Project-Based Learning: Three College Collaborative Learning Experiences

• Alicia de la Peña ^[1] ; Nuria Mendoza ^[1] ; Teresa Lamas ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad Nebrija

     Universidad Nebrija

     Madrid, España

     
• Localización: Search and research [Recurso electrónico]: teacher education for contemporary contexts / coord. por Juan José Mena Marcos, Ana García-Valcárcel Muñoz-Repiso, Francisco José García Peñalvo, Marta Martín del Pozo, 2017, ISBN 978-84-9012-769-8, págs. 729-736
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the framework of the Spanish College Education it’s becoming increasingly important to help students develop the competences required to successfully finish their academic studies as well as to enter the professional world. For that reason, in the Modern Languages Institute at Antonio de Nebrija University (Madrid) we are developing a Project-Based Learning format for the teaching of English as a Foreign Language. This motivating project-based collaborative teaching and learning format, both online and in the classroom, develops desirable competences such as problem solving, time management and teamwork, while it strengthens workgroup members’ autonomy and social skills. The purpose of this paper is to present three collaborative experiences that took place at Antonio de Nebrija University in the 2016 Fall semester with Freshmen English as a Foreign Language B1 and B2 level students (which correspond to intermediate and upper intermediate levels according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages). The tasks developed were: the elaboration of a hotel website, a class newspaper and the writing of the script of a short story and its subsequent dramatization. The results obtained from the students’ perception surveys about their collaborative experience will also be presented.