3. A Middle School Web Publishing Project

Markus and Alexander were two teachers teaching English in Germany. They developed a Web publishing project based on the book K's First Case for a seventh-grade English class. Markus found that most German students' writing experience was about fill-in-the-gap exercises. So they wanted to provide opportunities for students to develop their writing skills in a more natural way. Students had to finish three writing assignments and their work would be published on the Web. The three tasks trained their collaboration skills, pronounciation skills and writing skills.

I think this project gave students a sense of belonging and honour as their work was published on the Web which means that people around the world can see them. Also, it gave them a purpose of writing and relate their writings to this real world.