Task-Based Language Teaching

Hello, welcome! This week blog is dedicated to expose the Task-Based Language, you can lear more about in the following summarize below.

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Task-Based Language Teaching

Wilkins in 1976, distinguished between two types of syllabi: synthetic syllabi and analytic syllabi. Synthetic syllabi is a sequence from linguistic simplicity ti linguistic complexity, while analytic syllabi is composed by tasks.

Teachers’ main purpose is to facilitate students’ language learning by giving them tasks to have a clear outcome. The teacher analyzed students’ needs to have a proper task assigned considering students’ level and abilities. The class begins with a pre-task during this phase the teacher introduce the students to the language they will need to complete the task. Afterwards students are comfortable performing the tasks given by the teacher, knowing that the task shows possible situations they will overcome in real life. The task has clear outcomes so both students and teachers can tell if the task has been successfully completed. A post-task phase takes place to give feedback and reinforce students learning to solve any problem that may have risen.

Nevertheless it is important to highlight that this method helps and encourage students to use the target language actively and meaningfully. Having this result it is shown how students overcome their fears and feel more comfortable to use the target language in different situations in their lives, even going beyond the classroom.

Lesson Plan

UNIVERSITY OF COSTA RICA

ATLANTIC BRANCH-TURRIALBA CAMPUS

LESSON PLAN

Institution:

Date: May 2^nd, 2014

Group: 9-2

TARGET CONTENT: SPORTS AND LEASURE ACTIVITIES
Linguistic Objectives	Mediation Activities	Evaluation of learning outcomes and strategies	Time Allotted
SWBT: To write phrases and paragraphs  using simple descriptive language To understand the meaning of written information To express ideas and opinions	1. Teacher greets students and tells the topic of the class. (2min) 2. Teacher gives a list of 5 tasks of how people can use to express the sport they like. Ex: Do you like to play…? What kind of _ do you need? Can you play…? Students are asked to read their answers according to the sport they practice. (8min) 3. Teacher asks students to form five groups of five, each group have an specific sport, students have to write a paragraph with the most important characteristics of the sport assigned. Students share the paragraph with the rest of the class. (15min) 4. Teacher provides students a sheet of paper. In the same groups students have to create a stanza of a song related to why it is important to practice sports. At the end students have to perform in front of the class. (15min)	The teacher considers the students level and abilities for the class’ activities. The teacher gives feedback when students when is necessary and students required. Students have to work in groups to solve the tasks assigned. Students have to talk in English during the class, to answered and perform the activities.	40 minutes
Resources: sheets of paper, pencils Chronicle

Gesture & Vocal Expression

Hello welcome! Today's blog consist in gesture and vocal expression. Us as future professors must have to know some key points to improve the learning process in class, so here are some tips.

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Now here is a video that would explaing some of the key concepts of gesture and facial expression.

Relationship among the video and the Summary of Gesture and Vocal Expression

The use of gestures and the tone of our voices are the key to a better learning process in our students, both students and teachers are benefited. Why? Well as it is shown in the video and in the summary the use of gestures increases the students learning, making them able to remember things better than without gestures, so this makes a time savior. Nevertheless we must take into consideration our gestures and facial expressions, as it is mentioned in the video. We have to be careful in general, but especially in our classroom, we do not want to offend somebody or give the grown message.

It is being proven that gesturing have an impact in words, so it makes what we say more memorable. At the same time, maintaining a proper tone of voice can make students more interested in class, however it cannot be the same all the time, we must put an emphasizes in certain words or certain quotes so the class can be variety and not monotonous.

To summarize gesture and vocal expression are important when we are teaching our students, both students and teachers will be pleasant of having this little changes for a better improvement.