parfor3-writing tasks

Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz - UESC

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

Writing Tasks

Daily task: open the Journal Writing page. Every other class you are supposed to turn in your journal notebook with a journal entry with at least 50 words (beginners) / 100 words (intermediate to advanced students).

Writing task 1. Write a 2-paragraph, 80-word essay on English teaching methodology, methods, approaches, and theory in general. Include research information, and your personal experience as a teacher/student of English. You are welcome to write more than 80 words. Do research: Ted Power, English Raven, English Teaching Forum, or any other source on teaching methodology / theory.

Writing task 2. Write a 3-paragraph, 120-word essay to expand your elaboration in Writing task 1 (above).

Writing task 3. Write a 250-word biography of a famous Brazilian poet, writer, artist, educator, professor, or scientist. For models, please read some of the following biographies: William Blake, Paul Cézanne, Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Galileo, Paul Gauguin, Leonardo Da Vinci, or Andy Warhol. Also, check the page How to write a biography.

Writing task 4. Write an 80-word summary of the article The effective language teacher, by Isaias Carvalho.

Writing task 5. [As part of credit 4] Write a 4-to-6-paragraph, 250-word essay on a more comprehensive analysis of English teaching methodology, methods, approaches, and theory in general. Use the information previously tackled in Writing tasks 1 and 2.

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Writing task 8. Make at least 20 sentences using the vocabulary, expressions and structures you have contact with during your classes. Your professor will check these sentences in your notebook.

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa - Habilidades Integradas III

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