Understanding Text Types and Their Characteristics
Types of Text and Their Relationships
Each text possesses specific functions and linguistic features, requiring distinct communication strategies. Texts are grouped by areas of use or sectors of human activity. Each area involves interlocutors, specific functions, and deals with particular topics. This leads to the following classification:
- Personal Scope: Texts for personal use, not intended for others. They cover general themes, often using slang and informal language.
- Oral: Monologues, tape recordings,
Portfolio Use in Education: Strategies, Intelligences, and Programs
Basic Use of the Portfolio
The portfolio is a tool for collecting data from different instruments used in the evaluation procedure. It offers a new way to assess the performance, efforts, progress, and achievements of students during different moments of the teaching-learning process. This evaluation aims to assess the student’s skills, knowledge, attitudes, and work habits. A portfolio provides an evolving portrait of a student’s learning process. It is a strategy that includes the child’s knowledge,
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Motivating Function of the Video. Videos can influence behavior. They can increase awareness of a topic, as images often evoke stronger feelings than words. This is ideal for schools, groups, and communities, where the video becomes a focal point for discussion and teamwork (audiovisual production).
Evaluative Function of the Video. Videos assess conduct, attitudes, skills, and control. They aid in decision-making and situation assessment through self-evaluation. The video’s purpose is to evaluate
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Organization of Teaching Strategies
It is time to specify the methodological strategies, activities, resources, and evaluation.
Methodological Strategies and Activities
At this stage of curriculum development, we know the objectives and content in our programming. Zabalza (1997) states that we need to know how to organize activities in the classroom based on these objectives and content.
The role of methodology is justified by the method (Gallego and Salvador Mata, 2008b: 162). This justification comes
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Introduction to Foreign Language Learning
My name is Paula Cantón Prieto, and this document develops a unit focused on foreign language acquisition. Since language is the primary means of human communication, learning a foreign language is essential in a society that fosters international relationships at social, cultural, professional, and political levels. It promotes mutual understanding, tolerance, and respect for others’ cultural values, broadening one’s perspective. Spain’s integration into
Read MoreClassroom Activities: Listening, Games, and ICT
Listen and Color
Instructions:
Has everybody got a white paper? Ok. Now, we are going to draw a picture. But to do so, you have to follow the instructions I am going to give you. So, let’s make an example!
- On the top right corner, make a sun with a yellow crayon.
- In the middle of the sheet, draw two mountains, one with the brown marker and the other one with a green marker.
- Next, I want you to paint a blue river which starts between the two mountains and which goes until the end of the bottom left