Narrativa digital - Learning strategies to develop speaking skills

Este vídeo contém estratégias para o desenvolvimento e promoção da oralidade na língua inglesa, podendo contudo ser adaptado à aprendizagem de outras línguas.

Learning strategies to develop speaking skills

Análise crítica do texto referente à letra da música 11 de marzo

Análise:

Esta letra corresponde a uma música da banda espanhola Oreja de Van Gogh, dedicada aos atentados e às vítimas do 11 de março em Madrid, Espanha.

Escolhi esta letra pois é um material com aplicabilidade pedagógica na área do ensino do Espanhol, pois para além de dar a conhecer aos alunos uma banda de música espanhola, retrata um acontecimento histórico do país. Sendo assim um material útil para dar a conhecer aos alunos um pouco da cultura espanhola.

A letra retrata os acontecimentos do 11 de março em Espanha, quando em algumas estações de comboio explodiram bombas, fruto de um atentado. Fala também de uma história de amor entre duas pessoas que viajavam diariamente naquele comboio. Uma rapariga que todos os dias que viajava no comboio reparava no rapaz que ia sentado à sua frente. Ela considerava-se uma covarde por nunca lhe ter dirigido a palavra, pois sentia-se apaixonada pelo rapaz.

Todos os dias naquele comboio, aquela rapariga e aquele rapaz cruzavam o olhar, mas não se falavam.

Naquele dia ela encheu-se de coragem e falou para ele, e para seu espanto, ele respondeu-lhe, dizendo que todos os dias trocava o comboio dele por aquele, só para vê-la.

No momento em que deram as mãos, entraram no túnel onde explodiu a bomba, e as luzes apagaram-se. Ela procurou a cara dele entre a escuridão, beijaram-se e nesse momento ela entregou ao rapaz o último sopro do seu coração. Uma história de amor que praticamente iniciou e terminou no mesmo dia, com a tragédia vivida pelos espanhóis.

Esta atividade necessitará de uma prévia apresentação aos alunos dos acontecimentos do 11 de março, e de uma explicação sobre os factos e devida localização das estações de comboio envolvidas.

Uma das opções para utilizar este texto em contexto sala de aula é o de apresentar o texto aos alunos, e dar-lhes alguns minutos para que o leiam e reflitam sobre ele. De seguida, passar a música, e no final pedir que os alunos em grupos de 4 dramatizem o texto.

Após os alunos apresentarem as dramatizações do texto, a professora deve apresentar o vídeo, para que comparem com as dramatizações criadas.

Outra hipótese de aplicabilidade pedagógica deste texto, é apresentar a letra com espaços em branco no lugar de algumas palavras, de seguida pôr os alunos a ouvir a música, e pedir que ao mesmo tempo preencham as palavras em falta.

Desta forma os alunos trabalharão o vocabulário e a compreensão auditiva.

Ainda outra hipótese de aplicabilidade pedagógica deste texto, é pedir aos alunos que alterem o final da história, para que assim pratiquem a escrita criativa.

Link para o vídeo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgU8-UsbGYs

Link para o texto: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxL6Sv7t3_a4RzJlUl9RTTFvaVk/edit?usp=sharing

La naturaleza

Este material é útil para trabalhar o tema da natureza na aula de língua espanhola.
O vídeo consiste em apresentar elementos da natureza e questionar o espetador sobre a sua destruição. No final da apresentação do vídeo pode-se propor aos alunos responder oralmente, explorando as suas perceções sobre a natureza, e ao mesmo tempo alertando para a sua preservação.

La música nos hace sentir bien

Este vídeo serve como atividade de introdução do tema da música, normalmente bem recebido por parte dos alunos. Trata-se de um estudo publicado na revista Nature Neuroscience, que explica o porquê de a música nos fazer sentir bem. No final da apresentação do vídeo podem ser feitas questões aos alunos, explorando as suas perceções sobre a música.

Se gostam de música; Se costumam cantar; que tipo de música o faz sentir bem; Que tipo de música os faz sentir mal; Que tipo de sensações sentem ao ouvir música que gostam... Permitindo assim aos alunos expôr as suas perceções e ao mesmo tempo praticar a oralidade na aula de língua espanhola.

11 de marzo

Este material é bastante útil para a aula de espanhol, na medida em que permite aos alunos trabalhar a competência cultural, conhecendo um acontecimento da história de Espanha, bem como permite trabalhar outras competências, tais como, o vocabulário, fornecendo a letra da música aos alunos com palavras omitidas para eles completarem através da audição da música.
Este material permite também trabalhar a oralidade e a criatividade, fornecendo a letra da música aos alunos e pondo-os a ouvir a música, podemos pedir que após alguns minutos de reflexão, eles criem uma dramatização para aquela história. No final é mostrado aos alunos o vídeo original e comparadas as versões criadas com a original.

Letra:

La Oreja De Van Gogh – Jueves Once de Marzo

Si fuera más guapa y un poco más lista

si fuera especial si fuera de revista

Tendría el valor de cruzar el vagón y preguntarte quién eres

Te sientas enfrente y ni te imaginas

Que llevo por ti mi falda más bonita

Y al verte lanzar un bostezo al cristal se inundan mis pupilas

Y de pronto me miras te miro y suspiras

Yo cierro los ojos tú apartas la vista

Apenas respiro me hago pequeñita

Y me pongo a temblar

Y así pasan los días de lunes a viernes

como las golondrinas del poema de Bécqer

Y de estación a estación en frente tú y yo va y viene el silencio

Y de pronto me miras te miro y suspiras

Yo cierro los ojos tú apartas la vista

Apenas respiro me hago pequeñita

Y me pongo a temblar

Y entonces ocurre despiertan mis labios pronuncian tu nombre tartamudeando

Supongo que piensas qué chica más tonta y me quiero morir

Pero el tiempo se para y te acercas diciendo

Yo aún no te conozco y ya te echaba de menos

Cada mañana rechazo el directo y elijo este tren

Y ya estamos llegando mi vida ha cambiado un día especial este 11 de marzo

Me tomas la mano llegamos a un túnel que apaga la luz

Te encuentro la cara gracias a mis manos

Me vuelvo valiente y te beso en los labios

Dices que me quieres y yo te regalo

El último soplo de mi corazón

Este material visa promover a prática da oralidade na aula de inglês, já que os alunos na generalidade gostam de jogos didáticos.
Desta forma, os alunos estarão a praticar não só as competências orais, bem como as escritas, também a capacidade e autonomia para a auto-avaliação e avaliação dos colegas.

Game:

·      Divide class into 6 groups of 4 members each;

Rules:

·      Yes or no answers are not allowed;

·      When playing, one member of the group must chose a question card, and after discussing with the other members, one of them should answer as complete as possible to the question proposed;

·      The group playing, must chose another group to write the answer on the blackboard and correct it;

·      The points will be given by all groups and teacher;

·      Each correction group gets extra point each time they correct a sentence;

·      Each non-playing group must give from 1 to 3 points to the group that is playing;

·      Wins the group with higher score!

·      Points will be given according to:

o   How complete and correct the answer is;

o   The answer related to the question;

o   Pronunciation;

o   How was the group work.

Question cards:

What is your favourite colour? Why?	What is your favourite city? Why?
What is your favourite movie? Why?	Do you like big cities or small towns? Why?
Where will you spend your summer holidays? Why?	What is your favourite food? Why do you like it?
Do you like dogs or cats? Why?	What is your favourite animal? Why?
What is your favourite band/singer? Why?	Do you want to wear brand-name clothes? Why or why not?
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you leave? Why?	Have you ever had a frequent dream? (That’s a dream that you have more than once.) Describe it.
Where in the world have you always wanted to go on vacation? Why?	Do you believe in ghosts? Why or why not?
What is your favourite (clean) joke? Please tell it!	What do you want to do when you finish secondary school? Why?
If you could be an animal for a day, what animal would you be? Why?	What kind of music do you like best? Why?

Practice speaking/Prepare for KET (Key For Schools)

Os cartões abaixo apresentados servem para praticar a oralidade na aula de inglês, mas também para preparar os alunos para a componente oral do exame Key For Schools, introduzido este ano no ensino público português.
Esta atividade consiste em organizar os alunos em pares, e pedir que um inicie fazendo as perguntas e o outro responda, e de seguida troquem as posições e o que respondeu passe a perguntar.
Dar a oportunidade aos alunos de conhecer a estrutura do exame, e de o praticar, reduz a carga de ansiedade e stress que terão no dia do exame pois passa a ser uma realidade já conhecida para eles.

Key for Schools – Speaking

Cards’ examples:

Cinema Shopping centre Shrek/animation 6 pm 5€ Family and friends

Cinema Where/cinema? What/movie/type? What/time? How/cost? Who/with?

Eating out Pizza Pizza Hut 10€ 8pm Brother and sister

Eating out What/food? Where? Price? Meeting/time? Who/with?

Karting First time 25€ Helmet and Gloves Braga’s Karting Track Father Low speed

Karting Tried before? Expensive? Protective gear? Where? Who/taking? High speed?

Karaoke Madonna/American Life The White Lion Pub Open – 3pm Close – 11pm Friends Birthday party Alcohol free

Karaoke What/singer/song? Where? Can/go/5pm? With? Occasion/type? Drink/vodka?

Shopping School materials 50€ 43€ Sunday Bus Staples

Shopping What/buy? Money/have? Total/cost? Saturday? What/transport? Name/store?

Diferent images of beauty

Este vídeo retirado do youtube é útil para introduzir o tema das diferentes formas de beleza, e desta forma permitir que os alunos formem opiniões ou até mesmo desconstruam preconceitos.
É uma ferramenta útil para o ensino e aprendizagem do multiculturalismo, mas também de outras competências, tais como a escrita, podendo ser pedido aos alunos que redijam um texto sobre o vídeo e confrontem com as suas próprias perceções, ou até mesmo a oralidade, pedindo aos alunos que reflitam sobre o vídeo e exponham oralmente as suas opiniões.

Opinions about tattos

Este material pode ser utilizado para praticar as competências orais dos alunos na aula de inglês.
Os alunos devem ser organizados em grupos (4 máx), e de seguida entregue a cada grupo apenas um dos textos apresentados. Deve-se pedir a cada grupo que reflita sobre a opinião contida no texto, e que compare com as suas e dos colegas, expondo este resultado oralmente para a professora e turma.
Deste modo, os alunos estão a refletir sobre as suas perceções no âmbito do tema das tatuagens, e também a conhecer as dos seus colegas, transformando-se não só numa atividade que promove a oralidade mas também a multiculturalismo.
Outra das vantagens deste material, é o de dar autonomia aos alunos de formar as suas próprias conclusões acerca do tema.

In my country, young people like tattoos very much. They have butterflies, flowers and hearts tattooed on parts of their bodies. Also, they choose very interesting zones to build marks of their youth. Almost all of them are trying to get our attention by doing it. It is just human. I'm self confident enough to get one, but what is stopping me is my fear. I'm sure it hurts. And worse, it is irreversible. To me, it could be a kind of art. If I were not weak, I would have a beautiful small star on the back of my neck. I don't have anything against tattoos. I don't worry about what people are going to say about that. If my daughter wanted to get one, I would help her. The best thing in our lives is experience. When are we going to do crazy things? Just in youth when we have time and courage to change our minds

Angela Teixeira from Brazil

Young people like to exhibit tattoos for different reasons, I guess. The main reasons may be to get attention and not be out of fashion or to show that they have opinions, that they are different and confident. They might want to show they are courageous because the process of getting that desired tattoo is painful. However, they are young, and when time passes, probably they will regret having done that. Many people who don't have tattoos have negative opinions about them. So, for those who wear tattoos, the chances are that they will be barred from some places, especially from jobs. By the way, it depends on how big it is because if it is small, nobody will notice. Returning to talk about regrets, the problem will become bigger. Since a tattoo is a permanent thing, removing it might be very difficult or even impossible.

Nelma Toledo Mendonca from Brazil

These days, tattooing has become a kind of fad. In Korea, there are not many people who have tattoos on their bodies. Koreans have traditional thoughts about their bodies. In former days, our ancestors didn't even get their hair and nails cut. Doing something to their bodies which were inherited from their parents was disobedient. For this reason, tattooing is not popular in my country. Most people who have tattoos are regarded negatively. In the U.S. I have seen many people with tattoos. At first, I felt disgusted. Now, I feel it's okay. Maybe I'm accustomed to them now, but if somebody suggested I get a tattoo, I'd reject his suggestion because I'm afraid of health risks of infection and I'm a little conservative. Sometimes, I think about sticker tattoos. My cousin uses them. Well, I don't think it is beautiful. However, whenever I've wanted to change my mood, I've thought about using a sticker tattoo. I'm against putting real tattoos on the body.

Seung-Hye Lee from Korea

In my country, it used to be said that tattoos make women more beautiful. Therefore, over the last decade, tattoos became the most famous fad among women in Iraq. Often girls, before their wedding eve, went to get their hands and faces covered with tattoos. But recently this custom stopped. Nowadays they prefer to use temporary tattoos instead on permanent ones. They use henna designs which last about three weeks. They believe that this kind of tattoo looks more beautiful and they can change the design at any time.

Sadiq Hasoon from Iraq

The first time I heard that tattoos were from China, I thought it was a shame. Actually, I don't like them very much, but I don't have anything against people having them. When you enter the army in Taiwan, the military doctors check everyone's body. They send the people who have tattoos to the tough bases or departments, so you can probably guess how my society view people with tattoos. Nowadays, lots of young girls and women like to have tattoos on their forearms. They put flower-like icons or chain icons around their arms for decoration. After all, they don't have to go to the army!

Kung-Yi Chen (Fred) from Taiwan

I think tattoos are very personal. I know a lot of people who really like them and think that they are a piece of art, or a symbol that has a great meaning. They just identify with that particular design. Sometimes it can be religious, or they need to have one to become a member of a group like gangs, for instance. These people are proud of them and nobody will make them change their minds.

On the other hand, there is a big percentage of people who just hate tattoos and feel very disgusted by them. They think that they are very bad and relate them with lower class, uneducated or criminal people. Some people who got tattoos in the past feel that they made a mistake and have experienced rejection by society. They try to have them removed. Sometimes that can be unsuccessful because of time or because the type of ink the "artist" used can be very hard to remove. Anyway, I don't like tattoos even though I have seen very beautiful ones. I am not attracted to them, and I hope my kids won't get any...I would die!

Martha Leverett from Colombia

Nowadays, tattooing is very popular among teenagers. I think it is a kind of fad or fashion. I have a friend who has a tattoo on his forearm. He told me he likes this drawing; that's why he decided to get a tattoo. Most parents in my country don't allow their sons or daughters to get a tattoo because they believe that tattooing is some kind of unusual fashion that only bad people have. if we think about the future, no company wants to recruit people who have tattoos on their bodies.

Piboon Choklerdpatana from Thailand

Personally I think not everyone can have a tattoo, and the person who can get one can't have all the styles. What I mean is the physical complexion has a lot to do with it. A tiny person would look bad with a big tattoo, and a girl doesn't look better with a chic tattoo on her arm. I only know some people with tattoos, and they were sailors who got tattoos on their bodies of eagles, girls, names of ships, roses, girlfriend's names and holy images because it was a way to remember them or to distinguish themselves as sailors. Now, I think tattooing is a new fad in society. Teenagers want something that proves they do not agree with society's rules. They want something different. What I think is that they should think twice before having something tattooed on their bodies. They could be barred from places or jobs because of that, especially because people still think of people with tattoos as criminals and lower-class members of society. If parents want to discourage their kids from getting tattoos, they have to show their kids how dangerous it could be. Chances are, with a good education and most important good communication between parents and children, this will never happen. I personally like how some girls look with a tattoo on their arms, especially the one that is like a chain, or some small tattoo on their ankles. I think this is a kind of fad that is likely to pass, but not vanish. Although not all people would like to have one, there will always be someone who will want to have a tattoo.

Jose Guillermo Davila from Mexico

I don't like tattoos and body piercing. In my country, body piercing is done by popular singers and artists who like different and exceptional things. I think tattooing for young people should be banned because they are still growing right now, and tattoos can affect their health and skin. Many countries, including the U.S.A., urge that underage youngsters not be allowed to get piercings and tattoos. Young people can't get them without parental consent. People feel differently about tattooing and piercing. I my opinion, a really beautiful picture drawn on the skin doesn't look good. I'm not ignoring youth's new life style, but I'd prohibit my children from getting tattoos and abnormal piercings such as eyebrows, nose, tongue and navel piercings. Also, something which I'm worried about is that criminal groups like gangsters usually have tattoos. Some gangs indicate they are a member of a group by getting a special-shaped tattoo, so youth might be apt to join bad circles.

Seung-Hye Lee (Clare) from Korea

In my country, a long time ago, low-class men used to sport tattoos on their arms. I've never thought about it, but now I realize how ridiculous these tattoos were because they could be a Christ, the Virgen of Guadalupe, a nude woman, or a rose. Can you imagine that? Today, tattoos are a fashion, and a lot of teenagers want to have one or more. In fact, I've seen some girls with ankle designs or tattoos on their mid-rifts. Also, there are actresses who wear tattoos, some of them in places of the body not visible. I don't like tattoos, maybe because in my mind, I still have the idea that tattoos are for low-class men.

Graciela Flores Alvarez from Mexico