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QXL-2253 Teaching English in the Classroom - Bangor University
Assignment: Short Essay on a topic in English language teaching
Instructions:
You need to do one of the following two options. Each essay topic is built around one of the articles/topics that we have discussed during the first part of this module.
Your work should be your own. That is, you may not discuss your work with anyone except me. However, you may of course refer to research articles, books, notes and any other written or electronic resource. If you draw upon a source, it must be cited appropriately and acknowledged in the references section. Evidence of plagiarism or collaboration will be severely punished.
Essay option 1: Teaching Grammar
Discuss about the role of grammar in the classroom and if it is important when teaching English to native speakers of the language. Critically analyse the following 3 articles. Provide a lesson plan to develop an aspect of grammar (you can work on any Year) and discuss about why you have chosen this aspect, what you will be doing at the beginning of the session, during the session and after the session.
Andrews, R., Torgerson, C., Beverton, S., Freeman, A., Locke, T., Low, G., Robinson, A., & Zhu, D. (2006). The effect of grammar teaching on writing development. British Educational Research Journal, 32(1), 39-55.
Myhill, D., S. Jones, and H. Lines. (2018). Supporting Less Proficient Writers through Linguistically Aware Teaching. Language and Education, 32, 333-349.
Myhill, D., S. Jones, H. Lines, and A. Watson. (2012). Re-Thinking Grammar: The Impact of Embedded Grammar Teaching on Students' Writing and Students' Metalinguistic Understanding. Research Papers in Education, 14(3), 151-163.
Essay option 2: Reading Comprehension and Inference Making
Why is inference making important in English teaching in the classroom? Critically analyse the following three articles. Provide a lesson plan to develop reading comprehension using inferences and discuss about why you have chosen this topic, what you will be doing at the beginning of the session, during the session and after the session.
Cain, K., Oakhill, J.V., Barnes, M.A. et al. (2001). Comprehension skill, inference-making ability, and their relation to knowledge. Memory & Cognition 29, 850-859.
Cain, K., & Oakhill, J.V. (1999). Inference making and its relation to comprehension failure. Reading and Writing, 11, 489-503.
Elleman, A.M. (2017). Examining the impact of inference instruction on the literal and inferential comprehension of skilled and less skilled readers: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Educational Psychology, 109(6), 761-781
Attachment:- Teaching English in the Classroom.rar