AssignmentThree. SkillsRelated Task(750-1000 words). You are going to designareadingor listening skillslessonusinganauthentictext.

AssignmentThree

SkillsRelated Task(750-1000 words)

You are going to designareadingor listening skillslessonusinganauthentictext.

Partone:

1. Selectanappropriate authentictext forthegroup you are currently teaching (The upper word limit is approx. 500 words). This can be a reading or listening text. Providearationale for your choice and explainhowitrespondstothe level, needsandinterestsofthelearners.

Part two:

Firstly, provide a lead-in which will get students thinking about the topic, e. g. an anecdote, a brainstorming session, etc. Secondly, anticipate any vocabulary that might block learners´ comprehension and explain how you would deal with this lexis in a lesson, e. g. ´ I would pre-teach the following words: urban, traffic and congestion, and use a range of synonyms and picture cards to do this. `Thirdly, identifythe mainreading/listeningsub-skills thatstudentswilldevelopusingthe text, such as: gist, scanningand detailedcomprehension. Usereferencesfrommethodologybooksorothernamedsourcestotalkaboutwhythesesub-skillsareimportant.

2. Designandprovide two receptiveskillstasksappropriateforthematerial withanswerssupplied, e. g., gistanddetailedcomprehension tasks. Thesemustbetheactualmaterials youwouldgivetostudents. Don’tjusttalkaboutyourtasks – design themasfinishedhandoutsandincludethemin theappendix – remember to put your answers separately. (They must not be language related tasks, e. g. ´ identify all the examples of the present perfect in the text`).

Providearationaleforbothtasks. Thismeansyouhavetoexplain how and why theexacttasksyouhave designedpractisetheabovementionedsub-skillsand also say how you would set them up (i. e. justifythedesignofyourparticulartask, describe howitworksandwhy and how you would stage it, e. g. ´ Thisisadetailedcomprehensiontaskbecauseitrequiresstudentsto…`)

Part three:

1. Designandprovide one productiveskillstask (speakingorwriting)tofollowupthematerial. Attachthisasfinishedmaterialintheappendix.

2. Providearationaleforthistask. Thismeansyouhavetoexplain how and why thetaskyouhave designedpractisestheproductiveskillyouhavechosentodevelop(e. g. ´ Thisisaspeakingfluencytaskbecauseitrequiresstudentsto…. `) and also explain howyou would set it up. Thisactivitymusthaveafluencyfocus.

3. You mustinclude a word count. This does not include titles, subtitles or appendices - the absolute limit is 1100 words.

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