The document details the eTwinning Conference 2011 held in Budapest, focusing on how to enhance second language learning through collaborative projects involving various European partners. It describes various engaging activities like creating films, writing stories, and developing travel guides that help students practice language skills in authentic contexts. The emphasis is on integrating these activities into the curriculum to motivate students and facilitate active language engagement.

1. eTwinning conference 2011Budapest Workshop:Learning a second language through eTwinningRia De Wilde (Be)Alice Micallef (Mt)

2. Ria De Wilde: teacher of French and coordinator in Belgium,

3. in the Flemish part: in Poperinge, near to the French border

4. French = second language

5. eTwinning projects since 2005, in French, one in Spanish

6. coordinator of a Comenius project, in EnglisheTwinning partners all over Europe:a very small number in France!

7. Activities to motivate the students : use a socialnetworkorthe neweTwinningTwinSpaceUntil last year:Ning / New TwinSpaceThis school year:Grouply / New TwinSpaceTools used for collaboration:BlogsWikisEmbed videos (YouTube/Vimeo/…) Embed PPT (slideshare)…

8. Secondlanguagelearning:ourfirstaim: learn the foreignlanguage!Competences:WritingReadingListeningSpeaking

9. Secondlanguagelearning:smallprojects <-> big projectsintegration in the curriculumProjects:EurodrawingMot de passe: CYBER ESPACE.

10. Activities to motivate the students:make a film with Windows Movie MakerPreparation:- Write a text Take pictures- Record the presentation Film the school

11. Use Windows Movie MakerResponsibility of the students!Fun!A little bit of fear!Real audience!

12. Activities to motivate the students : write a story together and use a WIKIPlanète @dosLa Cyberclasse EUropéenneThe Quest for the European Grail

13. Activities to motivate the students : the students discuss about the project in a FORUMProject:LaCyberclasseEUropéenne.

14. Activities to motivate the students : the students prepare a quiz and publish it in a BLOGProject:Notre fabuleuse histoire européenne.

15. Activities to motivate the students :Present historic figures, choose 2 figures of the partners and make a video of them.The presentations are uploaded on Slideshare and embedded in the TwinSpace.The videos are uploaded on Vimeo and will also be embedded in the TwinSpace.

16. Activities to motivate the students : the students write a story based on pictures taken by the students.Project:10x10x10

17. Activities to motivate the students : the students write a song together and publish the performance.Project:The Quest for the European Grail.

18. Activities to motivate the students : -create a Voki-record the voiceof the students with VoxopopProjects:Mot de passe: CYBER ESPACE.Bon.PlanNet

19. Alice Micallef Language teaching and learning in MaltaTeaching German as a foreign language.Coordinator for German as a foreign language.

20. Creating situations for learningbeyond the classroom walls eTwinning tasks integrated within / as an extension of classroom activities.Twinspace Wiki Forum

21. Learning the language – the intercultural dimension of language learningTwinspace - E-Mail What do we work on?About our life in Malta and Germany.Integrating classroom content with student task objectives.

22. Our partner class in GermanyProject work – collaborating with the partner class

23. The travel guide- Project workWriting about places to visit in Malta / Germany A cultural , a historical and a place for entertainment Present a place to your partner on the twinspaceAsk for information Help your eTwinning partners to write in the target language / your mother tongue..Present a ‘travel guide’ with the information collected, about the authors, and the students providing the information. DER REISEFÜHRER

24. Individual and group planning

25. an element of trust ...information gap activities ..sources of informationMy favourite place in BerlinAn interesting place in Berlin is the ……………….. It is an entire quarter built from scratch after 1995, in place of the Berlin wall which had divided the city for years.

26. Collaborative work

27. Wiki – reflecting on language learning - collaborating and constructing ..Continuation of group work started in classInput from target language speakers.Proofreading and correcting eachothers’ work.

28. Extension of group work – class wiki

29. A community of learning – class forumHallo. Ich bin Sarah. Ich habe diese Webseite gefunden und sie ist toll. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/languages/german/Aisfor.shtmlEine interessane Webseite ...hier kann man Texte finden ...und viel mehr.http://www.deutschlern.net/Und hier kannst du ein Thema aussuchen und Wortschatz wiederholen ....oder etwas Neues lernen....auch wenn du italienisch nicht verstehst.http://ospitiweb.indire.it/ictavagnacco/deutsch/Hallo! Ich bin Rebecca. Ich habe diese Übungen gefunden:http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/german/readingf/

30. Learning aims – learning outcomeseTwinning activities integrated within language lessons