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Related Assignment
Read your
centre’s rubric
carefully
What does this
task ask you to
do?
Real world task
Reading
Do some reading
about receptive skills
Sub-skills
A bottom up approach
A top down approach
Skimming
Scanning
Looking at text organisation/ genre
Listening/ reading for gist
Listening/ reading for specific information
Task type
eg. Short answer
True/ False
Cloze/ Gap fill
Detecting mistakes
Summarizing
Be specific
Include your tasks as you
would give them to the
learners
Speaking
Writing
Do some reading
about productive skills
Sub-skills
Fluency
Accuracy
Pronunciation
Intonation and connected speech
Using different genres/ register
Turn-taking skills
Using discourse markers
Text organisation – paragraphs/ topic sentences
Task type
eg.Speaking
Discussion on issues arising from the text
Role-play based on the scenario
Writing
Using the article as a model
Responding in writing
Again, be specific
Include your tasks as you
would give them to the
learners
Using a text as a context for grammar
and vocabulary work is a useful thing to
do…
BUT
…it is NOT what is asked for in this
assignment
Background
reading
Ur. Penny A course in language Teaching
Hedge, Tricia Teaching and Learning in the Language Classroom
Nuttall, Christine Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language
Hedge, T. Writing
White, G. Listening
Grundy. P. Newspapers
Common
reasons for
resubmission
Text is not
appropriate
• Too difficult
• Too easy
• Too long
• Content not
likely to appeal
Tasks designed
for grammar or
vocabulary NOT
for skills practice
Specific tasks
are not
included
Lack of
reference to
background
reading
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Thank you!
jo.gakonga@elt-training.com