208 Writing Anxiety in the EFL Classroom: High School Students' Responses to the Writing Anxiety Test. Innovations in the EAP course at the School of Exact Sciences: evaluation of product Cristina Emilia Mayol and María Cecilia Benassi.
Using the Language to Learn and Learning to Use the Language
What's next in Latin America
Introduction
- Our teaching environment Our learners bring to our classrooms
- How do language theories converge in our proposal?
- An academic bonus
This happened along with new winds of change in the foreign language curricula at UNL. INDICE is a university institute for the study of academic and professional discourses in the economic sciences.
To round up
Ryan (ed.) (1993) Language and content: discipline and content-based approaches to language study. 1994) "Bilingual education and content and language integrated learning". Problems in Teaching and Learning a Second Language (pp 141-172) New York: Cambridge University Press. 1993) “Second language learning in magnet school contexts.” in W.
Content – the stuff ELT is made of
- Content in the EFL Curriculum
- The Notion of Content
- Content in EFL coursebooks
- Uses secondary school teachers make of non-language content in EFL classes This brief case study surveyed the priority four secondary school teachers, two
- Conclusion – Content with content?
Literature of the target language Culture associated with the target language World or general knowledge. The opposite can be seen with Open Doors, where aspects of the target language culture are generally present in the.
English for Sale
The cultural content of ELT materials
The smiley faces and elements of aspirational culture – coursebook characters tend to be rich, successful and superficial – are part of the way in which speaking English has itself become a status symbol and a marker of social class. And we can see this by casting a critical eye on the images in these books as John Gray has done in an extensive study on the subject: "The evocative gaze of the represented participants and the sensory orientation of many of the works of art combine to greet students. to a lifestyle in which the discourses of success, mobility and egalitarianism form the basis of the promotion promise of English".
The marketing of English
The marketing of English also has a lot to do with the image of the language in a particular society. In the advertisements from the countries mentioned above, we can see that English is seen as a way to access a more privileged sector of society.
Promoting a third space
A context-sensitive and culturally specific approach to language learning – as exemplified in this quote – could help challenge these familiar stereotypical images that still dominate the marketing of English and the cultural content of most of our language materials. A study of cultural content in the British ELT Global Coursebook: A cultural studies approach (PhD dissertation, in preparation: Palgrave).
What are we going to do at school today? Teaching through English in Infant Education
Draw imaginary large and small circles: in the air, on the floor, on the wall, on the window, on different parts of your body. Call children in threes to lie in the center of the blanket to make a triangle.
CLIL in the Local Context – Do Bilingual Schools In Argentina Meet CLIL Standards?
Bilingual schools in Argentina: a history of traditions and language learning Just as bilingualism is a multifaceted concept, so is bilingual education. CLIL, on the other hand, provides the opportunity to use the mother tongue in the target language class, especially on the part of the students.
Critical Language Awareness, a path to self-discovery and intercultural competence
Therefore, culture is not only an element of language, but an end in itself, as it promotes an exploration of the social and cultural implications of language use. Foreign language learning involves an encounter with the values, ideas, beliefs and practices that are constitutive of the target culture.
Unveiling the Mystery: Crime Film Trailers and their use in the English Language Class
The teacher's role will depend on the activities and the different stages of the lesson. In choosing teaching strategies, theater trailers became a very useful tool in teaching, learning and using the English language.
Learning Culture-content through Language
Having two teachers in the classroom, one paired as a native speaker of the target language and the main teacher, usually a more experienced but non-native speaker of the L2, gave the students the opportunity to solve conversational problems and appreciate the interconnectedness. It was one of the first times in my life that I was happy to fail an assignment because I don't want to be a human dictionary.
One of the problems that English language teachers in primary schools have to face is the attitude of other subject teachers. But since we consider that a comprehensive approach to teaching a foreign language can help many of the schools we are working with, we try to emphasize it.
A Genre Analysis of the Rhetorical Organization of RA Abstracts in Agriculture
Methodology
This study aims to analyze the global organization of agricultural RA abstracts by analyzing the abstract macrostructure in terms of its constituent elements. First, I examined the overall textual organization of each abstract to get an overview of the general characteristics of the abstracts.
Results
There are significant deviations regarding the arrangement of movements in the abstracts as 10 possible patterns were observed in a corpus of 18 abstracts (Table 3). In the first order, the results are presented after the methods and before the conclusion.
Discussion
This leads to a reflection on the pedagogical value inherent in the study and explicit description of abstract textual organization that reveals the conventional division of this genre. The results obtained in this study can be applied to the formal and systematic teaching of reading and writing in ESP courses and can be addressed to teachers, university program designers and curriculum planners.
Exploring the Culture Dimension of Content and Language Integrated Learning through Literature: How L2 readers approach
Each task was assigned a level of cultural understanding describing the level of cultural understanding achieved. c) The presence of effects; deformations of culture C2 (target); intrusions of culture C1 (own); obvious errors; inferences from the texts, explicitly stated in the assignments; erroneous inferences or inferences not motivated or justified by textual content; irrelevant information; rationalizations; reductions/simplifications;. "The role of visual representation in the assessment of learning". 2004): “The researcher/interviewer in an intercultural context: a social intruder!”.
Accessing Cultural Content through the Study of Multi-word Idiomatic Units: Some Classroom Ideas
Cultural Content and Objectives” should be part of EFL teacher education curricula if we aim to prepare teachers who are communicatively competent both at the linguistic and cultural levels. Student-teachers who are aware of the need to develop intercultural communicative competence in the target language will.
The way forward: Learning from International experience of TEYL
For each of the levels there is a supervision and evaluation framework, which guarantees quality and standards. The first one, raised by Dr Prabhu, focused on the role of the teacher and the power relationship between English and a learner seL1.
Voices from teachers and young learners in Latin America and the Caribbean
Of particular interest were the sessions on literacy, minorities in the classroom, and student voice. Teachers, on the other hand, should be made aware of their role in the education process.
A comparative study of errors in EFL college majors' writing
Linguistic errors present in paragraphs in which first-year students of the English Teacher Training Program at UNMdP narrate their personal experiences (PW) and linguistic errors in paragraphs in which the same students report content from a novel and a short story read and discussed in class (CBW) was measured. Analysis of the data showed that students made fewer errors in paragraphs in which they had to report content from a novel and a short story read and discussed in class than in a paragraph in which they had to tell a moment in which they had . something wrong.
Towards multiple literacies at school: a framework for the use of CLIL in the English class
In the examples of the productions, it is possible to identify the discourse identity of characters during their interaction. The change of color in the characters' intervention is meaningful and reflects an understanding of the interactivity of language.
Activation of communication skills: a genre-based proposal
For example, Scholfield & Katamine (2000: 9) note that images "control the essence of the content to be conveyed". On the one hand, an estimate can be made of the relevance of the circumstances used in relation to the picture outlined.
Language and Content: An EOP Radio Communications Course for Pilots
At the end of three months, of the twelve participants, ten completed the course. Content-based instruction: A shell for language teaching or a framework for strategic language and content learning.
Online Reading Comprehension Courses in Technology and Tourism
All units begin with a description of the lesson in which the terminal objectives are presented. Most of the students complete the tasks on time and show a positive attitude towards the activities assigned.
The content behind the discipline in foreign language teaching
A case study in an English classroom at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
The class revolved around a topic whose level of challenge was sufficient for the second term of the academic year and the curriculum objectives. The lesson was planned and put into practice on the basis of the content that the students have previously acquired on the Tourism course.
Audiences and goals
The Relevance of Content-Based Instruction
When asked about their overall results and evaluation of the course, they expressed satisfaction with the content (Hillyard 2005). They admitted that although they had not devoted much time to study, they had acquired a wider range of vocabulary and had been given the opportunity to use English with a real purpose during the second half of the year.
Writing apprehension in the EFL classroom: Secondary school students' responses to the Writing Apprehension Test
In the first line of the first chapter of the Book of Genesis, we read that "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." Two short reading texts from the field of social sciences were selected: “I planted my share in New Zealand with trees” and “A world of scarcity.
Lexical inferencing as an aid to reading to learn: A case study
The meaning of the word influx was derived by her recourse to the subcategory word-form analogy, i.e. She nevertheless made use of another strategy - that of making marks on the text, in this case of the phrase "on the trot".
How to Teach a Foreign Language to Adults applying CLIL
One of the goals of the presentation was to show the impact of C.L.I.L. on the intrinsic motivation of adults and its effect on target language competence. At that time, I decided to devote 25 percent of the weekly hours to the analysis of a historical figure that interested them.
Innovations in the EAP Course at the School of Exact Sciences
Evaluation of Product
The table below shows the study performance of the students who took the course in the period 2003-2006. Graphs 1, 2, 3 and 4 show students' opinions on some aspects of the subject during this period.
Hands-on Project: Celebrations in the Kitchen
- Hands-on – team work
- Demonstration – team work
- Tasting of the dishes – whole school
- Work on language – whole class
- Decision-making – group work: model cake decoration picture Students, in groups of four, had to either choose from the recipes they had
- Presentation of the project to the school authorities – teacher's task
- Research and web surf – individual
- Report to the class – individual
Once the cookies and the cake were ready, the spokesperson from each team explained to the rest of the class the procedure they followed to obtain the final product. Some websites were introduced in class and the teacher's own research was presented to the class and commented on.
On the Development of Executive Functions and the Reading Skill
To describe the development of executive functions in children and their relationship with the acquisition of reading in Spanish and English. To explore the existence of differential relationships in the development of executive functions and the acquisition of reading according to socioeconomic level and cognitive demand.
CLIL + Educational Technology: A Lesson Framework
- Checking information
- Group presentation
- Follow up
- Group formation
Through the story of his life, the director lets us be present at many historical moments in the history of the United States that also influenced the whole world (e.g. the hippie movement, the 60s, the Vietnam War, fashion, music, political events, personal relationships, behavior, values such as the family, friendship etc.). To meet the European Commission's goal (1995) that all European citizens should be able to communicate in three languages – the local and/or national language and two other European languages, European schools have had to find creative ways to introduce teaching in at least two modern languages within an already strict curriculum.
CLIL: towards an effective language learning pedagogy?
These teachers have the knowledge and skills of the languages and cultures involved in the program. When teaching a particular content area in the native language of the students, subject teachers do not need to adjust the input to a minimum challenging level (de Graff et al. op.cit.).
Implementing CLIL in Language Centres
- Key Socio-historical Aspects (immigration, key events that have shaped the country, etc.)
- Key Geographical Aspects (regions and their characteristics, main produce, etc)
- Food (traditions, habits, etc.)
- Culture, Leisure, Entertainment, Sports, Holidays Before-the-event tasks
- Brainstorm possible points to cover Individually
- Rehearse your speech at home As a group
- Share your outline with your classmates and make any necessary adjustments the light of the feedback they give you (relevant info to be
- Repeat steps 6-7-8 until you, your classmates and teachers consider your
- Brainstorm all landmarks in the area (within walking distance)
- Distribute the selected landmarks among pairs of “guides”
- Rehearse your speech at home As a group
- Share your outline with your classmates and make any necessary
- Rehearse your speech
- Repeat steps 9-10-11 until you, your classmates and teachers consider your speech has reached the expected standard
Then, wouldn't it be possible to implement CLIL in language centers where subject teachers and language teachers could work in tandem (either together or in separate lessons that complement and coordinate subject content and language teaching). An organizing committee composed of Argentine students planned activities before, during, and after the American students' visit: email writing, a city tour, a press conference on key cultural aspects of the two countries, and an online newsletter. among others.
For example, simple gym exercises can be learned and followed by using the imperative for instructions. Similarly, the growth process of a seed, the water cycle, the description of the geographical features of the student's place or the characteristics of the weather do not require the high level of knowledge that should be introduced in foreign language lessons.
The role of students' beliefs in the process of planning content- based teaching methodologies
Outcome expectancy beliefs, that is, beliefs about connections between successful task performance and received outcomes (Shell, Bruning and Murphy, op. cit.). The role of the teacher, i.e. beliefs about the functions and characteristics of the language teacher (Cotterall, op. cit.).
Teacher Training and Competences for Effective CLIL Teaching in Argentina
Newly qualified teachers must have a thorough knowledge of the theories and models that underpin content and language learning. In this work, pre-service and in-service CLIL training for teachers is proposed to develop the theoretical and methodological competences necessary for effective CLIL teaching.
Ecocriticism: Green Issues in Literary Texts
In the woods of night What immortal hand or eye could frame thy dire symmetry. This sonnet deals with one of Shakespeare's recurring themes – the inexorability of the passing of time and the human condition to which it is inevitably subject.
Content and Language Integrated Learning: Innovative Activities for Students at Ciclo Orientado (Córdoba) Segun Ley De Educación
Increased attention has been paid to Content Integrated Language Learning (CLIL) in the last decade. According to the Met, success in integrating language and content has been based on theoretical assumptions and the development of effective English Language Teaching (ELT) programs, not only immersion programs but also programs in which the language is taught as a school subject.
A Room of One's Own Presentation
Beyond a Room of Own´s Own: Top-Notch Hans Christian Andersen Award (HCA) Women-Winners
The jury's praise reads: "the jury recognized one of the world's most original reinventors of language. Uses, misuses, and abuses of metalanguage in the literature classroom: the case of character.
What's in a name? Uses, misuses and abuses of metalanguage in the literature classroom: the case of the character
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