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CELTA-June2013
Assignment3:Skills-Related
Part1:Justificationofmaterialchoice
ForthisSkills-related assignment,my choiceofauthenticreadingmaterialis FewPlaces
withBetterStories. from AsianGeographicmagazine (no 78issue1/2011,pages30and
35).AsthismagazineiswidelyreadanditisalsoapopularTVchannel,thestudentswillbe
abletorelatetoiteasily.IdecidedtousethisarticleasIthinkitisappropriateforEnglish
LanguagelearnersattheIntermediatelevel.Thearticledealswithphotographywhichcanbe
ahobbyorpassionformanyadultlearnersandhencetheycanidentifywiththeauthor.Itis
alsobiographical,astheauthornarrateshisexperiences,thusthereadercanbondwiththe
narrator.Thistopichasa universalappealandisnotculturallybiased.The articlealsohas
contemporary relevance as the author blends photography with nature, as the world is
desperatetoconserveit. Onetestforusefulreadingmightbetocheckhow fartasksreflect
reallifeusesofthesametext.Ifatextisusedinclassinwaysthatarereasonablysimilarto
reallife,itislikelythatthetaskwillbeeffective(LearningTeaching,Thirdedition2011,
JimsScrivener,Macmillan)
But,mostofall,thisentirearticleisperfectforareadingactivity,asthetopicenablesgreat
discussions/productiveskillextensions.
Part2:Receptiveskilltaskdesign
LeadIn:
Ithinkagoodstartingpointforthislessonwouldbeplayingaclipofunderwaterlifefrom
NationalGeographicarchive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlFsbrUz2Q
Students are familiarwith underwater life and the clip will help to set the context and
situation. Students could first discuss with partners how they feel about the underwater
photography.Aftereliciting someopinionsandfeelings,ask someadditional, personalised
questionslike:
HaveyouseenunderwaterworldatSentosa?
Would youlikebeanunderwaterphotographer?
Would youliketogoonanunderwaterexpeditionwiththeNationalGeographicteam?
Teacherelicitsresponsestosetthecontextfurther.
Althoughthereareplentyofnewvocabularyitemsinthearticle,Ithinkstudentswouldnot
haveany significant difficultiesin graspingthe overallmeaningof thetext. I agreewith
JeremyHarmerwithreferencetopre-teaching: bygivingthemsomeorallthosewordswe
denythem(achancetopracticetacklingauthentictexts)(Harmer -203).Inmyperspective,
studentslearnnewwordswithreferencetocontextwhichwillenablethemtograsptheword
well.Inthisarticle,Iwouldpre-teachkeyvocabulary,suchas:
photo-journalist
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decade motivate tofallinlove
Iwouldconveythemeaningfortheabovewordswiththehelpofvisuals,andCCQs.Therest
ofthevocabularyissues(whichdoesnotimpedethesettasks)canbedealtwithmatching
wordswithmeaningorsynonymsatthepre-readingstage.
I woulduse this article topractise skim reading.Though the article islengthy, the first
paragraphthrowsenoughinsightabouttheauthor.Thisenablesagistreading.
Thegistreadingtask30seconds:AppendixB
Iwouldremindthestudentsthatgistreadingisaskillthatrequiresquickreadingandabilityto choose important information. Skimming=Reading quickly for gist of a passage. A
typicalskimmingtaskwouldbeageneralquestionfromtheteacher ... (LearningTeaching,
Thirdedition2011,JimsScrivener,Macmillan)
Feedback:1minute
A lesson without feedback is teaching thatproceeds forwardwithout reference to what
impact this is having on the learner... (Learning Teaching, Third edition 2011, Jims
Scrivener,Macmillan)
Forspecificreadingtaskorscanningskill,Iwoulduseasimplesetofquestions-5minutes
(readingandanswering):AppendixB.Youprobablywanttasksthatencouragestudentsto
searchforspecificsmallsectionsoftextwhichtheycanreadmorecarefullytofindarequired
pieceofinformation..Studentsdoingthiswillbereadingthematerialinasimilarwayto
howpeoplemightreadit ineveryday life. (LearningTeaching,Thirdedition2011, Jims
Scrivener,Macmillan)
Forboththescanandskimreadingactivities,studentwoulddoapaircheckoftheiranswers
beforetheteacherdoesfeedback.
Theteacherflashestheanswersforthegistreadingonthescreen(OHP)andforthescanning
task,individualstudentscouldvolunteertodiscusstheanswers.Atthisstagetheteachercan
feedbackonhowthestudentslocatedtheanswers(sequenceofinformationintheparagraphs,
leadwords,contextetc).
Acommonscanningactivityissearchingforinformation.Althoughscanningisinvolved
with finding individual points from the text.the way the reader finds the information
involves some degree of processing of the overall shape and structure of the text
(LearningTeaching,Thirdedition2011,JimsScrivener,Macmillan)
Part3:Productiveskilltaskdesign
Iwoulduseawritingtaskforproductiveskill.Asthestudentshavereadaboutunderwaterlife,Iwouldsetaguidedtasktowriteaboutthetopic:
Yourthoughtsandfeelingsofunderwaterworld
(Studentsareexpectedtowritefivesentences)
Photos and pictures of marine life will be pasted around the classroom. Eachpicture/photowillcarryadescription/keywords.
Studentswill doa gallerywalk,witha pen and a paper, tonotethe details anddescriptiontheywouldliketouse.
Theywillreturntotheirseatstowritefivesentencesaboutunderwaterlifeandtheirfeeling/sentiments.
Thistaskisfor15minutes Attheendofthetask,thewritingfromstudentswillbepastedonthewhiteboardandthestudentscanreadeachothersandvoteforthebest.
Writinginvolvesadifferentkindofmentalprocess.Thereismoretimetothink,toreflect,
toprepare,to rehearse, tomakemistakesand to find alternative andbettersolutions ...
(LearningTeaching,Thirdedition2011,JimsScrivener,Macmillan).
IwouldliketousewritingactivitybecauseTheneedforlongerformalwrittenworkseems
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activitiesareperhaps lessoftenfound thanthoseforotherskills ... (LearningTeaching,
Thirdedition2011,JimsScrivener,Macmillan).
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