Topic 1:
Part 2 - Re-written
#1 John wanted to be a farmer, but didn't have the money to buy land. His brother bought land last winter, but sold it to the neighbor when the economy crashed. John loves fishing, but longs to be more successful. When he was sad, he painted his boat, "Troubled Waters," blue and shined it up. John asked his brother what he thought of the new look, but his brother just laughed and said, "You're always fishing for compliments."
John had no energy so he did not argue with his brother. Instead, he made more nets and hoped to increase the amount of fish he caught the next day.
___________________________________________________________________________#2 Comment on what other parts of the story might be confusing to the students and how you would address it?
Written in the paragraph below…you will notice the words or phrases that might be confusing to students. The words are written in italic print and underlined, for your convenience.
I change the verb tense in the opening sentence to simple past tense and took out the conditionals because they are too confusing to Ells. I replaced the verb crash, because a non-native speaker may take the literal meaning of the word and have trouble making sense of the sentence. I replaced it with the word: declined. The verb long(s) could be confusing to a non-native speaker so I replaced it with the word: wants. I changed the expression shine-up to simply shine and dropped the (up) so that it isn't mistaken as a separate preposition. I changed the expression "new look" to "appearance" because most non-native English speakers may not understand that expression. Lastly, I changed the idiomatic expression fishing for complements to the verb asking for complements.
l His brother bought land last winter, but sold it to the neighbor when the economy declined. John loves fishing, but wants to be more successful. When he was sad, he painted his boat, "Troubled Waters," blue and shined it. John asked his brother what he thought of the appearance, but his brother just laughed and said, "You're always asking for compliments."
John had no energy so he did not argue with his brother. Instead, he made more nets and hoped to increase the amount of fish he caught the next day.
Topic 2:
#3
Timeline:
John is a fisherman. His brother bought land last summer, but he will sell it because the economy crashed this year. John shines his boat when he feels sad…poor John.
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(Simple past) (Simple present) (Simple future)
bought, crashed is, shines, feels,sell will
#4
Consider whether you think grammar can be acquired through immersion or if you think it must be taught?
“Hooray…my original thought process has been vindicated…excellent video!”
I stated in my very first discussion in this class, that there is no perfect or “right” way to teach ESL…Mrs. Azar, Mr Folse, and Mr. Swan reconfirmed my thought process. I always believed that a communicative approach is a key approach to teaching ESL; however I didn’t believe that the rules of grammar would automatically manifest themselves in learners L2 simply through comprehensible input. I truly believe that the hybrid approach is the best way to teach English to Ells, given the infancy of the facts that exist about L2 acquisition.
I will now frequent Mrs. Azar’s website for research and add it to my accumulated knowledge of teaching experience for a source of enlightenment…thanks to Mrs. Azar, Mr. Folse and Mr. Swan.
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