Course Overview
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Course Synopsis
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It is common to believe that literacy instruction is solely the charge of language arts teachers but frankly this just is not so. Adolescents entering the adult world in the 21st century will read and write more than at any other time in human history. They will need advanced levels of literacy to perform their jobs run their households act as citizens and conduct their personal lives. Richard Vaca author of Content Area Reading Literacy and Learning Across the CurriculumrnWith content standards looming it is easy to only focus on the content we teach and covering material. We have so much to tell students and share with them. However are we affording students enough time daily to practice crucial communication skillsrnHere is one way to look at it Content is what we teach but there is also the how and this is where literacy instruction comes in. There are an endless number of engaging effective strategies to get students to think about write about read about and talk about the content you teach. The ultimate goal of literacy instruction is to build a students comprehension writing skills and overall skills in communication.
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Course Learning Outcomes
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After completing this course the students will be able to
- tcomprehend all of the basic concepts related to the teaching of literacy skills
- tapply these concepts in their classroom as a teacher of literacy skills
- tanalyse all of the termsconcepts given in the outline
- tsynthesize and integrate the conceptsstrategies where needed
- tevaluate and judge strategiesmaterials for making better decision for their students
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Course Calendar
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Week 01
1
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Concept of Literacy (Topic 001)
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2
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What is Meant by Literacy Skills? (Topic 002)
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3
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Different Types of Literacy Skills (Topic 003)
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4
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Learning Literacy Skills (Topic 004)
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5
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Significance of Literacy Skills (Topic 005)
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6
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Literacy Skills in Classrooms (Topic 006)
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7
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What is Language? (Topic 007)
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8
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Different Levels of Language (Topic 008)
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12
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Semantics and Pragmatics (Topic 12)
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13
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Acquisition and Learning (Topic 13)
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14
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Difference between Acquisition and Learning (Topic 14)
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15
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Native Language (Topic 15)
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16
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Second Language (Topic 16)
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17
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Foreign Language (Topic 17)
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18
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Regional Language (Topic 18)
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Week 02
19
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First Stage (Topic 19)
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20
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Second Stage (Topic 20)
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21
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Third Stage (Topic 21)
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22
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Fourth Stage (Topic 22)
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23
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Fifth Stage (Topic 23)
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24
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Sixth Stage (Topic 24)
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25
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Need for Guidelines (Topic 25)
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26
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Language Development (Topic 26)
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27
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Language Model (Topic 27)
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28
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Literacy Models (Topic 28)
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29
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Literacy Classroom (Topic 29)
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30
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Starting from Basics (Topic 30)
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31
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What is a Code? (Topic 31)
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32
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Code Breaker (Topic 32)
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33
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Meaning Making (Topic 33)
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35
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Analyzing Text (Topic 35)
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Assignment 1
Week 03
38
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Teacher-centered (Topic 38)
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39
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Roles of Teacher (Topic 39)
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40
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Details of Teacher’s Roles (Topic 40)
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41
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Activity Based (Topic 41)
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43
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Alphabetic Principle (Topic 43)
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44
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Introducing Alphabets (Topic 44)
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45
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Alphabetic Order (Topic 45)
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46
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Relate with Sound (Topic 46)
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48
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Letters on String (Topic 48)
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49
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Large Letters (Topic 49)
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50
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Alphabet Cookies (Topic 50)
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51
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Letter Cards (Topic 51)
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52
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Letter Boxes (Topic 52)
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53
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Letter Pounding (Topic 53)
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Quiz 1
Week 04
54
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Lack of Alphabetic Understanding (Topic 54)
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55
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Alphabetic Principle Skills (Topic 55)
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56
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Kindergarten Skills (Topic 56)
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57
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First Grade Skills (Topic 57)
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58
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Importance of Lowercases (Topic 58)
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59
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When to Teach Lowercase Letters (Topic 59)
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60
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Letter Confusion (Topic 60)
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61
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Lowercase Letters - Some Activities (Topic 61)
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62
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Phonemic Code (Topic 62)
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63
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Importance of Phonemic Code (Topic 63)
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64
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Problem with Phonemic Code (Topic 64)
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65
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Keep in Mind (Topic 65)
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Week 05
66
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Phonology and Phonetics (Topic 66)
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69
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Phonemic Awareness (Topic 69)
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70
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What are these? (Topic 70)
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71
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Consonant Phonemes (Topic 71)
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72
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Manner of Articulation (Topic 72)
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73
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Different Types (Topic 73)
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78
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Approximant (Topic 78)
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Week 06
79
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Points of Articulation introduction
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80
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Topic80: Different Points
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81
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Topic81: Different points at a glance
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82
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Topic82: Concluding Remarks
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83
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Teaching Consonant Sounds (topic 83)
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84
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Presentation of consonants (Topic84)
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85
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Distinguishing between two or more beginning consonants sounds (Topic85)
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86
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Some Activities: worksheet (Topic86)
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87
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Consonant Sounds at Higher Level (topic 87)
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88
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Voiced & Voiceless ( topic 88)
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89
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Place of Articulation (topic 89)
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90
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Manner of Articulation (topic 90)
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Quiz 2
Week 07
93
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Vowel sounds pronunciation
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94
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Types of English vowel sounds
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99
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Short vowels on triangle
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101
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Long vowel on triangle
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103
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Short and Long vowels
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Week 08
105
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1st Group: Ending on Schwa
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106
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2nd Group: Ending on /I/Sound
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107
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3rd Group: Ending on /?/Sound
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Mid Term
110
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Triphthongs on Triangle
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111
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Difficulty with Triphthongs
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112
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Triphthongs in one glance
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113
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5 Steps in Learning Phonics
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115
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Step-4 words with double/triple consonant blends.
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116
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Advance phonics: diphthongs and diagraphs.
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Week 09
119
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What Makes a Word Difficult?
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Graded Discussion Board
121
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1st Stage: Understanding
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122
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2nd Stage: Recognising New Words
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123
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3rd Stage: Producing Vocabulary
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124
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Idioms and Collocations
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125
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Difficulty: Idioms and Collocation
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126
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1stStage: Introduction
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128
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3rd Stage: Production
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Week 10
130
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Strategies for Teaching ‘Spellings’
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131
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Some More Strategies for Spellings
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133
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Teaching spellings at higher stage
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135
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Explaining word study
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136
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How word study is done?
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139
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Strategies for teaching Grammar
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140
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Types of Grammar Activities
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Week 11
141
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Teaching parts of speech
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142
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Teaching at first stage
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143
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Teaching at second stage
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144
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Recognizing the parts
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146
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Simple or indefinite tense
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147
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Progressive or continuous tense
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149
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Perfect continuous tense
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150
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General tips for tenses
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Week 12
153
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Regular/Irregular Verbs
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160
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Types of Dependent Clauses
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Quiz 3
Week 13
169
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Principles of Listening
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170
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Teaching Principles of Listening
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172
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Metacognitive Strategies
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173
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Listening for Meaning
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177
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Principles of Speaking
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178
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Teaching Principles of Speaking
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Week 14
185
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Skimming and Scanning
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187
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Integrating Strategies
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188
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Summing Up Strategies
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Week 15
192
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Writing Strategies (II)
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195
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Cohesion and Coherence
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198
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Grammar Translation Method/GTM
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199
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Audio Lingual Method/ALM
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Final Term
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