Assignment - DLSC

SUBJECT ASSIGNMENT:
DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS IN THE
CLASSROOM
GENERAL INFORMATION:
This assignment must be done in pairs and has to fulfil the following conditions:
- Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover, index or appendices if
there are any-)
- Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman
- !i"e: 11
- Line height: 1.5
- #lignment: !s"i#ied
$f for some reason you cannot do the assignment in groups, you will have to do it
individually (notice that individual assignments will be penali"ed The maximum score a
student can get is 8$1%) The individual assignment must have a length between % and
&' pages approximately (without including cover, index or appendix if there is any)
The assignment has to be done in this (ord document and has to fulfil the rules of
presentation and edition, as for )uotes and bibliographical references which are
detailed in the &"!d' G!ide
#lso, it has to be submitted following the procedure specified in the &"!d' G!ide
!ending it to the teacher*s e-mail is not permitted +oth members of the group have to
send the assignment
$n addition to this, it is very important to read the assessmen" (ri"eria, which can be
found in the &"!d' G!ide
The assignment mar, is )%* of the final mar,
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Assignment:
Take the unit from the course book +achillerato -ade .asy, Richmond Publishing,
available in the Assignmen" ma"erials section (at the same place where you can find
this paper): Ma"erials 1, and the unit +otell/n! from an "nglish te#tbook published in
the $as%ue &ountry ('()() for teenagers: Ma"erials + &ompare and contrast the way
the two units deal with the four skills* +ou should refer to the following matters:
- The learning theories implicit in the way the units are presented and developed*
- The e#tent to which the skills are integrated*
- The product,process aspects of the two units*
- The authentic-genuine! aspects*
- The issue of simplification of te#t
- The relationship between the skills work and the learning-practice of grammar*
- The opportunities for production (oral and written) the units provide*
- The types of production re%uired*
- The variety (or otherwise) of the activity types*
- .hich unit do you prefer/ .hy/
0f course, add any other aspects that you consider relevant or important* The above
list is simply a suggestion of the sort of considerations you will need to make in order to
analyse the two books critically, and to arrive at a conclusion as to which of the two
units you prefer, if indeed you have a preference*
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Important: you have to write your personal details and the subjet name on the
over !see the ne"t page#$ %he assignment that does not &ul&il these onditions
will not be orreted$ 'ou have to inlude the assignment inde" below the over$
Names and s!rname,s-:As".rid New/all
Rosa and Mar0a La!ra Moreno
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