Bilingualer Fachunterricht an berufsbildenden Schulen

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Diagrams

ACTION PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
LEONARDO DA VINCI – PROJECT
PROJECT No.: 2002 LA 112 628 BILVOC
LANGUAGE COMPETENCE THROUGH BILINGUAL TEACHING AT VOCATIONAL COLLEGES

 

 

 

 
Teaching Module 
 
Date of Production: 
 	May 2003 	
Subject: 
 	English for Computer Users 
 	
Topic: 
 	Diagrams (introductory lesson) 	
Title: 
 	Diagrams 
 	
Target Group: 
 	Trainees and students who will have to be able to talk about computers and what one can do with them in their future job 
 	
Prior Knowledge: 
 	Being able to use basic English words for computer hardware and software as well as a general knowledge of English 
 	
Level of Language Skills: 	Threshold (B1 )
 	
Follow-Ups: 
 	Databases 	
Objectives: 
 	Students should be able to understand and talk about basic ideas of diagrams 
 	
Benefits: 
 	Students get to know the basic English vocabulary of the topic in their first lesson about diagrams (They will study the procedure in detail in their mother tongue) 

   

Unit Structure
 
Time 	Contents 	Teacher’s activities 	Students’ activities 	Media 	Teaching method 	
3 
minutes 	Why do we need diagrams? 	asks students what they know about diagrams 	answer the questions of the teacher 	pictures of diagrams 	presentation, 
dialogue 	
6 
minutes 	defining what a diagram is 	supports the students when formulating a definition/ writes the result on the blackboard  	suggest formulations/
copy the result 	blackboard, pens 	dialogue/ 
copying 	
6 
minutes 	different types of diagrams 	asks several students to draw different types of diagrams on the blackboard  	draw different types of diagrams on the blackboard  	blackboard, chalk 	presentation by the students 	
10 
minutes 	How do we produce diagrams? 	shows and describes how to produce a diagram with the help of a computer and a beamer 	listen and take notes 	computer, beamer, pointer 
paper, pens 	teacher’s presentation, 
taking notes 	
15 
minutes 	producing a diagram 	gives the students their task and helps those who need help  	do the task on the computer 	computer  	students work on their own 	
5 
minutes 	results 	asks students about their results 	present and describe their results 	computer, beamer, pointer  	dialogue and presentation 	

Zeit	Inhalte	Lehreraktivitäten	Schüleraktivitäten	Medien	Methode	
3 
Minuten 	Warum brauchen wir Diagramme? 	Fragt Schüler , was sie über Diagramme wissen	Beantworten die Fragen des Lehrers	Bilder von Diagrammen	Lehrervortrag, Lehrer- Schüler Gespräch	
6 
Minuten 	Definition Diagramm	Unterstützt Schüler bei der Formulierung einer Definition/ schreibt Ergebnisse an Tafel
	Schlägt Formulierungen vor/  schreibt Ergebnis an Tafel
	Tafel, Bücher, Stifte
	Lehrer- Schüler Gespräch	
6 
Minuten 	Verschiedene Arten von Diagrammen	bittet verschiedene Schüler, Arten von Diagrammen an Tafel zu zeichnen
	zeichnen verschiedene Arten von Diagrammen an Tafel
	Tafel, Kreide	Schülerpräsentation	
10 
Minuten 	Wie werden Diagramme produziert ?	zeigt und beschreibt wie ein Diagramm mit Hilfe des Computers und Beamers hergestellt werden
	hören zu und machen sich Notizen	Computer, Beamer, Papier, Stifte
 	Lehrervortrag 	
15 
Minuten 	Produktion eines Diagramms	gibt Aufgabenstellung aus, bietet Hilfestellung an	Bearbeiten Aufgabenstellung am PC	PC  	Einzelarbeit	
5 
Minuten 	Ergebnisse 	fragt Schülern nach Ergebnisse
	präsentieren und beschreiben ihre Ergebnisse 	Computer, Beamer	Schülervortrag , Lehrer- Schüler Gespräch	

 

 

 
Appendix 1 
 
Possible notes on the blackboard 

The students will draw different kinds of diagrams on the board. Afterwards the teacher gives them the correct English terms for these diagrams. 
 
       bar chart 
                                  column chart 

pie chart      		area graph 

 

line graph      		spot chart 

 
 
These are just examples and further kinds of diagrams could be added. 

Appendix 2 
 
Possible notes on the blackboard 

The designing of diagrams 
 
	1 You choose the necessary data from a spreadsheet and mark it. 
	2 You choose the diagram type. 
	3 You format the diagram with the help of the programme. 

(One teacher shows the students the single steps on the computer while the colleague explains them in English.) 

Appendix 3 

Exercise 

A travel agency wants to do an analysis of its turnovers under different aspects. They already have typed the following data of the first quarter of the year into their computers‘ programmes. 

  
Please design the following diagrams: 
 
	1  the turnovers of all sections 
	2 the shares of the sections compared to the whole of the turnovers 
	3 the development of the turnovers over the last three months 

Please choose the appropriate diagrams and print them out.