Post by Admin on Nov 12, 2019 22:45:39 GMT
Why do we study Genre Analysis in TESOL?
Studying genre, even at a basic early stage, using groups to construct texts together, with teacher support, allows for that slow and steady development, something known as scaffolding, which allows for confidence to be built up.
Genre Analysis allows students to work in small groups to better develop their understanding of texts. Some students have more skill in specific areas compared to others, and so can learn from each other and transfer the skills they learn from others to their own learning.
How can students gain confidence from working in groups?
Starting to work in groups is helpful as it allows for confidence building. As stated before, we tend to learn from others (in my opinion more than we learn from textbooks), and we can build our confidence up when negotiating what we are observing in a group setting.
Why do you think students will be able to write their own genre based texts on their own after training in groups?
Students will end up writing their own texts in the future. This is a part of the process to become quality essay writers. One of our learning processes is how to plan and execute our writing in a fashion that will be understood and accepted by traditional conventions on writing (and speech).
What is an important element of genre study?
(For students to answer: Think about field, the subject means we will learn other things like vocabulary, how that vocabulary is used through structure and features, but most importantly, we learn about the subject)
What does knowledge of field do? We keep to topics that are central to the genre. For example, think about this:
What is the advantage of writing whole texts?
(For students to answer: When we are exploring a particular genre, we are using whole texts. This does not necessarily mean a whole book, but usually 100-300 words. We see the patterns and conventions associated with that genre over and over again. What do we gain from learning in this way? We see the grammar; We see the language structure; We see the language features; We see these over and over again, basically put patterns, which help us develop our own skills in writing as we learn the rules associated with that genre.)
Put the different elements into the right characteristic:
1. Working with the class and individually
2. Building knowledge in the genre/ field.
3. Focusing on authentic texts
4. Understanding the functions of texts.
5. Improve meaningful communication.
6. Scaffolding up knowledge.
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Individual elements:
Working with the class
Working independently
Confidence
Build knowledge
Form the basis of language learning
What students already know
Meaningful topics
Reusing vocabulary
Reinforce learning
Particular communicative functions
Learning how to communicate appropriately
An opportunity to develop new vocabulary by teacher led activities.
An opportunity to have accuracy type exercises.
At this stage, students can work with the teacher to develop texts.
Develop their own text, building confidence.
Can take templates or samples and think of their own social purposes.
Students can think about how to use a genre based vocabulary on their own.
Study the whole text.
Grammar learning for specific text types.
Real life grammar learning for real life situations.
Support through the writing process.
Building knowledge of the field.
Scaffolding through joint constructions.
Practicing several times.
Studying genre, even at a basic early stage, using groups to construct texts together, with teacher support, allows for that slow and steady development, something known as scaffolding, which allows for confidence to be built up.
Genre Analysis allows students to work in small groups to better develop their understanding of texts. Some students have more skill in specific areas compared to others, and so can learn from each other and transfer the skills they learn from others to their own learning.
How can students gain confidence from working in groups?
Starting to work in groups is helpful as it allows for confidence building. As stated before, we tend to learn from others (in my opinion more than we learn from textbooks), and we can build our confidence up when negotiating what we are observing in a group setting.
Why do you think students will be able to write their own genre based texts on their own after training in groups?
Students will end up writing their own texts in the future. This is a part of the process to become quality essay writers. One of our learning processes is how to plan and execute our writing in a fashion that will be understood and accepted by traditional conventions on writing (and speech).
What is an important element of genre study?
(For students to answer: Think about field, the subject means we will learn other things like vocabulary, how that vocabulary is used through structure and features, but most importantly, we learn about the subject)
What does knowledge of field do? We keep to topics that are central to the genre. For example, think about this:
What is the advantage of writing whole texts?
(For students to answer: When we are exploring a particular genre, we are using whole texts. This does not necessarily mean a whole book, but usually 100-300 words. We see the patterns and conventions associated with that genre over and over again. What do we gain from learning in this way? We see the grammar; We see the language structure; We see the language features; We see these over and over again, basically put patterns, which help us develop our own skills in writing as we learn the rules associated with that genre.)
Put the different elements into the right characteristic:
1. Working with the class and individually
2. Building knowledge in the genre/ field.
3. Focusing on authentic texts
4. Understanding the functions of texts.
5. Improve meaningful communication.
6. Scaffolding up knowledge.
-----------------------------
Individual elements:
Working with the class
Working independently
Confidence
Build knowledge
Form the basis of language learning
What students already know
Meaningful topics
Reusing vocabulary
Reinforce learning
Particular communicative functions
Learning how to communicate appropriately
An opportunity to develop new vocabulary by teacher led activities.
An opportunity to have accuracy type exercises.
At this stage, students can work with the teacher to develop texts.
Develop their own text, building confidence.
Can take templates or samples and think of their own social purposes.
Students can think about how to use a genre based vocabulary on their own.
Study the whole text.
Grammar learning for specific text types.
Real life grammar learning for real life situations.
Support through the writing process.
Building knowledge of the field.
Scaffolding through joint constructions.
Practicing several times.