Assignments

Students will be encouraged to undertake various assignments in their own time. There are a number of assignments suggested for each week. Some of these are necessary, and will be responsible for 20% of the total grade.These assignments are underlined. Please make sure you do these.

All the other assignments are suggestions to help you in getting the most out of the course. Look upon them as ideas which can take you further in your investigation of Classroom Language. Assignments will also help the Presentation, since these will benefit from individual, self-directed study.

  1. The necessary assignments (the ones which are underlined) are worth 20% of the final grade, and are explained in the "Assessment" page of this site.
  2. The Presentation is worth 25% of the final grade, and is explained in the "Assessment" page of this site.
  3. The Learner Journal is worth 25% of the final grade, and is explained in the "Assessment" page of this site.
  4. Other assignments are offered in the schedules for each Period during the semester. These assignments are suggestions. They are ideas designed to help in the investigation of Classroom Language as an effective means of teaching the English language. The focus of these assignments is practical - the development of Classroom Language which can be used in the language classroom.
  • Assignments that are underlined are necessary - they are part of the assessment of the course.
    These assignments need to be completed.
  • Assignments that are not underlined are suggestions. You can do as many of these as you wish.
  • When you make your presentation lesson, put a copy in the 20-pocket file, along with a one-page explanation of the lesson structure, aims, content and methods.

Preparation for Week 1

  • Buy Classroom Language (ask at the 학과실 if you can't find the book anywhere)
  • Obtain a copy of Reflections: a Learning Journal. (Ask at the 학과실, the copies are there).
  • Read Chapter 1 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of week 1.
  • Check out the home page
  • Sign onto the class email
  • Obtain a 20-pocket file, A4 size.

Week 1:

  • Read Chapter 2 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Learning Journal: Page 1; "Today's Thoughts" (page 11)
  • Start thinking about your Presentation. Who will you work with? What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 2:

  • Read Chapter 3 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?
  • Download the peer-evaluation sheet and self-assessment sheet. Print them out. You will need a self-assessment sheet for your presentation, and a peer-evaluation sheet for every other presentation.
  • Store the self-assessment sheet and the peer-evaluation sheets in your 20-pocket file.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 15)

Week 3:

  • Read Chapter 4 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 19)
  • Check out the mission statement.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 4:

  • Read Chapter 5 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 23)
  • Check out the MoE curriculum guidelines.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?
  • When you make your presentation lesson, put a copy in the 20-pocket file, along with a one-page explanation of the lesson structure, aims, content and methods.

Week 5:

  • Read Chapter 6 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Send an email to classengl@topica.com Introduce yourself to everyone. Talk about yourself, and anything else you wish to share.
  • Print out your email and put it in the 20-pocket file.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 29)
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 6:

  • Read Chapter 7 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 37)
  • Make a list of simple instructions for use in a Middle or High School English class.
    Put this list in your 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 7:

  • Read Chapter 8 of Classroom Language, for Period 1 of next week.
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 41)
  • Make a list of social interaction language for use in a Middle or High School English class.
    Put this list in your 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 8:

  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 47)
  • Make a list of questions for use in a Middle or High School English class.
    Put this list in your 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?
  • When you make your presentation lesson, put a copy in the 20-pocket file, along with a one-page explanation of the lesson structure, aims, content and methods.

Week 9:

  • Teaching Practice
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 51)

Week 10:

  • Teaching Practice
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 55)

Week 11:

  • Teaching Practice
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 59)

Week 12:

  • Teaching Practice
  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (pages 65, 67)

Week 13:

  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 73)
  • Make a list of encouragement phrases for use in a Middle or High School English class.
    Put this list in your 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?
  • When you make your presentation lesson, put a copy in the 20-pocket file, along with a one-page explanation of the lesson structure, aims, content and methods.

Week 14:

  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 77)
  • Make a list of class control phrases for use in a Middle or High School English class.
    Put this list in your 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 15:

  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 83);
  • Learning Journal: "A letter to myself" (page 89). Put the letter in an envelope. Address the envleope to yourself. Put the envelope in the 20-pocket file.
  • Continue thinking about your Presentation. What lesson content will you choose? How will you use it? What learning materials do you need to design and produce?

Week 16:

  • Learning Journal: "My Reflections" (page 87);
  • Learning Journal: "What did I learn?" (page 88).
  • Hand in your Learning Journal to the professor this week

Most recently updated on March 27, 2002