promoting rural tourism tradition and heritage this

meeting also had a topic rdquoLocal products and their

importance in rural tourismrdquo

The participants of this mobility were students and

teachers from England France Romania Italy Spain

and Croatia

The School of Economics and Tourism Daruvar and its

products ndash nettle tea and marigold cream- and hazel-

nut oil which is produced in Daruvar were presented

by four teachers (Romana Gašpar Mihaela Amić

Anita Ružić and Svjetlana Brkić Milivojević) and four

students (Lora Žukina Ema Šoić Katarina Bukač and

Dorotea Matus)

The students were accommodated in a boarding

school with students from the other countries

Ema Šoić 3rd grade student

Going to Portugal was one of the best decisions ever

It couldn`t have been better The students from

Portugal were very friendly hosts and I will always

remember the excursions and competitions against

other countries I would like to go there again and I

will never forget the friends Ive made there

Dorotea Matus 3rd grade student

The trip to Portugal was a wonderful experience I

have met new people and a new culture which is very

different from ours The people are outgoing and

friendly Of all the places we have visited Porto was

the most beautiful That is a city with a soul I was

impressed by the ocean All in all an unforgettable

journey

Lora Žukina 2nd grade student

Portugal was a new experience for me Different culture customs food I have never seen such commitment

and love towards others This is a life experience which if I had the chance I would do all over again

Wrapping up ldquoMy Heritage Your Holidayrdquo in Portugal

They spent time together and had workshops like

baking bread making jam and cheese They also

looked after some animals which live on the farm in

the school

Since it is a school of agrotourism that has its own

land where they grow fruit and vegetables and farm

animals the guests had the opportunity to see the

process of production of different products and to

participate in it

On Thursday every project partner had a

presentation and so did our students They

presented the production of nettle tea and marigold

cream as well as three companies from Daruvar

ldquoBiogalrdquo ldquoPčelarstvo Daruvarrdquo and ldquoNowardquo doo A

multilingual dictionary which is one of the joint

products of this project was presented at a

coordinators` meeting

Apart from the workshops and presentations at

school the participants had the opportunity to see

the sights and learn about the history of Santo Tirso

Guimaraes Porto and Bragabull AR

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LEWIS CARROLL









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birthday of Alices












































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birthday of Alices



OUR MILESTONES

and much much more


birthday of Alices



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