To be ready for this class:
- Choose a Hawaiian plant, fish, vertebrae, coral or geological feature.
- Find a credible site for info about it.
- Take some notes that you’ll use to teach another student about it.
- How much? Enough to speak for 2 or 3 minutes.
- Write the reference for each source used.
What we'll do:
Return Reading evaluations.
- Answer any questions you may have about them.
How to document sources for our assignments
- Learn how and why.
Go over the format of the References list in APA.
- Compare to CSE style for a broader understanding.
Language register: Listening and speaking practice
- Academics versus kids
- List register features for academic audience.
- List register features for elementary school kids.
- Listening practice
- Find examples of each in Biology teacher's brief presentation on fish identification.
- We take notes of language from each style as they speak.
- Find examples of each in Biology teacher's brief presentation on fish identification.
- Speaking practice
- Ss present their species to other Ss, switching as T asks for register change.
- The Language Journal: BONUS points
- What is it? How do I get the points?
Speaking evaluation in Hawaii
- What, when, how & evaluation grid
- Decide who does which topic.
- Practice introduction, concluding statement.
Writing evaluation: Abridged Report
- What, when, how & evaluation grid
- View the target sections in 2 or 3 research articles.
- Focus on the phrasing and content for each.
- Practice writing a site description (the classroom).
Final Integrated Evaluation: Show your language awareness
- Blog Posts
- What, when, how & evaluation grid
- View the target language in popular articles.
- Focus on the language and techniques used.
- Practice writing to develop reader attachment and descriptive impact.
- Scientific Presentation Excerpt
- What, when, how & evaluation grid
- Learn about academic wordlists.
Sample formal presentation of research
- Note how she announces each section.