A key to independent learning
in early years
Activities:
In order to accomplish these objectives, please convey the following actions: 1. View the video on introduction to Communicative Competence. 2. Watch the video related to Communicative Competence in Second Language Acquisition. 3. View the video about English Class Lesson Discourse Analysis Pragmatics. 4. Read the article about Written Discourse Analysis and its Application in ELT. 5. Read the article “Can Pragmatic Competence Be Taught? By Gabriele Kasper.
Activity 1:
After viewing the video on Communicative Competence make a mind map about the different components related to it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAPqEHpctbg
Activity 2:
Based on the video presentation, write a definition about Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics specifically, according to the speaker.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzr3EApmycU
Activity 3: part a)
After viewing the video about English Class Lesson Discourse Analysis Pragmatics, think of two similar authentic mini-conversations (one in English and one in Spanish) and analyze how they work in each language in terms of discourse analysis and pragmatics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65Wv8xphSA
Activity 3: part b)
After viewing the video about English Class Lesson Discourse Analysis Pragmatics, think of one similar speech act in English and Spanish where there is a difference in terms of the pragmatic meaning intended by the native speakers of such languages.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L65Wv8xphSA
Activity 4:
After reading the article about Written Discourse Analysis and its Application in ELT, answer the activity on page 50 of this article. You can download this .pdf docuemnt at the follwong link, and then clicking on the download the full .pdf button
http://www.cetljournal.co.uk/article/view/12172/8266
or accesing directly to this .pdf docuemnt through the following link:
Activity 5:
After reading the article “Can Pragmatic Competence Be Taught?” By Gabriele Kasper, write a list of pragmatic aspects that can be taught in either language in the classroom.