Apéndice 1
Calendar of Activities
Unit
Week
Date
1
1
26 Sept -1 October
Tasks
TLC_101 Learners’ belief and learning
%
10
strategy use
Some of the ins and
outs of Teaching
Training Practice
2
Deadline: 2 Oct.
2
Integrated Skills
3
Deadline: 9 Oct.
3
Listening
4
4
10
Forum 1 The Communicative Approach
5
TLC_301 Listening
10
17 - 22 October
TLC_401 Video and Self-evaluation
15
Forum 2 Oral Communication
5
TLC_601 Writing practice and feedback
10
Final Paper
35
Deadline: 23 Oct.
5
Oral Communication –
Speaking
6
10 -15 October
TLC_201 Write two lesson plans
Deadline: 16 Oct.
Reading
5
3 - 8 October
24 - 29 October
Deadline: 30 Oct.
6
Writing
31 Oct. – 5 Nov.
Deadline: 6 Nov.
7
7 -17 November
Deadline: 18 Nov.
DESCRIPTION OF TASKS
TLC_101 Learners’ belief and learning strategy use
Read the text The relationship between EFL learners' beliefs and learning
strategy use. You can consult this reading in:
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VCH46DW7736&_user=10&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=
C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=6de682a68386867
ad6bf36052d967ad5
Reflect on the different sights the author concluded from his study and put down
your reflections on paper. Carry out this piece of writing by taking into
consideration your own experience as a student and as a(n) (future) English
teacher in relation to what the author says. Also, highlight the importance of
this text for your students. Write between 250 and 300 words. You need to
respect the number of words. Your paper should be written in a formal style.
Send it to my personal e-mail (cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0.
TLC_201 Write two lesson plans
Write two lesson plans using the two integrated-skill instruction: content-based
language instruction and task-based instruction. For this task, you must
consider: the number of students in your class; your students’ age, needs,
language level, likes and dislikes; the time available per class; and, the program
you follow in your school.
After that, put into practice these two lesson plans and write a report for
each. In this report you should include the following information: the way your
class was implemented; what you think you need to improve; what you consider
needs to be totally changed; what functioned well and you want to conserve;
and, the suitability of the material you used. Write between 250 and 300 words
per report.
Send both your lesson plans and reports to my personal e-mail
(cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0. Make sure you really understand what
content-based and task-based mean. It must be stated since the very beginning
of your lesson plans.
Forum 1 The Communicative Approach
Read the article “The Communicative Approach in English as a Foreign
Language Teaching.” After reading, answer the following questions:
1. Can the communicative approach function in your classroom conditions?
Why yes? Why not?
2. What are some of the benefits in using the communicative approach?
3. Is the material set forth by your administration conducive to the
communicative approach? If not, how can you adjust it so you could use
the communicative approach?
Write between 200 and 250 words. Please, respect the number of words. Send
your answers to the Forum Room. Give positive feedback to TWO e-mates.
TLC_301 Listening
Make a mind map based upon unit 3. You need to
 Start at the centre of the page, mostly with a colourful image;
 Use key words and pictures. Do not use full expressions.
 Include relevant information;
 Use organic lines to make associations between the ideas you are
managing;
 Categorize your ideas and importance of concepts by drawing organic
lines with different lengths;
 Use your own codes and arrows where necessary;
 Use, at least, four different colours;
 Make a connection between what you saw in this unit and your teaching
context by expressing what you think you need to improve to develop a
meaningful teaching of the listening skill in your class; and,
 Make an original mid map.
You should also need to write a brief explanation of your mind map. The
number of words is free according to your needs. Send both your mind map and
explanation to my personal e-mail (cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0.
TLC_401 Video and Self-evaluation
To make use of the methodology described above and of what you read in this
section, you need to make a lesson plan where you include the different steps
proposed, the materials and views. You need to teach this lesson in a real
environment and video record it in a CD and send it to me by mail to:
Mtro. Copérnico Fernando Pereyra Centella
Dirección de la Facultad de Idiomas
Francisco Moreno esq. Ezequiel Alatriste
Col. Ferrer Guardia
C.P. 91020
Xalapa, Ver.
Then self-evaluate your Reading Lesson using as a guide the self-evaluating
questionnaire below. On the reflections section write what strengths and flaws
you found in your plan and actual lesson, including what you would do to
improve it in the future. Send your self-evaluation to my personal e-mail
(cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0.
Forum 2 Oral Communication
1. How important is speaking and listening when learning an L2?
2. Are speaking and listening separated, are they one continuous stimulus?
In earlier units we separated them into productive and receptive skills,
are they really separated?
3. Are they skills?
4. Send your answers to the Forum Room.
Write between 130 and 160 words. Please, respect the number of words. Send
your answers to the Forum Room. Give positive feedback to TWO e-mates.
TLC_601 Writing practice and feedback
Reflect on and analyze:
 The importance of teaching writing;
 Your students’ reaction when you practice writing in class;
 How you encourage your students to write in your classes;
 The approach you use;
 Suggestions to improve your students’ writing skills; and,
 How you respond to your students’ errors in writing; that is to say, how
you give them feedback
Write a text between 300 and 400 words where you express your reflections.
Send it to my personal e-mail (cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0.
Final Task
For this task, you should choose 1 problem (from one of the units) that you have
recognised that your students have in learning and/or managing a particular
aspect of language as a means of communication. After defining the problem
and explaining possible reasons for its occurrence, propose solution(s)
according to your needs and context. This task should be sent to my personal
e-mail (cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0, respecting the deadline. Given
the importance and complexity of this work, I mention below an evaluation
criteria that will be used to evaluate your task and that will be useful during the
writing process to guide you.
Criteria for the final task:
(Adapted from: Mata V., Tito A. (March 2005). From the class Applied Analysis of Academic
Discourse I)
 Your paper must be 1200 – 1300 words. Provide a word count at the end.
Give the paper an appropriate title and number the pages.
 Follow the requirements of the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological
Association
(APA)
to
submit
your
paper
(http://www.sass.uottawa.ca/writing/kit/reference-apa.pdf).
 Your paper should be written in Arial 12, leaving 1.5 space between lines.
 Flagrant plagiarism can invalidate your assignment and make you fail this
component.
 Write your paper in an appropriate style.
 You should include relevant and meaningful information.
 You should have a good management of concepts.
 You should cite appropriately.
 You must back up your essay by making reference to, at least, four authors.
 You can make you the following questions to help you:

Does your essay have a clear focus / thesis?
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Do you demonstrate understanding of the concepts and ideas discussed
and apply them successfully?
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Do you incorporate the idea of others successfully?
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Do you present a careful and convincing argument?
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Are the paper well-structured and the order of ideas clearly presented?
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Are paragraphs coherent and well-balanced?
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Are sentences properly constructed?
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Is language sufficiently formal, accurate, precise and concise?
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Is presentation adequate?
 Proof read the assignment before you send it.
 Remember that you should send your paper to my personal e-mail
(cfpc73@yahoo.com.mx) or Eminus 2.0.