Language Arts - W01

Question 1

Recursive process

Answer 1

Students may go back and forth between phases.

Question 2

Writing a text phases

Answer 2

1. Preparing to Write Phase
2. Writing the Draft Phase
3. Editing Phase
4. Revising Phase
5. Publishing Phase (Optional)

Question 3

Preparing to Write Phase

Answer 3

Set clear communicative goals by considering the text and its internal and external features.

Question 4

Writing the Draft Phase

Answer 4

Write and focus on the meaning of the message

Question 5

Editing Phase

Answer 5

Focus on the formulation of their text by correcting errors of spelling, capitalization, punctuation, sentence structure and language usage.

Question 6

Revising Phase

Answer 6

• Read what they have written to clarify the meaning of their text
• Focus on idears and organisation

Question 7

Literacy

Answer 7

Ability to Read and Write

Question 8

Text

Answer 8

Any form of communication –spoken, written and visual–involving the English language
(e.g. radio broadcasts, petitions, movie trailers)

Question 9

Authentic Texts

Answer 9

Materials that reflect natural speech or writing as used by native speakers of English.
Teacher-made or adapted materials may qualify as authentic if they resemble texts students will encounter in the real world.

Question 10

Text Types

Answer 10

• Popular
• Literary
• Information-based

Question 11

Popular Texts

Answer 11

Reflect Popular Culture and Everyday Life

e.g. cartoons, comic strips, e-mails, letters, movies, posters, songs, teen magazines

Question 12

Literary Texts

Answer 12

Include young adult literature and Abridged Novels

(e.g. adventure books, biographies, journals and diaries, legends, mysteries, poems, science fiction, short stories, plays)

Question 13

Information-Based Texts

Answer 13

Non-Fiction Texts

(e.g. advertisements, application forms, atlases, dictionaries, documentaries, encyclopedias, instructions, text books, news broadcasts, newspapers, reports, résumés, surveys)

Question 14

Deconstruct Texts

Answer 14

COMPARING TEXT AND DECONSTRUCTING,

• They recognize patterns in the texts by focusing on specific aspects:
  
  • internal features (topic/information, language, text components), and
  • external features (purpose, audience, culture).
• They make a list of criteria that summarizes the characteristics of an effective text.

Question 15

Internal Features of texts

Answer 15

• topic/information
• language
• text components

Question 16

External Features of texts

Answer 16

• purpose
• audience
• culture

Question 17

Aspects of Culture

Answer 17

– Aesthetic Aspect
– Sociological Aspect
– Sociolinguistic Aspect

Question 18

Aesthetic Aspect of Culture

Answer 18

creations that represent and promote English cultures

e.g. cinema

Question 19

Sociological Aspect of Culture

Answer 19

knowledge that helps students understand the daily life and behaviours within different communities of the English-speaking world.

(e.g. Organization of Family)

Question 20

Sociolinguistic Aspect of Culture

Answer 20

knowledge needed in order to successfully communicate with English speakers.
E.g. Social conventions (greetings)

Question 21

Multimodal text

Answer 21

Strategic use of ‘two or more communication modes’ to make meaning. (e.g. image, sound)

Question 22

Multiliteracies

Answer 22

• Variability in meaning interpretation (cultural, social context)
• New communication technologies (increasingly multimodal)