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
- Explain the fundamental concepts of literacy language and phonology by analyzing realworld examples and phonetic transcription including literacy types phonetics phonemic awareness the alphabetic principle and speech sound articulation.
- Analyze the structure and components of language by deconstructing texts and linguistic features covering morphology syntax semantics pragmatics vocabulary development idioms collocations and grammar.
- Evaluate language acquisition and teaching methodologies by comparing first and second language learning theories literacy skills and instructional approaches like Grammar Translation Method Audio Lingual Method Direct Method and Communicative Method.
- Apply literacy instruction techniques by designing phonicsbased activities and reading strategies including phonics vocabulary grammar and reading comprehension for language development.
- Develop interactive classroom activities by incorporating phonemic awareness drills and pronunciation practice for structured language learning.
- Implement integrative strategies by designing lessons that enhance listening speaking reading and writing skills for literacy and language development.
- Design effective lesson plans and learning activities by integrating studentcentered and teachercentered approaches for language development in diverse educational contexts.
- Evaluate best practices in phonemic awareness spelling vocabulary and grammar instruction by analyzing teaching materials for addressing diverse learner needs.
- Adapt literacy teaching approaches by incorporating cooperative learning reflective teaching methods and various literacy strategies in different classroom context.
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Course Calendar
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Week 01
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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
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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
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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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Week 04
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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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Quiz 1
Week 05
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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
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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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Week 07
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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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Quiz 2
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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
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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
Week 09
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119
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What Makes a Word Difficult?
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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
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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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Graded Discussion Board
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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
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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
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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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Week 13
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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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Quiz 3
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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
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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
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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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