{"id":206,"date":"2022-09-12T04:29:08","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T04:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/?page_id=206"},"modified":"2022-09-12T04:33:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T04:33:53","slug":"methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/?page_id=206","title":{"rendered":"METHODOLOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Erasmus + project LIFE newsletter of the 1st year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXuqsGiv0\/azzqxy31b7VPdamW2ZL8Yw\/view?utm_content=DAEXuqsGiv0&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebuttonre\">https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXuqsGiv0\/azzqxy31b7VPdamW2ZL8Yw\/view?utm_content=DAEXuqsGiv0&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebuttonre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum &#8222;Teaching and learning English through humour based activities&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Month<\/td><td>Class time<\/td><td>Objective<\/td><td>Activity<\/td><td>Expected Result<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>September<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To explain the importance of humour in language classroom<\/td><td>To use funny sentences illustrating grammar rules<\/td><td>Building the understanding of the significance of humour for higher quality learning<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>October<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To build humour related vocabulary<\/td><td>To do vocabulary exercises, activating new lexical items<\/td><td>Developing humour related vocabulary<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>November<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To present the structure of a humorous story<\/td><td>To practice story-writing in teams, each team concentrating on one structural part (introduction, development, climax, resolution)<\/td><td>Each team masters developing of one structural part<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>December<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To practice writing a humorous story in teams<\/td><td>Each team teachers the other teams the part they have learnt to write during the previous class<\/td><td>Each team writes a complete 250-word-long humorous story<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>January<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To learn about changes of humour throughout the 20<sup>th<\/sup> and the 21<sup>st<\/sup> centuries<\/td><td>Students search for examples of jokes and short funny stories from different decades, compare and contrast the subjects people used to find funny<\/td><td>Developing understanding of changes in humour, realizing that we do not laugh at the same thing our grandparents did.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>February<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To learn about humour in literature<\/td><td>Students analyze literary sources picking up bits of humour<\/td><td>Further developing understanding of changes in what is seen as funny<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>March<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To learn about humour in films<\/td><td>Students watch extracts from films dating back to various decades<\/td><td>Further developing understanding of changes in what is seen as funny<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>April<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To put into practice the accumulated knowledge of what was\/ is funny<\/td><td>In teams students imitate writing a funny story of various decades and try to guess each other\u2019s decade<\/td><td>Building understanding of cultural differences between generations<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>May<\/td><td>2 academic hours<\/td><td>To finalize the understanding of the structure of the story<\/td><td>Students individually write a humorous story<\/td><td>Students create a 250-word-long humorous story<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Erasmus + project LIFE newsletter of the 1st year https:\/\/www.canva.com\/design\/DAEXuqsGiv0\/azzqxy31b7VPdamW2ZL8Yw\/view?utm_content=DAEXuqsGiv0&amp;utm_campaign=designshare&amp;utm_medium=link2&amp;utm_source=sharebuttonre Curriculum &#8222;Teaching and learning English through humour based activities&#8221; Month Class time Objective Activity Expected Result September 2 academic hours To explain the importance of humour in language classroom To use funny sentences illustrating grammar rules Building the understanding of the significance of humour &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/?page_id=206\" class=\"more-link\">Toliau skaityti<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8222;METHODOLOGY&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=206"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/206\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/english.vug.lt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}