Activities | awareness-bilinguals

Activities:

In order to accomplish these objectives, please convey the following actions:

Activity 1: part a:

Read the article to find out what you know about Bilingual Education for minority and majority students, while reading the article underline what is related to language minority students and write a brief summary about it.

ARTICLE:

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT BILINGUAL EDUCATION FOR MAJORITY LANGUAGE STUDNETS by Fred Genesee from McGill University

http://www.psych.mcgill.ca/perpg/fac/genesee/HDBK%20BILINGUAL%20EDUCATION.pdf

Activity 1: part b:

Read the power point presentation about teaching grammar and vocabulary and create a mind map about key concepts related to these aspects.

POWER POINT PRESENTATION

http://www.powershow.com/view2b/423763-NzgzN/TEACHING_GRAMMAR_AND_VOCABULARY_powerpoint_ppt_presentation

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Activity 2:

View and take notes of important key concepts that Bilingual teachers need to consider to improve their communicative competence in benefit of their students.

VIDEO:

The objectives of the teaching of foreign languages to Universities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waj7zMzAqQY

Activity 3:

View the videos below that talk about grammatical and lexical awareness teachers and students need to develop. After watching the videos answer the following tests on Grammar and Vocabulary in English:

THE GRAMMAR MASTERY TEST:

http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/grammar_mastery.asp

TOEFL VOCABULARY TEST:

http://www.examenglish.com/TOEFL/toefl_vocabulary.htm

VIDEOS ON ENGLISH LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR AWARENESS:

VIDEO ON ENGLISH LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR AWARENESS : LESSON 1

http://www.4shared.com/video/9YKx6On4/lesson_01_-_part_2_lexical_and.htm

VIDEO ON ENGLISH LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR AWARENESS : LESSON 2

http://www.4shared.com/video/G0bpFGBX/lesson_02_-_part_2_lexical_and.htm

VIDEO ON ENGLISH LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR AWARENESS : LESSON 3

http://www.4shared.com/video/K_Hp0OR2/Lesson_03_-_Part_2_Lexical_and.htm

VIDEO ON ENGLISH LEXICAL AND GRAMMAR AWARENESS : LESSON 4