Monday, April 9, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Chapters 18 and 19: Question 3
Have
you tried any listening or speaking techniques with your conversation
partner or class this semester? If so, discuss how successful they
were, and what you could have done to improve upon them. If no, think
about what you could do with your class/partner,
and try it out this week. Ideally, report back on how it went.
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Chapters 18 and 19: Question 2
One
type of listening technique not really considered in this chapter is
dictation. How useful is dictation? What are the pros and cons of using
dictation in a classroom?
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Chapters 18 and 19: Question 1
In
your language learning classes, was there any focus on listening and/or
speaking? If so, explain and critique
the methods used for listening and speaking. If no, discuss why you
think the teacher chose not to focus on those aspects of language.
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Week 10: Question 6
You
might have heard a mention here or there that we should “know our
students” - discuss how the use of a variety of activities helps us out
with this.
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Week 10: Question 5
Consider the following 2 aspects of Debra’s presentation: directions and purpose. Discuss the importance of both when doing activities in class with students.
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Week 10: Question 4
Discuss the use of terminology – are these games or activities? Does it really matter in class?
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Week 10: Question 3
Look through the pdf and think about class. What was your favorite activity? Why?
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Week 10: Question 2
Discuss Debra’s demeanor and what kinds of things she did to help lower students’ affective filters.
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Week 10: Question 1
Discuss how the activities illustrated by Debra show us how to “see the world through ESL eyes”.
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Monday, March 19, 2012
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Chapter 17: Question 4
Based
on your paired discussion in class, state the topic/theme of your
lesson, then list the 4 skills with at least a brief description of how
you would integrate each of them into that lesson. Try not to just
repeat what your partner said if they’ve already answered – instead try
to expound on what they’ve already said or offer another way to
integrate each skill into the lesson you discussed.
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Chapter 17: Question 3
Think
back to your first lesson plan. How much did you integrate skills? If
a lot, discuss the way you integrated skills. If you did not integrate
skills very much, discuss ways that you could integrate other skills
into your lesson.
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Chapter 17: Question 2
“Text
(i.e. discourse in any form) will be easier to reproduce, understand
and recall, to the extent that it is structured episodically”. Explain
in layman’s terms and discuss whether you think this is really accurate.
Give examples from personal experience if possible.
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Chapter 17: Question 1
“In an age of globalization, pragmatic objectives of language learning place an increased value on integrated and dynamic multiskill instructional
models with a focus on meaningful communication and the development of
learners’ communicative competence”. What do you think of this? What
is your understanding of it?
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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