Assignment - DLSC
SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT:
DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM
GENERAL INFORMATION:
This assignment must be done in pairs and has to fulfil the following conditions:
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Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover, index or appendices –if
there are any-).
Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman.
Size: 11.
Line height: 1.5.
Alignment: Justified.
If for some reason you cannot do the assignment in groups, you will have to do it
individually (notice that individual assignments will be penalized. The maximum score a
student can get is 8/10). The individual assignment must have a length between 8 and
10 pages approximately (without including cover, index or appendix –if there is any).
The assignment has to be done in this Word document and has to fulfil the rules of
presentation and edition, as for quotes and bibliographical references which are
detailed in the Study Guide.
Also, it has to be submitted following the procedure specified in the Study Guide.
Sending it to the teacher’s e-mail is not permitted. Both members of the group have to
send the assignment.
In addition to this, it is very important to read the assessment criteria, which can be
found in the Study Guide.
The assignment mark is 70% of the final mark.
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Assignment:
Take the unit from the course book Bachillerato Made Easy, Richmond Publishing,
available in the Assignment materials section (at the same place where you can find
this paper): Materials 1, and the unit ‘Botellón!’ from an English textbook published in
the Basque Country (2010) for teenagers: Materials 2. Compare and contrast the way
the two units deal with the four skills. You should refer to the following matters:
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The learning theories implicit in the way the units are presented and developed.
The extent to which the skills are integrated.
The product-process aspects of the two units.
The ‘authentic/genuine’ aspects.
The issue of simplification of text
The relationship between the skills work and the learning/practice of grammar.
The opportunities for production (oral and written) the units provide.
The types of production required.
The variety (or otherwise) of the activity types.
Which unit do you prefer? Why?
Of course, add any other aspects that you consider relevant or important. The above
list is simply a suggestion of the sort of considerations you will need to make in order to
analyse the two books critically, and to arrive at a conclusion as to which of the two
units you prefer, if indeed you have a preference.
Important: you have to write your personal details and the subject name on the
cover (see the next page). The assignment that does not fulfil these conditions
will not be corrected. You have to include the assignment index below the cover.
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Names and surname(s):
Group:
Date:
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