International Journal of Education

Under the new curriculum and textbooks, literacy orientation, subject practice and integrated curriculum have become the core requirements of primary school English teaching reform. To solve the problems in traditional teaching, this study takes the “Toys I like” as a practical carrier to explore interdisciplinary project based learning combining English and bilingual science. Based on theories of project based learning and subject integration, the research constructs four dimensional objectives: language, knowledge, ability and interdisciplinary competence. It takes “making toys from recycled materials and introducing them in English to foreign children” as the driving question. Through layered tasks, a charity sale for outcome display, and a diversified process evaluation system, it realizes the deep integration of subject knowledge and the coordinated development of students’ comprehensive abilities. Practice shows that this model effectively improves students’ English application ability, scientific inquiry thinking, hands on and cooperative skills, and sense of social responsibility. The study also puts forward improvement strategies for problems, providing a practical reference for the design and implementation of interdisciplinary project based English learning in primary school.

The new curriculum and textbooks; Primary school English; Bilingual science; Project-based learning