jueves, 21 de abril de 2011

SUCCESS COMMUNICATING IN ENGLISH AND BONUS PRACTICE BOOK 2A

I think that the coursebook contains a very high score according to the objectives  explicitly laid out  in an introduction and implemented in the material with a  following structure, communication, and vocabulary, asking for and giving, describing, expressing, identifying, talking about .Pronunciation, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar, verbs,  nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs,  prepositions, questions and contractions. present progressive, possessives, simple present, etc.
It has a high score according to approach educationally and socially acceptable to target community.
The coursebook contains very high score with clear attractive layout with print easy to read capturing students interest with super visuals and contemporary content with interesting  topics and with a lot of pictures.
It has a high score with appropriate visual materials with a lot of pictures, posters-22”x34”replicas of units openers put the focus on vocabulary, videos feature real people and events  in a tv-magazine formal.
The coursebook contains a very high score according to interesting topics and tasks, there are a lot of interesting topics and tasks like for example topics about downtown, bay park, discount center, celebrity sports day, ted’s garage with understanding humor, on the road, sea view motel, the construction site, at the beach ,etc.
It has a very high score in order to provide learning styles, interests, etc.so there are a lot of varied topics like community places, making appointments, ordering food, expressing thanks, places in garage, places in a business, health, etc.
It has a very high score according to clear instructions
It has a very high score according to a systematic coverage of syllabus, the coursebook contains a comprehensive list of content items(word, structure, topics) process items(tasks, methods).It’s ordered and it has explicit objectives.
It has a very high score according to the content , which the content clearly organized and graded. items are ordered, the components that are easier goes first.
It has a high core according to a periodic review and test sections.
It has  a low score according to plenty of authentic language.
I’m not sure about good pronunciation (?).
The coursebook contains a very high score according to good vocabulary explanation and practice which new vocabulary is the easiest  thing for students to handle, which students have to listen first, then read it, and after that make conversations.
It has a very high score according to good grammar presentation and practice.
The coursebook contains a very high score according to a fluency practice in all four skills.
It has a high score according to encourages learners to develop own learning strategies.
The coursebook contains a high score according to adequate guidance for the teacher.
It has a high score according to audio cassettes present every word in the textbooks including delightful readings of the bay city news.
It has a high score according to readily available locally.

Which categories in box 13.3 do you thing are most important? Does your coursebook cover these satisfactorily? Are there some that are neglected? Are these others that is spends too much time or space on in your opinion?
I think that the coursebook offer more practice than ordinary workbooks, conversations, vocabulary expansion, grammar reinforcement, critical thinking and writing exercises with a lot of reading comprehension, listening comprehension and practice, with a lot of activities, crossword puzzles, which gives students a nice opportunity to monitor students spoken and written work with clear attractive layout, interesting topics and tasks ,good vocabulary explanation and practice with objectives explicitly laid out in an introduction.
I think the most important categories are mixed skills communicative tasks listening, speaking ,reading and writing ,grammar explanations and practice.
However the coursebook cover this satisfactorily.
I thing that listening take so much time depending of the level of the students which the teacher sometimes has to repeat until the students understand.
I thing that the topics are in an appropriate level for which the topics are interesting and varied like listening and reading about downtown, food, bay park, clothes, identifying family members, describing places, reading for information, understanding humor, ordering food, making plans, days of the week, months of the year, role playing conversations, weekly routines, reading about discount center, sports, health, celebrity sports day, super stars, listening about garage, car repairs, traffic signs, vacations, places at the beach, etc.

CRITERIA FOR COURSEBOOK ASSESSMENT


domingo, 10 de abril de 2011

Test Techniques

I think the most effective techniques are questions and answers beacause students develop their orthography,their writing,spelling,wording, and reflection.The answers are specifics, the students have to be more prepared and they also develop their understanding..

The least effective technique for me is monologue beacuse students sometimes can't be concentrated and they get nervous so they get lost and can't think about it, frustrating them and there is not reflection.
It also demands long turns which It's boring for the students.


Oral Production

Debate

A debate is a contest, or, perhaps, like a game, where two or more speakers present their arguments intent on persuading one another. Men have been debating with one another since the beginning of time when the serpent first debated with Eve the benefits of eating certain fruits in the Garden. We shall limit ourselves here with discussing formal contest debating between educational institutions, or, in the world of homeschooling, between families that choose to bypass educational institutions and educate their children at home.


For Example: The teacher gives to the students a theme and this theme is about abortion , so the teacher divides the class in two groups, in one group the students have to be agree about it and in other one the students have to be disagree. However the students of group A have to give opinions, defending their points of view and the students of group B have to do the same thing and there is a mediator controling the debate.


Speech

The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exercise or act of this power; reasoning; range of reasoning faculty.

The art and manner of speaking and conversing.

Consecutive speech, either written or unwritten, on a given line of thought; speech; treatise; dissertation; sermon, etc.; as, the preacher gave us a long discourse on duty.  

To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.

To express one's self in oral discourse; to expose one's views; to talk in a continuous or formal manner; to hold forth; to speak; to converse.

To relate something; to tell.

To treat of something in writing and formally.

To treat of; to expose or set forth in language.

To utter or give forth; to speak.

To talk to; to confer with.

For example: At the end of the year of a coourse of fourth year of secundary education must do a speech, so the teacher tell to the students that they have to make a speech about what they have achieved and what they have learnt in the school.However the students are able to understand how to make a speech, they are more trusted, they build sentences, phrases, learning more vocabulary and they understand the grammar structure.

 


Text Production

News report

News reports are found in newspapers and their purpose is to inform readers of what is
happening in the world around them. News reports have a certain structure that you need to
follow. This structure is sometimes called the Inverted Pyramid. This is what it looks like:

1. News Reports begin with a catchy HEADLINE.
2. The LEAD PARAGRAPH informs the reader of the most important aspects of the story as
soon as possible. The LEAD PARAGRAPH is often the only part of the story that people
read. Use the 5Ws rule:
WHO (is involved)
WHAT (took place)
WHEN (did it take place)
WHERE (did it take place)
WHY (did it happen)
HOW (did it happen) – only include this if there is space

3. The BODY of the News Report gives more details and provides more information about
the WHY and HOW of the story.
4. The TAIL contains the less important information which is often omitted by the newspaper
editor if there is not enough space left in the newspaper.
Hints
Your News Report should be easy to understand; every news story should be able
to be read by a twelve year old!
Try to be fair – include both sides of the story and don’t let your personal opinion
get in the way of reporting the ‘facts’.



For example:Students have to make a news report about what is happening in the world around them, learning interrogative questions, learning how to build the structure of a news report and they have to investigate about the theme, learning new vocabulary, verbs, auxiliary verbs etc.

The game for the students

In this activity you are going to play a game and this game is about getting to know each other, I mean you are going to try to find if you have some things in common with some of yours classmates, for example things in common like favourite music, famous person, likes, dislikes, interesting subject, fears, possessions, etc.
Firstly I'm going to give you a card and in this card you have to write your name in the centre of the card, two things of personal details on the right side of the card, for example: your favourite game, music, person, colour, etc.and on the left side you have to write two things that you don't like, for example;I don't like eat meat, I don't like darkness, I don't like wild animals etc.
After that you have to hold this card so that other classmates can see it and circulate around the room looking it each other's names and greeting each other.Then I will say stop and you have to enter into conversation with the nearest person and ask him or her about the personal information indicated on the card. After  a few minutes you have to repit the same thing and talk with about five others classmates.
However you have to find someone with whom share the same things.

jueves, 31 de marzo de 2011

Reflection

Most of the students are very much agree in how important is for a teacher to look good and more to care about his/her teaching,treating his/her students with fairness and respect; and a teacher also has to know student`s names,showing interest about the lessons and the students.They are disagree in that a teacher lets them to mark their own tests and a teacher doesn`t use his/her time in the classroom to talk with the students if they need help. However the students are totally disagree if a teacher uses corporal punishment.

Survey of student opinions

 Very   AgreeUndecidedDisagreeTotally
 much   disagree
 agree    
1. It is important for a teacher to         X    
dress nicely and look good     
2, It is important for a teacher to care        X    
a lot about his/her teaching.     
3. A good teacher controls the class         X     
firmly.     
4. A good teacher treats his/her        X    
students witjh fairness and     
respect.     
5. A good teacher is warm and         X   
friendly towards students.     
6. A good teacher knows and uses          X    
student`s names.     
7. A good teacher is interested in         X   
each student as a person.     
8. A good teacher will change the          X   
lesson planj and do something else     
if that is what the students want.     
9. A good teacher lets students mark           X 
their own tests.     
10. I like it when the students take           X   
over and run the lesson.     
11. A good teacher makes sure          X   
students have fun in lessons.     
12.  A good teacher gets students to           X   
work hard.     
13. I prefer working in groups or          X   
individually to having a teacher-     
dominated lesson.     
14. I like it when the teacher asks my           X   
opinion in class.     
15. I good teacher always gives         X    
interesting lessons.     
16. I good teacher uses corporal             X
punishment occasionally.     
17. If we need help, the good teacher           X 
finds time to talk outside the     
classroom.     

Learner motivation and interest.

                                            Aspect of Learner Motivation

1. How important do you think motivation is for success in language learning,compared to, for example, language aptitud?

I think that motivation is very important in language learning because a motivated learner is one who is willing or even eager to invest effort in learning activities and to progress.Learner motivation makes teaching and learning immeasurably easier, more pleasant and more productive.
When the students are motivated they increase their strategies and they increase the likelihood of success in learning activities.However language aptitud is something natural, in that way if a student is motivated she/he is going to develop a successful aptitud and that student is going to achieve a greater development.

2. How important is people's past success in language learning for their motivation to learn in the present and future?

Because people have more tools with the objectives that they have achieved in the past and those tools always helps people to struggle for objectives  helping people to keep a fighter spirit.If I could achieve a goal in the past , I can achieve a goal now in the present and in the future.