Effective Communication in Teaching: Techniques for Clarity
Exaggerated Intonation and Stress
- a) Teachers use exaggerated intonation partly to show their students the importance of intonation, but also because the exaggerated intonation will help their facial expressions.
- b) Teachers place very clear stress on the most important words in the sentence.
- c) Intonation and stress carry a lot of meaning in spoken English.
Structurally Simplified Language
- a) Teachers speak in short, simple sentences. They pause at the ends of sentences. They look around the room before
Handwriting, Reading, and Speaking Skills Development
Features of Handwriting Development
When a child first puts a pen or pencil on paper, she begins the journey with a highly conscious participation in the writing process. Slowly, with time and experience, the shaping of letters into words and sentences becomes automatic. Initially, children move through the space on paper, making letters one after the other. This motion is called praxis. Scientific studies have sought to describe the features of handwriting movement, rather than advocate one method
Read MoreEffective Language Learning: Subskills, Techniques, and Activities
3 Specific Reading/Listening Subskills + Examples
- Identifying topic
- Recognizing specific words/sounds (decoding – look and say)
- Confirming predictions or guesses
Intensive and Extensive Language Practice
Extensive listening/reading: is the action of listening/reading a language in real life (outside the classroom) by yourself and for pleasure.
- News, films, songs, series, podcasts, magazines, newspapers.
Intensive listening/reading: is the action of listening/reading a language in a classroom. The aim
Read MoreLanguage Origins, Functions, and Evolution: A Comprehensive Analysis
Origins of Language
Origins of Language: Communication (animal-innate-specialized), Human Language (abstract and symbolic).
Core Aspects of Human Language
CARTS human language: sign language arbitrariness, displacement, dual articulation, productivity, prevarication, reflexivity, discrete units, creativity.
Language Functions
Representative: statements assertive, indicative mood, denotative language, 3rd person. Predom context.
Conative: hortatory statements, the imperative or subjunctive second person
Read MoreUnderstanding Cognitive Principles in Language Learning
Cognitive Principles: they relate to mental and intellectual functions.
1. Automaticity
Automaticity: is the ability to do things without occupying the mind, allowing it to become an automatic response pattern or habit. It is usually the result of learning, repetition, and practice.
*Overcoming our propensity to pay too much focal attention to the bits and pieces of language and to move language forms quickly to the periphery by using language in authentic contexts for meaningful purposes.* Grammatical
Read MoreHuman Language: Origins, Structure, and Meaning
The Origins of Language
Divine Source
The divine source theory posits that language is a gift from a deity. It suggests that a supernatural being gave language to humanity as a means of communication or as a fundamental aspect of human nature and consciousness.
Natural Sound Source
The natural sound source theory proposes that early human ancestors developed communication systems by mimicking sounds from their environment.
Social Interaction Source
The social interaction source theory suggests that as
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