{"id":8731,"date":"2019-09-18T07:00:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T06:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltchat.org\/wordpress\/?p=8731"},"modified":"2019-09-18T07:00:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T06:00:16","slug":"__trashed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltchat.org\/index.php\/2019\/09\/18\/__trashed\/","title":{"rendered":"#ELTchat Summary Wednesday 13 March 2019 Project-based Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a><\/span>from Teachthough blog post “13 Brilliant Outcomes Of Project-Based Learning”<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Participants<\/span><\/h3>\n

@Marisa_C <\/a>@SueAnnan<\/a> @fionaljp <\/a>@JonjoTESOL<\/a> @Michael37093679<\/a> @ClareBurke_ELT<\/a> @patrickelt<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What is Project-Based Learning (PBL)?<\/span><\/h3>\n

@jonjoTESOL and @fionaljp started the chat by deciding a good place to start would be with a definition. @fionaljp tweeted a link to a post by Katherine Bilsborough on the British Council BBC Teaching English website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not sure I have. #ELTchat<\/a> Have done project work . Maybe we should start with a definition – What is Project-Based Learning?https:\/\/t.co\/BTpfvXL2QF<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Fiona Price (@fionaljp) March 13, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Katherine defines Task-Based Learning and then defines Project-Based Learning by comparing the two approaches. Both take the task as the central focus and both are learner-centred approaches. \u00a0She suggests that PBL could be considered as being even more learner-centred as the task is extended beyond the lesson (and possibly beyond the classroom<\/em>) for a specified length of time – possibly the duration of the course, the term or the academic year.<\/span><\/p>\n

@jonjoTESOL asked whether PBL is simply practising the language as opposed to learning the language and @patrickelt responded by saying:\u00a0‘Some models have a language learning focus post task and I think this can work. By doing the task, learners can see the gap between what they wanted to do and what they needed to do so may be more receptive to language focus.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Arguments for PBL<\/span><\/h3>\n

@jonjoTESOL quoted John Dewey as an argument for PBL:<\/span><\/p>\n

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An argument for PBL:<\/span><\/p>\n

John Dewey: “education is not a preparation for life; education is life itself\u201d – love that! #eltchat<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014 Jonjo Murphy\u062c\u0648\u0646\u062c\u0648 (@jonjoTESOL) March 13, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

PBL can bring life into the classroom.<\/span><\/p>\n

See Katherine Bilsborough’s post<\/a> \u00a0for more advantages of this approach.<\/span><\/p>\n

Possible Problems<\/span><\/h3>\n

The following specific aspects of PBL were mentioned as being possibly problematic:<\/span><\/p>\n