Another week and another unit completed. What can I say about this unit 3's Corrective Feedback and Assessment in Writing? Oh my there is a lot of information in my opinion.
We had to complete a writing activity. I chose a worksheet on verb tenses of present, past and future. It was a fill in the blank and would be done as a class activity. I thought this was a good way for the students to practice not only their writing but their speaking at the same time. I also learned that there was many ways of giving feedback to students. I grew up with the teacher using red pen and yes, red pen can be daunting if you see a lot of it when you get your assignment back but I feel it's also a learning curve. The red doesn't mean it's all negative, there can be positive feedback on the sheet as well. If I were teaching young students I would also use the start stickers as I remember getting those as a kid. It was a fun and exciting way of getting feedback. I think it's important to give students feedback if they have error's as that is the way to learn from our mistakes. In this unit we also completed a big assignment as part of our grade. Right after I read the scenario I knew that I would take the Inductive approach to teaching. This assignment was a bit hard because I kept changing my worksheets that I would have the students do. I found one that I thought would be fun and keep the students engaged since we know that is important. We want students to feel that learning is fun and for them to have a good time rather than be bored and not want to learn. After reaching out to my PLN I made some revisions to what I would and would not do. I did come across an interesting scenario when reaching out to my PLN's. A PLN who is an ESL instructor suggested to leave out the contractions. She brought up a valid point that it may be too difficult for the students since they are already struggling. Another PLN after I said another instructor suggested to avoid it said no, it should be taught. I had already submitted by assignment but now I'm thinking well...would I teach it or not? Both are professional ESL instructors. Which one do I listen to? I'm learning more towards just seeing where the students are at. I guess I won't really know what to do unless I'm put in that scenario myself.
In conclusion this unit was filled with lots of new information. Hopefully I can retain it all but I do know that as time goes on it will all make sense and become easier.
Some great links to what I used for my assignment and research in this unit.
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/pdf/pub/language-benchmarks.pdf
http://esl.fis.edu/grammar/langdiff/
https://www.pinterest.es/pin/840906561659002152/
http://www.esl-galaxy.com/writing/Seasonsweather.pdf
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