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UNIT 12. DIFFERENCES BETWEEN L1 AND L2 LEARNING

L1 → first language

L2 → second language

KEY CONCEPTS 

Essential Study Skills

Skills Highlighted by Dr. Wagner

• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

• Collaboration and Influential Leadership

• Information Access and Analysis

• Effective Oral and Written Communication

• Agility and Adaptability

• Imagination and Curiosity

• Initiative and Entrepreneurialism

Understanding Arguments

Key Concepts

• Assumption:

  An unstated reason crucial to the conclusion's validity.

• Inconsistency:

  A contradiction within the reasoning.

Expertise and Sources

• Expertise:

  Experience, skills, and qualifications in a specific field.

• Primary Source:

  Original, unaltered source from the time of an event.

• Secondary Source:

  Uses or adapts information from primary sources.

Annotated Bibliography Criteria

• Citation
• Introduction and Source Type
• Aims and Research

Essential English Vocabulary

Leisure Activities & General Terms

• Ballet classes: clases de ballet
• Doing sport: fent esport
• Free time: temps lliure
• Go out: sortir
• Good at: bo en
• Graffiti artist: graffiter
• Learning to play: aprenent a tocar
• Play: jugar
• Spending time with my friends: passar temps amb els meus amics
• Spray paint: pintura en aerosol
• Chatting: xatejar
• Cooking: cuinar
• Doing crossword puzzles: fer encreuats
• Doing photography: fer fotos
• Drawing: dibuixar
• Hiking: senderisme
• Painting: pintar
• Playing cards: jugar cartes
• Playing chess: jugar escacs
• Playing ice hockey: jugar a hoquei sobre gel
• Playing table football: jugar a futbolí
• Surfing the Net: navegar per la xarxa
• Match: relacionar
• Point out: assenyalar
• Remove: treure
• Involved: implicats
• Doubt: dubte
• Catch:

Unit 15: Approaches to Language Teaching

What Is an Approach to Language Teaching?

Our view of language and how language learning takes place influences our teaching approach. For example, one view might consider language as a set of grammar rules, learned through study and translation. Another approach might emphasize communication, focusing on fluency through interactive activities.

Comparing Approaches

Synopsis

Sam Sylvester, a dedicated teacher at Hawkwood School, strives to instill ambition in his students and inspire them to achieve great things. He decides to train them for a sports competition against the affluent students of Greycoats. The great adventure begins here.

Key Vocabulary

• Team: A group of people who play a sport or game together against another group.
• Race: A competition to see who can run, ride, or drive the fastest.
• Course: The ground where a race is run.
• Competition: A game or sport that people try to win.
• Mare: A female horse.
• Recording: The process of storing sounds or images.
• Shed: A small building used for storage.
• Knackers: People who buy and sell old horses.
• Score: The number of points in a game or test.
• Slide: To move smoothly

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T1: Intro: ICT info communication technology CAI computer assisted inst | 4 KEY ELEMENTS

affect learning: learner, teacher, curriculum, infrastructure

Potential of IT:

1. As object: content, goals..
2. Medium to enhance teaching/learning process.

Infrastructure:

perceptions, curriculum design, infrastructure, school organization, educational policies.

Emerging issues:

1. Society industrial to knowledge / IT enhance teaching-learning.
2. Tech push: change education / educational pull: address educational needs.

TPCK (Tech, pedagogic. content knowledge):

emphasize interaction between 3 domains.

OLPC: One laptop per child. Strategies:

1. Access hardware
2. Local language
3. Qualified educators
4. Quality research
5. Access content creation.

T1: INFO society -> KNOWL. soc. (as commodity)

Do business, a job • make money, a loss • launch a product, a campaign • cut costs, jobs • reach a decision, a target • run a business, a company

PAST SIMPLE • Yesterday • Last week/month/year etc • Ago • In/at/on + time e.g. on Monday

PRESENT PERFECT • Since • For • Yet • Already • Just • So far/up to now • Always/ever/never

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Mastering English Vocabulary and Grammar

Common Verb Collocations

• Make: progress, money, suggestions, sense, a reaction, a choice, competition, an appointment
• Take: part, action, achievement, place, a rise, an effort, one’s time, responsibility, age
• Raise: a solution, issues, money, one’s voice, a question, an award, children, awareness, a price, doubt

Essential Idiomatic Expressions

• Move with the times: to adapt to current trends
• Have you on the edge of your seat: something that is very exciting or suspenseful
• His mind is made up: he has decided firmly
• Dead-end job: a job with no prospects for advancement
• Get your foot in the door: to get started in a new career or organization
• Make a living: to earn enough money to live
• Tricks of the trade: clever