UNIT 5 Unknown Language Journal: Arabic Contents 1 Lesson Objectives (Functional‚ Grammatical & Lexical) Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 2 Teaching Methods and Techniques Class Management Interactive Patterns & Activities Use of Materials 3 Contrastive Analysis 4 Summary Lesson Objectives: (3 lessons – 90 mins.) Lesson 1 The aim of this first class was to provide a very general introduction to the Arabic language‚ how it is written‚ how it is pronounced‚ and
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Unknown Language Journal Journal Entry 1 Before the lesson From this‚ my first lesson of Korean‚ I expect to gain‚ most of all‚ first hand insight into the experience a second language learner has during the first lesson of a language he or her has never before encountered. As I believe the class will be one of immersion‚ where the teacher will only speak Korean‚ I expect to be confused and to struggle to grasp the relation between sounds and their referents as well as understanding
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Observation Journal 1 Date: 13/09/2012 Duration: 1 hour Location: International House London Level: Upper Intermediate Teaching Aim: Past Subjunctive (structure lesson) Use of “I wish” for regrets and criticism Lesson Pace During the first half of the lesson the teacher moved at a particularly fast pace. Whilst understandably a swift pace is required in order to fit the breath of information into the lesson I feel this was to the detriment of student learning in some instances
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Information Publisher: National Geographic School Publishing & Hampton-Brown Title: Hampton-Brown Edge‚ Level B Auxiliary books: Teacher’s Edition‚ Reading‚ Writing & Language Teacher’s Annotated Edition‚ Edge Interactive Practice Book Intended for grade: Grade5-7 Reviewed by: Hanfei Wang Objectives Thematic units offer critical thinking‚ discussion and activities of a topic for students. The objectives are placed on each chapter and lesson‚ which means they are specifically
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Critical review of an existing TESOL curriculum‚ syllabus or course book used as a syllabus. Title of the curriculum book chosen: Young Fast Learners a curriculum framework for adult second language learners Aim of the curriculum This curriculum framework is intended as a resource and planning tool for use in course planning‚ implementation and evaluation by teachers and curriculum support staff. Learner needs and levels This framework is prepared for young (16 -
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First Language can only be acquired. This acquisition is the natural process in which children subconsciously possess and develop the linguistic knowledge of the setting they live in. In contrast‚ second language learning takes place where the target language is the language spoken in the language community that differs from the mother tongue. L1 ACQUISITION: L1 acquisition is genetically triggered at the most critical stage of the child’s cognitive development. The ’engine’ of language – its
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Assignment 1 1. The acronym TESOL stands for – Teaching English to Speaker of Other Languages. 2. 3 educational institutions in which ESL is taught: Middle School/ High School‚ English Centers (VUS‚ ILA‚ etc.)‚ University‚ College. 3. The acronym ESL stands for – English as a Second Language. 4. The acronym ESP stands for – English of Specific (or Special) Purpose. 5. An IELTS test is an international English language testing system. 2 cases in which students must pass an IELTS test: a. NESB
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Josh Harness Professor Xxx Xxx English XXX X Xxx 20XX Is TESOL a Modernist or Postmodernist Practice? According to Bressler (2007)‚ Enlightenment thinkers‚ such as Benjamin Franklin‚ along with “modernity’s spirit of progress‚” have had a strong influence on human thinking “well into the twentieth century” (p. 98). In Bressler’s (2007) summation‚ the fundamental features of modernity include the ideas that not only are truth and reality discoverable through rational thought‚ but also truth
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Foundation course 1a. Objective: Develop TESOL knowledge & Teaching Role/s 1. What does the acronym TESOL stand for? TESOL stands for Teaching English to students of other languages. 2. List 3 Educational Institutions in which ESL is taught? ESL is taught in public and private schools‚ universities and language institutions. 3. What does the acronym ESL stand for? ESL stands for English as a second language. 4. What does the acronym ESP stand for? ESP stands for English for specific
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nature of English as a Global Language and The Implications for ELT: 1. Colonial history‚ two factors of present-day status of English: Global use of English originated with the colonisation of so much of the world. Colonisation brought evangelist missionaries teaching English as a means to spread their gospel making English even more wide spread. English was on its way to being a lingua franca (used by people who do not have the same first or second language) by the end of the twentieth century
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