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B.A.INENGLISHSPANISHEDUCATION
MethodsandApproachesintheTeachingofEnglish
RalA.Mora,Ph.D.,Instructor
ArgumentativePaperMarch2931,2015
Topic:Acriticallookattodaystextbooks
Instructions:
1.
Thisexamisinpairsortrios(therewillfivepairsandthreetrios).Youshouldhavechosena
partnerbynow.Ifyoudonothaveone,youwillbeassignedoneatrandomfromthepeople
whohavenotchosenoneeither.
2.
Developthetopicascompletelyandhonestlyaspossible.Thereisa
minimal
pagelimit
onceyougettothat,workonthetextuntilyouhavefullyexhaustedthetopic.
3.
Youcanuseallavailableresourcesfromthecoursetoanswerthequestions,including
dictionariesandspellcheckers.Thismeansthatyoushouldonlyworkwithyourpartner(s)and
notengageinconversationsotherthansaidperson/people.
4.
YouwillfindthisassignmentonGoogleDriveat8:00amonTuesday29.Iwillemailyouall
thelinkviaemail.Onceyouhaveaccesstothefile,youshouldcopyandpastethisassignment
onaseparatefile
onthesamefolderwhereyoufoundthisfile.Y
oushouldcompletetheessay
onGoogleDriveby9:00am.Youaresupposedtoworkonthisexamduringthetwoclass
periodsonMarch29and30.Pleasenameyourfileasfollows,MATEArgPaper(studentslast
names)andemailitatraul.mora@upb.edu.cowiththesamesubjectline.
5.
YouarewelcometobrieflydiscussideaswithyourinstructorviaemailorFacebookchat
between8and10amonTuesday.However,therewillbenoproofreadingofyouranswers.
Takeadvantageofthetechnologytocheckfortyposandpunctuation.
Resources:
1.
Allclassroomreadings
2.
Englishtextbooks(atleasttwo,buttheresnolimit)
3.
GoogleDrive
MIDTERMEXAM
Part1:UndertheHood(Reloaded)
Lookatyourtextbooks.Discussthefollowingquestions:
1.
Whatmethodsandapproachesdoyouseeasprevalentinyourtextbooks?Makereferences
tothechapterswereadinclassandspecificexamplesinyourtextbookstosupportyourclaims.
2.
Whatreferencesdotheymaketospecificfeaturesofcommunicativecompetence,as
discussedinclass?Makereferencestothechapterswereadinclassandspecificexamplesin
yourtextbookstosupportyourclaims.
3.
Consideringyourpresentclassroomsituation,whatmethodsandapproachesdoyouthink
thetextbooksshouldconsiderwhenplanningtheiractivities?
4.
RecallChapter1fromKumaravadivelu(2003).Whatteachingmodel(fromthethree
Kumaravadivelutalkedabout)dothesetextbookssupport?Isthismodelthebookssupportthe
mostappropriateforthecurrentstateofeducationintodayslocalcontext?
Part2:Switcheroo
Today,youandyourpartnerswillplaytobetextbookdesigners.Pickoneofthetextbooksand
focusononeofthefourskills.Lookattheexercisesforthatskillthroughoutthebook.Then
discussthefollowingquestions.Pleasemakereferencestothechaptersandreadingsforthat
skillweusedinclass,aswellasspecificreferencestoyourtextbooktosupportyourclaims:
1.
Whatisworthkeepingandwhatreallyneedstogointheseactivities?
2.
Usingtheideasfromtheauthorswehaveread,howwouldyoufix/switch/rebuildthese
activities?
3.
Basedonyourdiscussionsin1.and2.,proposeanactivityforthatskillinoneoftheunitsof
thistextbook.Writeitinalanguagesimilartothatofthetextbook.
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RememberthatyouneedtoformatyourproposalusingtherulesoftheAPAManualofStyle(6
Edition).Youneedtociteatleast4sourcesinyourtext(besidesthetextbooks,natch),
includingkeyquotationsfromyoursourcestosupportyourpoints.Youneedtowritethis
doublespaced,alignedtotheleft(doNOTjustify!),andusinganyprofessionalfontyouwant
(i.e.youcanstayawayfromTimesNewRoman,butpleasedonoteventhinkaboutusing
ComicSansMSoranyofthatkind!ThisisanACADEMICreport,afterall!).Youshouldwriteat
leastthreepages(remember,doublespaced)toanswerthequestions.
Goodluck!
Dr.Berry