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Unit 3 - What Do I Know About The English Language?

If in chapter 2 I asked myself the question of who will I teach, in this unit I ask "what will I teach?" As an L2 learner that I am, I thought that learning a "little bit" more about the English language was going to be like a refresher for me after so many years that I have been int he process of learning it. Well, it felt like a bucket of cold water poured over me when I began to read Hammer, J (2007). Describing Language, part of our reading material. Talking about the context of meaning in words, the structure of sentences, the function and the variable of the language, etc. left me feeling totally lost and unable to have a clearer understanding of these concepts. According to Razfar A. and Rumenapp, J.C.2003, there are seven levels of linguistics which represent the language code and are lined up in a traditional progression - smallest unit to largest. Through the above levels, we can answer several questions like what do people say? How do people say wh

Unit # 8 How Do I Assess Language Larning

Assessing language learning in the classroom is something that we have to take under consideration before, during and after a unit has been taught. This is what we refer to as Diagnostic, Formative and Summative assessments. Diagnostic Assessment: it is done at the beginning of a lesson. Here, the teacher can use quizzes, tests or collect students' work to have an idea on what area to focus the lesson on. Formative Assessment: it is done throughout the process of a lesson. This assessment is done without marking the students on their work. The students also have the opportunity of giving feedback to their classmates and do self-assessments on their own learning. Summative Assessment: It is a compilation of what the students have learned at the end of a unit or lesson. Students can demonstrate their learning through homework assignments, portfolios or group activities that are to be graded. Another interesting form of assessment is the PBLA-Portfolio Based Language Assessment.

Unit # 7 How do I Manage My Class?

One thing that caught my attention in this unit was the possibility of something going wrong with students in a classroom. The scenarios may vary from students arriving late, to refusing to put away a cell phone during class time or a student refusing to work with other classmates due to religious beliefs. Whatever the situation, the teacher has to find a reasonable solution to the problem, and yet, not allow the students to think that the teacher will be making such changes just because the students want to. I totally agree with respecting specific requests made by students, but they also have to know that the way a teacher runs his/her classroom has to be respected as well. In addition to the above scenarios, there are other issues to think about. The teacher should also consider other learners with literacy needs, poverty, mental/physical disabilities, and LGBTQ and how to support them and include them like any other "normal" group. Sometimes trying to be inclusive with

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