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Five types of writing are examined-compare/contrast, argumentative, persuasive, narrative, and descriptive. The importance of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is highlighted.
Students also learn research techniques, as well as how to edit and revise their work.
SMARTHINKING writing professionals will carefully review and provide personal feedback to students for 5 graded essays and 7 essay drafts.
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Hope all of u to learn something meaningful.
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This is very useful presentation specially for the teacher who are interested to learn how we should frame the learning outcomes in a specific way.
Hope all of u to learn something meaningful.
Regards,
ANEEQA ZIA
Teacher ar ARF College M M Alam Base, Milawali, Pakistan
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2. WHAT IS A MODULE?
A module is the blueprint that drives individual
lessons.
It provides an overall coherence and specifies the
particular elements that will be addressed
throughout the series of lessons.
It keeps teachers on track, ensures everything is
covered that needs to be covered and sets up the
assessment process.
Module planning precedes lesson planning.
3. MODULE PLANNING
THERE ARE
Competency focused module plans
DIFFERENT Organized around specific CLB
APPROACH
ES TO
competencies. They are embedded in a
MODULE variety of relevant language tasks.
PLANNING. Giving directions, being tactful, giving
opinions
TWO
APPROACH
Task-focused module plans
ES Organized around specific language
COMMON
IN CLB-
tasks Students need to carry out in
ALIGNED particular social situations. They embed I
COURSES or more CLB competencies.
INCLUDE: Making a doctor’s appointment, calling in
sick, writing a cheque
4. N.B.
As long as the module contains certain key
elements: language tasks and CLB
competencies, language skills and
strategies, propose assessment tasks, the
format can vary.
IT IS FUNDAMENTAL, HOWEVER, THAT
TEACHERS UNDERTAKE MODULE
PLANNING PRIOR TO LESSON
PREPARATION
5. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Conduct a Needs Assessment to
determine:
the social situations in which Students
need to communicate in English, and,
if possible
some specific events/tasks Students
might want to carry out in those
situations.
6. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Select a theme (e.g. Employment)
and a communication event from
your Needs Assessment results
(e.g. Applying for a Job).
7. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Analyze all the ACTIVITIES involved in
applying for a job, such as:
Choose appropriate job ads in the classified
section of the paper
Find directions to one of the businesses
posting a job wanted ad
(At the business) Get a job application form
Complete the job application
Prepare a resume
Return the application and resume to the
business
Participate in the selection process
Follow up
8. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
For each activity, identify possible
LANGUAGE TASKS and note the
skills. You might suggest others,
but here are a few examples:
Choose job ads to respond to
Read job ads in the newspaper
classifieds (Reading task)
Read an ad on a job board at an
employment centre (Reading)
Read a job posting in a window
(Reading)
9. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Find directions to business
Do a Google Map search
(Computer/Reading & Writing task)
Read a map to find a location
(Reading)
Get a job application form
Request a job application
(Listening/Speaking)
Complete the job application
(Writing)
10. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Prepare a resume
Writ a Resume (Writing)
Return application and resume
Write a cover letter (Writing)
Address an envelope (Writing)
Submit an application F/F (Listening &
Speaking)
Selection Process
Participate in a job interview (Listening &
Speaking)
Follow Up
Make a follow-up phone call (Listening &
Speaking)
11. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Select tasks appropriate the
Students CLB level.
Teachers can choose as many tasks
as they want; however, the Manitoba
template we use provides for 4 tasks
– Listening, Speaking, Reading, and
Writing.
This approach generally works well
for a well-integrated thematic module
plan.
12. Selecting/Modifying a Task
Teachers might modify a task to make it appropriate
to the CLB level performance conditions, e.g.
Finding a job ad in the newspaper might be above the
CLB level of the class because of text complexity, but
maybe reading a Job ad posted in a business window
might be OK.
Preparing a resume is WAY to difficult for a CLB 3 class or
even a CLB 5, but it seems to be OK for a CLB 8 class.
Teachers might also want to consider tasks that might
have been taught previously.
Maybe a task outlined as a possibility for this unit is too
similar to a previously taught task. It might be a good
transfer to another context, or it may be redundant given
what was taught before.
13. POSSIBLE TASKS:
Listening – Request a job
application form at a place of
business (understand the
receptionist’s Qs and info)
Speaking – Request a job
application form at a place of
business (give info, polite request
and ask Qs)
Reading – Read a job ad in a
window
Writing – Fill out a job application
14. POSSIBLE TASKS:
Listening – Participate in a job
interview
Speaking – Participate in a job
interview
Reading – Conduct an online job
search
Writing – (task 1) Prepare a resume
and (task 2) prepare a cover letter
15. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Analyze the tasks to determine the
CLB competencies at the class’s
level that will/could be addressed
by this task.
16. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Analyze the tasks to determine:
the functions/speech acts that would
need to be taught,
the grammar, vocabulary,
orthography/pronunciation needed,
the genre and textual features,
the pragmatic conventions/concerns,
and
the language and learning strategies
that could be taught.
17. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Specify any particular background
information required to carry out
these tasks successfully in this
particular social context.
E.g. In this module, it would be
important for Ss to understand the
process, services and assumptions of
looking for work in Canada.
18. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Identify any resources that
would need to be developed or
acquired. This includes noting
any guest speakers to book.
19. TASK-FOCUSED MODULE
PLANNING
Identify how the tasks could be
assessed.
(Teachers may choose not to formally
assess all the tasks.
Some tasks might be self-assessed or peer-
assessed for the portfolio, but the teacher
should formally assess at least one of the
tasks).
Remember, an assessment task is
usually a skill-using activity administered
under test-like conditions with pre-
determined criteria selected.
20. Benefits of Module Planning
Easy for the teacher to keep on track with
well-sequenced inter-related lesson plans.
Module plans, once developed can be used
again or modified for other classes.
Module plans be shared in a module bank with
colleagues.
Editor's Notes
Listening – Participate in a job interview Speaking – Participate in a job interview Reading – Conduct an online job search Writing – (task 1) Prepare a resume and (task 2) prepare a cover letter
Identify any resources that would need to be developed or acquired. This includes noting any guest speakers to book.