parfor3-assignments
Coordenação geral: Prof. Isaias Carvalho
Curso: Língua Estrangeira Moderna / Inglês
PARFOR - Plano Nacional de Formação dos Professores da Educação Básica
Disciplina: Língua Inglesa - Habilidades Integradas III (home)
Professor: Isaias Carvalho
Assignments for September 2011
***** Attention: As of Sept. 6th, you can pick up your August assignments which are still with me. At the Colegiado de Letras. *****
Assignment 1 Develop your learning autonomy in English: listen to songs, read authentic texts, study grammar and vocabulary, get together with peers to practice speaking etc. When learning a language, practice and quantity of contact matters. Review your class notes.
Assignment 2 Prepare for the mini-seminar as part of the grade for Credit 4. You're supposed to do research on English teaching methodology, methods, approaches, and theory in general. Include research information, and your personal experience as a teacher/student of English. Here are some suggestions for research: Ted Power, English Raven, English Teaching Forum, or any other source on teaching methodology / theory. Choose a topic and/or article to present. The groups for the mini-seminar are:
Importante note: the date and order for presentations will be decided on the first class of August. 10 minutes for each group. You may use powerpoint (it is not mandatory). The assessment will be individual.
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Assignment 3 Write a 100-word summary of the following text: "Laugh and Learn:Thinking over the 'Funny Teacher' Myth", by Antonio Luciano Tosta (click here for full text)
Assignment 4 Writing. Go to Writing tasks, and do Writing task 2.
Assignment 5 Writing. Go to Writing tasks, and do Writing task 4.
Assignment 6 Piece of news. [canceled] From an authentic and original news article/report in English, prepare to present a piece of news in class. In PARFOR English III, you're supposed to read and report on English teaching in General; English teaching in Brazil, or any topic related to education. Some tips for authentic sources in English: Google; BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal; English Teaching Forum; The ESPecialist; and others. Use the following expressions, among others: "My piece of news is about..."; "It's from ... (source)"; "In my personal opinion, ..."; "In short, ..."; "From my point of view, ..." etc.
Assignments for August 2011
Assignment 1 Develop your learning autonomy in English: listen to songs, read authentic texts, study grammar and vocabulary, get together with peers to practice speaking etc. When learning a language, practice and quantity of contact matters. Review your class notes.
Assignment 2 Translate the paragraph below (from: "Bringing One Language to Another: Multilingualism as a Resource in the Language Classroom", by Joyce Milambiling; English Teaching Forum). Please, do not use any automatic translator.
"Multilingualism, which is defined as speaking two or more languages, is a growing worldwide phenomenon. Due to increased mobility and closely linked economies, many countries currently have significant multilingual populations in their workforces and educational systems. The demands of international commerce alone have engendered a large amount of interest and attention to multilingual education and training programs. In this time of unprecedented contact among different language groups and cultures, speaking two or more languages can make a difference in where one lives and may determine educational and career choices. English, as a major language of international business, is spoken as a second or third language in many countries around the world. In fact, English “can be seen as a factor in the creation of multilingualism today” (Jessner 2006, 2), and educational programs in English are in high demand".
Assignment 3 Journal writing. In your journal writing notebook, write 2 entries: one about the achievements and drawbacks related to English learning/teaching; another one about any topic you wish to deal with in English.
Assignment 4 Piece of news. From an authentic and original news article/report in English, prepare to present a piece of news in class. In PARFOR English III, you're supposed to read and report on English teaching in General; English teaching in Brazil, or any topic related to education. Some tips for authentic sources in English: Google; BELT - Brazilian English Language Teaching Journal; English Teaching Forum; The ESPecialist; and others. Use the following expressions, among others: "My piece of news is about..."; "It's from ... (source)"; "In my personal opinion, ..."; "In short, ..."; "From my point of view, ..." etc.
Assignment 5 Grammar. Go to Grammar tasks, and do/study tasks 1 and 3. Remember you'll have a mini-test on prepositions and conditionals to be credited for process assessment.
Assignment 6 Writing. Go to Writing tasks, and do Writing task 1.
Assignment 7 Writing. Go to Writing tasks, and do Writing task 3. [to be turned in until Friday - September 5th; you may either sent it by mail, or deliver it at the Colegiado de Letras or DLA]
Disciplina: Língua Inglesa - Habilidades Integradas III
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