Good teaching strategies can increase students' motivation for learning a second language. So, by knowing this well, the tutors at my CELTA course gave us an assignment to prepare on language analysis.
This assignment was really helpful in giving us an idea of how to do language analysis in our lesson plans too (and all CELTA trainees must do the language analysis for every grammar and vocabulary lesson they teach, which is more than half the lessons you would be teaching during the course).
For this assignment, we were given phrases for language analysis. We have to generate context by telling a story. For example, the target statement is: I'm meeting Dave for lunch on Sunday. I'm having four days off next Easter holiday. Me and my friend Dave want to spend Easter holiday at the beach. We're spending four days in Ubatuba because he has a house there. We want to talk about it on Sunday. So, I'm meeting Dave for lunch on Sunday. Meaning: to meet a friend and have lunch together in the future. Form: I'm meeting sb. in the future (present continuous for future use). Pronunciation: a) contraction of the auxiliary I'm, you're, he's,
she's,they're b)Use of gerund: silent g /ŋ/ and pronounce /een/ instead. Well, I think the way we prepare class by separating it in parts of language focus helps us think better about the purpose of teaching a certain lexis and what is the best way to present it to the students.
Well, it's a big challenge, and I can't wait to see my grades when the tutors give back the assignments with their comments. See you next week.
Thanks,
Flávia
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