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1. UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL
ABIERTA Y A DISTANCIA
U.N.A.D.
Fabiola Moreno Cañadas
BOGOTÁ
2017
Helix
aspersa
Muller
A SCIENCE PROJECT
FOR MEANINGFUL
ENGLISH LANGUAGE
LEARNING IN 6th
GRADE
TRACKS……
TRACKS WITH
GARDEN SNAILS:

2. Objectives
To implement a science project in order to provide
opportunities for meaningful learning in 6th grade.
Specific:
To adapt an already-made lesson plan connected to garden
snails in order to learn English through science.
To examine the role the activities contained in the lesson have
in students language learning.
To determine if students find activities of the lesson
meaningful for language learning .

3. Areas or themes
for the literature review
Teaching science in the English class
Meaningful learning
Teaching young learners.

4. JUSTIFICATION
Having in mind the cross curricular approach
that enriches the English learning through
different subjects, we take advantage of
diverse topics. Students learn new issues and
we deal with their background knowledge.
This helps students to understand the
importance of learning English as a foreign
language not just as a group of grammar
rules, but also as a tool to improve their
knowledge of other subjects such as biology,
mathematics, history, geography, etc.

5. Brown, D. (2000). Principles of language and teaching
(4th edition). White Plains, NY: Logman.
Ligthbown, P. and Spada, N. (1999). How languages
are learned, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nunan, D. (1995). Research methods in language
learning. Cambridge: Cambridge. University
Press.
Profile: Issues in teachers` professional development
(2007) Nª 8.
Short, K., Harste, J., & Burke C. (1996). Creating
classrooms for authors and inquires. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
References

6. Brown, D. (2000). Principles of language and teaching
(4th edition). White Plains, NY: Logman.
Ligthbown, P. and Spada, N. (1999). How languages
are learned, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Nunan, D. (1995). Research methods in language
learning. Cambridge: Cambridge. University
Press.
Profile: Issues in teachers` professional development
(2007) Nª 8.
Short, K., Harste, J., & Burke C. (1996). Creating
classrooms for authors and inquires. Portsmouth, NH:
Heinemann.
References