Transcript NSEC and teaching the four skills

NSEC (unit 1) and
teaching the four skills
Dr Dodie Brooks
Skills
1 Reading
2 Listening
3 Speaking
4 Writing
READING SKILLS
Reading:
Skill 1: skimming  prediction
Skill 2: scanning  m/c
Skill 3: careful reading  questions
Skill 4: analysis  task
Using the skills
1 task: solve a problem in groups
2 discussion: groups or class
3 debate: class
Skill 1: skimming
Purpose: to predict the content
+ identify main idea
Method:
1 Before reading look at the title
+ pictures
2 Predict content + skim to
check
Skimming  main idea
Teaching suggestions
1 Read the passage through quickly
• sequence (chronology of NZ: M8 U1)
• sequence  summary (Civil Rights M10 U3)
2 Discuss difficult concepts or ideas
• analysis (snake experiment M8 U3)
• analysis  drawing conclusions
(women authoresses M10 U5)
Main Idea in SB
Questions:
1 What is the main passage about?
2 What five kinds of poems does the reading
passage talk about? (M6 U2)
Exercises:
• Make a summary of each part of the passage
(M5 U2, M6 U3)
• Glance quickly at the magazine article and
then answer the questions (M6 U4)
Example:
Skimming  genre
• Is it fiction?
(creative and imaginative writing)
• Is it non-fiction?
(factual writing)
**cultural information**
Unit
Fiction
Non-fiction
M5:1 Recount
M5:2
**Expository
writing
M5:3 Story
M5:4 Interview
M5:5
Information
writing
nd
2
reading: scan
Purpose  look for particular
information
Questions like:
What time does the train leave?
How tall was the man?
True / False questions
Charts
3rd reading: careful
Purpose:
• understand new ideas
• learn new vocabulary
• find and use grammar
1Understanding 1 literal understanding
ideas
2 inferential understanding
3 discussion or extension of
issues
2 Learning new 1 highlighting of new words
vocabulary
2 developing a “feel” for
language
3Understanding 1 identify
and using
2 practise
grammar
3 apply
1.1 Literal comprehension
1.2 Inferential comprehension
1.3 Discussion of ideas
2.1 Highlighting
How highlighting can be used
3 ways: from best to least good
• best: Ss use context
• 2nd: Ss identify + use
dictionary
• 3rd: T pre-teach some words
2.1 Using the context
1 Underline any unknown words
2 Read the sentence. Example:
Make a list of establations why
friends are important.
2 Make a guess.
3 Check with the dictionary.
2.2 Developing a “feel”
1 Exercises:
• words that take the place of “said”
(M5 U2)
2 Collocations:
• add a verb to a preposition (M5 U3)
3 Connections between words
• verbs, adjectives and nouns (M5 U5)
• prefixes and suffixes (M5 U1 WB)
• idioms (M5 U4)
Example:
3.1 Find +
practise grammar
3.2 Apply grammar
Why are these best?
• active learning
• more likely to remember
• more motivating and
empowering
LISTENING SKILLS
Predict: the advice
* Listening 1
Listening 2: main idea
Listening 3: stop tape at 2 or 3
points  identify details
Do exercises in SB
Listening 4: check answers
SPEAKING SKILLS
• Speaking: individual, prepared
speech, report, no questions
• **Discussion: group work,
interactive, questions and sharing
ideas (TASK)
Organisation
• 2-steps
(1) pairs (2) fours
• most efficient for oral practice
• learn to negotiate opinions
• arrive at a consensus
Example:
Teacher’s Role
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provide context for issue
keep students on task
act as a resource and encourage
ask Ss to report back to the class
Combining listening
and discussion (1)
for an issue:
• no right or wrong answer
• quality of discussion most important
M1 U1
What was Miss Wang’s advice?
Do you agree with it?
Combining listening
and discussion (2)
to develop understanding:
• of motives and intentions
• of character and personality
• limitations on actions
M1 U1:
Why do you think Miss Wang suggested
that?
What would you suggest?
WRITING SKILLS
1 Class discussion: look at the
model or reading passage
2 Work in pairs:
• brainstorm ideas
• make a list of ideas
• put them in a logical order
• write the first draft
Teaching skills:
writing (2)
3 Correct 1st draft in pairs
• swap writing with partner
• correct the writing (content, verbs,
punctuation, spelling)
• swap back + explain reasons for
changes
• write final draft
I’m back in Nanjing now. My
hometown of Jiangsu Province.
Climbing a high hill you see the
resting place of great leader
of China. We have the big lake
and river but no sea. Its cool
here.
Thank you for me staying
with you.
I’m back in Nanjing now. My
hometown of Jiangsu Province.
Climbing a high hill you see the
resting place of great leader
of China. We have the big lake
and river but no sea. Its cool
here.
Thank you for me staying
with you.
I have just returned to Nanjing,my
hometown in Jiangsu Province. If you
climb one of our local hills you will
discover the resting place of one of
the great Chinese leaders. Nanjing
also has a magnificent lake and river
but is not near the sea. The weather
is cool here now.
Thank you for letting me stay with
you.
Thank you!
Any questions:
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