Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Range
Register Organisation Target Reader
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Question:
Question:
Poll:
Which of the following do your learners have trouble with? (check all that apply!)
Including all the relevant content points / answering the question. Producing grammatically accurate language and using appropriate vocabulary Using a range of vocabulary and grammar and avoiding repetition
Always remember the CARROT ! C A R R O T ontent ccuracy ange egister rganisation arget Reader
thoughts?
Content:
1. wordled (jumbled) rubrics / questions
Content:
1. wordled (jumbled) rubrics / questions
2. Question creation.
Content:
1. wordled (jumbled) rubrics / questions
2. Question creation. 3. Sample task assessment / peer assessment
Content:
1. wordled (jumbled) rubrics / questions
2. Question creation. 3. Sample task assessment / peer assessment 4. Whats the writing T.I.P ?
(theme / ideas / purpose)
Accuracy:
1. Spot the difference / Mistakes infogap task
Accuracy:
1. Spot the difference / Mistakes infogap task
2. Bad Model running dictation / dictagloss
Accuracy:
1. Spot the difference / Mistakes infogap task
2. Bad Model running dictation / dictagloss 3. Creating correction texts for each other.
Accuracy:
1. Spot the difference / Mistakes infogap task
2. Bad Model running dictation / dictagloss 3. Creating correction texts for each other. 4. Correction codes for writing feedback
Range:
1. Synonym Tennis a vocabulary back and forth
Range:
1. Synonym Tennis a vocabulary back and forth
2. Re-making / re-wording repetitive texts
Range:
1. Synonym Tennis a vocabulary back and forth
2. Re-making / re-wording repetitive texts 3. Question paraphrasing competition
Range:
1. Synonym Tennis a vocabulary back and forth
2. Re-making / re-wording repetitive texts 3. Question paraphrasing competition 4. Say that again - a sentence paraphrasing circle writing task
Register:
1. Register transformation tasks (bad model)
Register:
1. Register transformation tasks (bad model)
2. A lesson on register (www.onestopenglish.com)
Register:
1. Register transformation tasks (bad model)
2. A lesson on register (www.onestopenglish.com) 3. A register based role play version of Postie Postie
(acknowledgement to Peter Moran)
Organisation:
1. Genre diagrams / labelling tasks
Organisation:
1. Genre diagrams / labelling tasks
2. Three basic discourse patterns (after Michael Hoey)
Organisation:
1. Genre diagrams / labelling tasks
2. Three basic discourse patterns (after Michael Hoey)
TOPIC SENTENCE GENERAL SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
Organisation:
1. Genre diagrams / labelling tasks
2. Three basic discourse patterns (after Michael Hoey)
TOPIC SENTENCE GENERAL SPECIFIC EXAMPLE
Target Reader:
1. Writer / reader role plays
Target Reader:
1. Writer / reader role plays
2. Target reader criteria creation what would have the best impact on you?
Target Reader:
1. Writer / reader role plays
2. Target reader criteria creation what would have the best impact on you? 3. Facebook style commenting (can be harsh & brutal)
CONTENT
Reconstitute wordled rubrics
Question Creation Sample task / Peer assessment The writing T.I.P.
ACCURACY
Spot the difference / info gaps
Bad model dictagloss / running dictation Creating correction texts Using correction codes for feedback
RANGE
Synonym tennis
Re-writing repetitive texts Question paraphrase competition Say that again circle writing
REGISTER
Register transformation tasks A lesson on Register Register based Postie Postie
ORGANISATION
Genre diagrams / labelling tasks Three basic discourse patterns Jumbled texts / paragraphs
TARGET READER
Writer / reader role plays Target reader criteria creation Facebook style commenting
Any questions?
Any problems from your experience that havent been covered that youd like to raise?
References, Links & Further Reading: Wordle: www.wordle.net A lesson on register: www.onestopenglish.com www.eltchat.org / twitter: #eltchat Michael Hoey, Textual Interaction, Routledge, 2000 Tricia Hedge, Writing 2nd ed., OUP, 2005 Sally Burgess & Katie Head, How to Teach for Exams, Pearson, 2005.