Tonight's Class: Alternative Class on Writing

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Good morning all!

I will send out an email to you to confirm that you have seen this, but tonight I will ask you to spend some time writing at home. I think many of you/us can use a night to to reflect on some of these key concepts.

A couple weeks ago I passed out some questions from a previous quiz that I conducted with my class. Tonight I want you to write about two (2) of the questions below. 


1.   What is the difference between accuracy and fluency? Discuss how these relate to English Language Learners.
2.   What is the difference between acquiring language and learning language? Why should teachers consider both in preparing lessons? 
3.   Which reading strategies (pre-reading and during reading) would you use in the situation provided below? Why?
4.   What is meant by communicative instruction? Why is this method preferred?

I will ask you to email me your response later tonight. I will look at these answers, and we can discuss next week. 




Situational Context
·      LINC Level 1 – a group of 10
·      They meet 3 times per week in the evening.
·      Most of the students are recent immigrants to Canada with some background knowledge of English.
·      Most of the students are fully literate in the first language.
·      The class is highly motivated to learn; they come prepared and try very hard in each class.

Comments

  1. MarcNovember 14, 2018 at 10:19 AM

    Please let me know when you have seen this. Thanks.

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  2. KevinNovember 14, 2018 at 3:40 PM

    Thanks Marc, I have noticed the post and am fairly confident I can answer any of the four topics. So, I will narrow it down to the two I can describe to the best of my ability. Perhaps I will take a peek at the Canadian Language Benchmarks you mentioned last night to assess the range of teaching styles for the level 1 majority of recent immigrants group.

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    1. MarcNovember 14, 2018 at 4:20 PM

      Awesome Kevin. Remember you are to do this at home. Enjoy. I left a message on your machine too, by the way. See you next week.

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  3. UnknownNovember 14, 2018 at 7:02 PM

    got it thanks!

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  4. UnknownNovember 14, 2018 at 8:03 PM

    Thank you Marc!

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