Abstract R & D Background Purpose & Design Action Plan Findings & Analysis Implications Remarks
> Purpose & Design

Objectives

1.

To motivate students to learn English through a great variety of tasks and activities that can cater for learner diversity (interests, gender, ability, multiple intelligences…)
2. To help students get to know more about a typical working environment
3. To equip students with the relevant knowledge and skills for future career

Design of the Project

Choosing an industry with different job types
Rationale: This would make it easier to cater for students’ interests and abilities

Wedding planning involves lots of jobs types in different industries:

Industries

Job types / Job titles
  Advertising & Marketing
Catering
Public relations
Logistics
Design
Printing/ Publishing
Beauty Care
Entertainment/ Recreation
Media
Tourism
Legal services
Banking & Finance
  Management
Advertising
Catering
Event / wedding planning
Sales
Flowers & Decorations
Hair stylists
Make up artists
Photographers
Video makers
Fashion designers
Drivers
Travel agents
Property agents
Interior designers
Renovation craftsman
Lawyers

Vocabulary and text types which each service may cover

Services

Vocabulary

Text types

Wedding ceremonies
  • Venues
  • Decorations
  • Catalogue
  • Photo caption

Wedding Reception
  • Venues
  • Food
  • Decorations
  • Menu
  • Catalogue
  • Photo caption

Wedding Attire
  • Describing outfits
  • Colours
  • Catalogue
  • Photo caption

Invitation
  • Fonts
  • Colours
  • Types of invitation cards
  • Design
  • Invitation
  • (Poems)

Wedding cakes
  • Colours
  • Flavours
  • Decorations
  • Shapes
  • Catalogue

Wedding favours
  • (students’ selection)
  • Catalogue

Wedding flowers
  • Names of flowers
  • Colours
  • Meanings of flowers
  • Catalogue

Wedding cars/
transport
  • Brands
  • Colours
  • Describing cars
  • Decorations
  • Models
  • Itinerary
  • Catalogue

Wedding music
  • Musical instruments
  • Names of wedding music/ songs and love songs
  • Song lyrics

Photography
  • Venues
  • Equipment
  • Technical terms
  • Photo captions

Videography
  • Venues
  • Equipment
  • Technical terms
  • Itinerary

Make up
  • Colours
  • Cosmetics
  • Catalogue
  • Diagram
  • Photo caption

Hairdressing
  • Hairstyle
  • Catalogue
  • Photo caption

Assessment tools

  1. Students’ work
  2. A post-programme questionnaire for students
  3. A post-programme questionnaire for teachers
  4. A post-programme interview
  5. Students’ reflection

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