Class Project

 

This yearıs class project will be in the form of a website.  This website will serve as an introduction to LEA English students starting off the programme.  All students will contribute in some way to the project.

 

Goal: To have a working website up and running by the end of the first semester.  This website shall advertise the LEA English programme, promoting it as well as being welcoming and informative, designed especially for prospective and returning students.

 

Format and Design:

The specifics of the format will be discussed in class.  It should be well organised and user-friendly, aesthetically pleasing without being confusing.  If you are interested in volunteering to help with the actual creation of the website, please make it known to your teacher as soon as possible.  (Consequently, you will have a bit less actual writing work than the others.)

 

Content:

The content of the website will be discussed and developed in class.

Here are some ideas:

  1. English Department News and description of programme
  2. List of current courses and teachers/profs
  3. English Society Information and Publicity
  4. Quotes, Interviews with teachers and students, and personal reviews
  5. Nice tourism, information, and highlights
  6. Photos (Nice, students, profs, classroom, uni, etc.)
  7. Random English language section (ex. jokes, word games, interesting (linguistic) facts, differences between French/English, faux-amis, etc.)
  8. Contact Info
  9. etc.

 

Preparation and Work:

All ideas and finished work must be first handed in to the teachers for approval.  Volunteers are needed for website design, picture-taking, interviewing, finding out all relevant information, writing articles/reviews, etc.  Students can work in pairs or individually.

 

Evaluation:

This project will count towards your final mark in the course.  The evaluation of your work will be solely based on participation and effort (as opposed to quantity or quality).  The website contribution comprises 5 of the 20 total marks of semester 1.

 

Proposed Timetable for class project (Semester 1)

Week 1:           Introduction of project and brainstorming

Week 2:           Allocation of tasks to different groups (4-5 groups per class)

Week 3:           Submission of ideas to teacher

Week 4:           Progress reports

Week 5:           Submission of first drafts of work to teacher*

Week 6:           Feedback

Week 7:           Submission of final drafts*

Week 8:           Presentation of website draft in class

Week 9:           Launch of the LEA programme website!

 

*It would be preferable that final submissions be on diskette or by email, to avoid unnecessary and time-consuming copying of material.