TERM TEST.

 And because...you're in FOURTH...almost graduating...ALMOST professional teachers... you'll understand...I mean... you know...

 

stella :-)

PORTFOLIO 14: HEDGING and BOOSTING.

                                

PORTFOLIO #14.




VIDEO 1: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEDGING




PORTFOLIO

• Watch the video and COPY the 5 pairs of sentence.

VIDEO 2: HEDGING AND BOOSTING. (at 3:43 min some theory on BOOSTING begins).

• Watch the second video and COPY (SOME) SAMPLES
• Look up ANOTHER SOURCE (video, encyclopedia entry, academic article...) that  refers to these topics.
• Paste it in your portfolio 
• write an introduction, brief summary (PAY ATTENTION TO PARAGRAPH STRUCTURE!!!) and upload it to to your e-portfolio. Use:
• paragraph by example?
• paragraph by comparison?
• paragraph by contrast?
• other?
• Create THREE podcasts with the AUDIORECORDING TOOL: VOCAROO.
1. DEFINITION of HEDGING.
2. DEFINITION of BOOSTING.
3. A SHORT piece of advice: WHY should an academic text writer have  these two characteristics in mind?

VOCAROO can be accessed HERE (activate Flash Player!) The FREE version allows us to record a SHORT audio text, so be careful with words!!

Online recording software >>

DEADLINE: August 30th

stella

PORTFOLIO 13: CANCELLED CLASS.

                              


PORTFOLIO #13.

CLASS 17th July- This class was CANCELLED due to an electricity cut.





Watch the videos.
(In spite of the fact that these classes correspond to HOW to teach writing to our students, the material can be applied at ALL levels of proficiency. So, consider these three steps for YOU as writers, too!)

PRE WRITING
PART 1

PART 2

PART 3


DURING WRITING


POST WRITING

• Create a PRESENTATION with PREZI.
• EMBED the presentation in your portfolio. Make sure: 
• the presentation covers ALL the information from the videos,
• the 3 PARTS are clearly divided.
• Include an introduction.
• Write a SHORT REFLECTION:
• on the writing process itself,
• on the TEACHING of writing following these steps,

DEADLINE: August 9th,

stella

PORTFOLIO 12: NOMINALIZATION: FOR or AGAINST?

                                





PORTFOLIO #12.

Watch the videos:

VIDEO #1



VIDEO #2 Against nominalization
 

Entry on NOMINALIZATION- Purdue University HERE


PORTFOLIO:

• Include a DEFINITION of  NOMINALIZATION, acknowledge the source
• Watch each video and find EXAMPLES of nominalization.
• Write them down in your E-portfolio.
• Add NEW examples (of your own).

DEADLINE: August 16th.

stella

PORTFOLIO 11: Discourse and Context in Language Teaching.

PART 1:

• Divide yourselves into FOUR groups,
• Read one chapter,
• prepare a presentation: 
• it should take you NO LONGER than 30 minutes,
• you MAY use a  multimedia presentation.

                                  (Virtual Class: July 10th)

PORTFOLIO #11.

PART 2:

EACH group has prepared a short presentation. Now it's your turn to SHARE your notes.

• open a gdoc (PRESENTATION) >>> one per group.
• paste your NOTES on the slides (DO NOT paste long pieces of text, avoid Copy/Paste. THESE ARE NOTES!)
• add a COVER, name of college, subject, name of students, INDEX, name of chapter, BIBLIOGRAPHY (appropriately cited, last slide ), new examples, QUOTATION MARKS for quotes and aknowledgement for pictures.
• send me the SHORT URL of your GROUP presentation (you can choose ANY from the list below, or look up another tool!)
• SHORT URL
• GOOGLE URL SHORTENER
• TinyURL
• Bitly
• ONE member of the group sends me the SHORTENED URL.
• I will paste the links below: (the prsentarions NEED NOT BE COMPLETE!!!!, SEND THEM ASAP, PLS!)
• Chapter 6: LISTENING.  NEW LINK UPLOADED
• Chapter 7: READING
• Chapter 8: WRITING
• Chapter 9: SPEAKING
• FINALLY, you'll paste the 4 chapters onto YOUR OWN portfolios.

IMPORTANT: to enhance COHESION (and why not coherence) in your presentation, USE THE SAME CRITERIA:

1. same fonts,
2. same bullets,
3. title in capital letters?, 
4. bulleted list ot summary?,
5. with or without pictures?,
6. text highlighted? HOW?,
7. QUOTATION MARKS (to highlight the original text).
8. OTHERWISE it'll have NO UNITY at all, it'll be a collection of loose slides.

DEADLINE: July 15th

stella :-)

NEW MATERIAL

There's NEW material: 
1. Academic Vocabulary in Use.






2. Discourse Analysis for Language Teachers. Chapters 1, 2, 3  & 6.
(copies available at the photocopying place and in BIBLIOGRAPHY). 

st