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

PORTFOLIO 10: 5-PARAGRAPH ESSAY and THESIS STATEMENT

Virtual class June 26th

 Portfolio 10:

• Watch these videos.
• Take down notes.

  



Thesis statements:  How to improve them.

• Paste your notes to YOUR OWN WALL WISHER (with Padlet).
• Embed the video & study notes (Padlet ) on YOUR OWN PORTFOLIO. 

Do you need a TUTORIAL) It's available HERE.


DEADLINE: June 30th (or near this date!!)


stella :-)

Chapter 1: Genre, Text and Grammar: Technologies for Teaching and Assessing Writing.

Go through this short presentation for next class: JUNE 18th.
Bring Chapter 1 (and if possible, though it's NOT a must...Introductory  Chapter)> you need not read it!

Isfd 41 18-lee4-genre, text, grammar de stellams

NB: Sources are on the last slide.

stella

PORTFOLIO 9: (extra challenge) HALLIDAY - lecture.

PORTFOLIO #9

• Listen to Prof Halliday's (1925-2018) lecture. Some of the items he mentions may be NEW and some may be OLD.
• Make GROUPS of students (6 to 8)
• create a GOOGLE DOC (the student who OPENS it should have a G account) and invite your mates.
• ABOVE make a LIST of the students who are part of the group.
• make sure you listen to Dr Halliday's lecture several times and COLLABORATE with one or more concepts.
• draw a TABLE (3 columns)
• column 1: s's name
• column 2: time lapse (on video)
• column 3: the PARAPHRASED concept 
• Paste the video and the shared document on your e-portfolio.

DEADLINE: June 28th 

stella :-)

PORTFOLIO #8: SYSTEMIC FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS IN THE EFL CLASS.

(VIRTUAL CLASS June 12th)

As I told you I'm reading on VISIBLE THINKING*.  Going on with the topic of Systemic Functional Linguistics, you are going to watch the video and learn more about it.

*Visible Thinking is a broad and flexible framework for enriching classroom learning in the content areas and fostering students' intellectual development at the same time.

 PORTFOLIO # 8.

• Watch the whole video to find out old/new information.
• Go to the OUTLINE (0:27) and use it as the starting point for YOUR OWN GRAPHIC ORGANIZER (mind map, concept map, among others). 
• Read MORE about GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS HERE.
• Make sure you take down complete study notes and bring the examples to discuss in class.
• You can work in PAIRS collaboratively or individually.

DEADLINE: June 18th

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PORTFOLIO #7: THESIS STATEMENT.

 PORTFOLIO # 7.

As it was discussed in class, the last sentence of the introduction is called the THESIS STATEMENT. And it is the backbone to your essay. Watch the two videos to revise HOW to write a THESIS STATEMENT. 

PORTFOLIO:

Take down NOTES to be used to write or re-write your thesis statement.

Paste them onto your own e-portfolio.

Add the videos (optional)

acknowledge source(s)

 VIDEO 1

 VIDEO 2

  

 Tips for Writing Thesis Statements

1.Determine what kind of paper you are writing:

An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. 

An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience. 

An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. 

The claim could be

an opinion

a policy proposal

an evaluation

a cause-and-effect statement

an interpretation. 

The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided. If you are writing a text that does not fall under these three categories (e.g., a narrative), a thesis statement somewhere in the first paragraph could still be helpful to your reader.

2. Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.

3. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.

4. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

DEADLINE: June 16th

 Adapted from: Purdue University. OWL.

 stella :-)

PORTFOLIO 7 and PRESENTATIONS

PORTFOLIO ENTRY # 7.



Pick up the book 
The Study of Language. Go to chapters:

• 10
• 11
• 18
• 19
• 20

Prepare an ORAL PRESENTATION (with visual aid -Prezi, Power point- a handout with summary and a brief activity for your mates)









INCOMPLETE ENTRY
BOOK: Yule, G (2016). The Study of Language. Chapters 10, 11,18, 19, 20. U.K.: CUP.

DEADLINE: June 3rd week

stella 

PORTFOLIO 6: SFL (revision)

(VIRTUAL CLASS: May 29th)

 PORTFOLIO # 6.

• Watch the videos and create a GOOGLE FORM with questions and answers related to their content.
• Make sure your questions cover BOTH sources.
• Paste the videos on your e-portfolios  and EMBED the google form.
• SAMPLE FORM
• go to GDRIVE
• open a FORM
• choose a TYPE/several types of question(s) 
• HERE GOES A sample:

• You MAY work in PAIRS.
• AFTER the due date you're going to visit at least 3 mates´ portfolios and you're going to complete their quizzes.
• if you happen to come across a MISTAKE in your mate's quizz, let him/her know ASAP so that he/she is able to adjust that question or answer.
• FINALLY, write  a BRIEF comment UNDER THE 3 ENTRIES OF YOUR MATES' PORTFOLIOS on
• how you found THOSE entries,
• if you've learnt something NEW (what),
• whether you consider this tool (Gforms) useful,
• other metacognitive comments.
• REMEMBER to use a PARAGRAPH for this reflexion.

DEADLINE: June 18th

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PORTFOLIO 5: TOPIC SENTENCE.

PORTFOLIO ENTRY #5

1- Draw a bulleted list with the most important items discussed in the video.
CITE THE SOURCES (video) and embed it in your e-portfolio.



 2- Check these topic sentences. Visit the site from the Univeristy of Ottawa.  Paste the paragraphs (at least 3) and the corresponding TOPIC SENTENCES.

3- "EXAMPLES of Topic sentences and how to write them": HERE

DEADLINE: APRIL 28th.

stella 

PORTFOLIO 4: SPEECH ACTS.

PORTFOLIO ENTRY 4

• Watch the video, do to the THINK section. (YOU HAVE TO LOGIN)
• Upload the video to your portfolio
• Add a brief summary

• CHOOSE some/several excercises from the Think Link section and solve them.
• If necessary, upload another video or source TO ENLARGE your study notes

DEADLINE: APRIL 25th

stella

PORTFOLIO 3. HOW TO CITE SOURCES.

There are several ways to cite a source (MLA, Turabian, Chicago). Here you have APA Citation Style

Author(s). (Date). Title of Book/ "Title of Article"/ Title of Periodical/ Volume. Pages. Place of Publication. Publisher. 



Journal or Magazine Article

Wilcox, R. V. (1991). "Shifting roles and synthetic women in Star Trek: The Next Generation". Studies in Popular Culture, 13(2), 53-65.

Journal or Magazine Article

Dubeck, L. (1990). "Science fiction aids science teaching." Physics Teacher, 28, 316-318.

Newspaper Article

Di Rado, A. (1995, March 15). "Trekking through college: Classes explore modern society using the world of Star Trek." Los Angeles Times, p. A3.

Article from an Internet Database

Mershon, D. H. (1998, November-December). "Star Trek on the brain: Alien minds, human minds." American Scientist, 86, 585. Retrieved July 29, 1999, from Expanded Academic ASAP database.

BookOkuda, M., & Okuda, D. (1993). Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future. New York: Book Pocket Books

Article or ChapterJames, N. E. (1988). "Two sides of paradise: The Eden myth according to Kirk and Spock." In D. Palumbo (Ed.), Spectrum of the fantastic (pp. 219-223). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

Encyclopedia ArticleSturgeon, T. (1995). Science fiction. In The encyclopedia Americana (Vol. 24, pp. 390-392). Danbury, CT: Grolier.

WebsiteLynch, T. (1996). DS9 trials and tribble-ations review. Retrieved October 8, 2008, from Psi Phi: Bradley's Science Fiction Club Web site: http://www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/ 503r.html



Notes

• Arrange the items on your reference list alphabetically by author, interfiling books, articles, etc.
• Use only the initials of the authors' first (and middle) names.
• If no author is given, start with the title and then the date.
• If you are using a typewriter that cannot produce italics, then use underlining instead.
• Magazine articles: include the month (and day) as shown under Newspapers.
• Websites: if the date the page was created is not given, use (n.d.).
  
  
  
  adapted from: http://essayinfo.com/citations/index.php

PORTFOLIO:

• paste this information onto your portfolio
• take 4 or 5 samples of DIFFERENT SOURCES (BOOKS, MAGAZINES, WEB SITES, etc)
• write down the bibliographical data according to the text above

DEADLINE: April 18th

Stella

PORTFOLIO ENTRIES 1 & 2.

CREATE YOUR OWN E-PORTFOLIO


PORTFOLIO ENTRY # 1

• Post a WELCOME message
• you can use TEXT GENERATORS:  Fodey, Image chef or Google images.

PORTFOLIO ENTRY # 2

• Visit the following link: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO- Writing courses, Advice on Academic Writing

• General
• Planning and Organizing
• Reading and Researching
• Using Sources
• Specific Types of Writing
• Style and Editing
• English as a Second Language
• Further Resources
• Create a SLIDE SHOW (Power point) with key information.
• Include 20/25 slides
• slide #1= Cover
• last slide = bibliography (cite appropriately)
• upload your slide show with an apropriate link (e,g. SLIDESHARE). Remember to REGISTER and then LOG IN.
• IMPORTANT: to upload the slide show, the label above the box should be in HTLM, not in Redactar.

(SS who are taking the subject for a second time, can use LAST YEAR entry)

DUE DATE: APRIL 16th

stella :-)

WELCOME

WELCOME TO 2019 COURSE