<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Dear all, </FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>I have been reading the text book since yesterday.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I found it really interesting.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the process, I have also learned to identify the questions to self-correct my writings.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In the other hand, I tried to apply the same questions during my sessions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Yesterday, for example, I had a student who has a small problem with the use of the present perfect.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I asked several questions until I could discern in which tense she wanted to write.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However, I decided to combine the use of technical terms with the formulation of questions. This is not only because the student had knowledge of the technical terms
but also because I felt more comfortable to talk about the tenses.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This particular case offer another problem; as soon we fixed the tense, another syntactical problem aroused.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I hesitated whether to continue fixing the sentence or to leave the sentence with the problem. I did not want to confuse the student, but also I did not want the student left with a problematic sentece.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I decided to continue working on the sentence.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>The author also mentions that we need to identify the student’s strategy to punctuate:<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>ear strategy or rule strategy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Since I am second language speaker, I am a rule oriented.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In this case, it does not make sense when a person reads and mentions the need of a pause.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am not sure whether my rule strategy orientation would cause a problem to a student who is ear strategy oriented. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I feel the need to stick to the rules, so I have a punctuation manual next to me.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On this point, I feel that the student also needs to know the same common grammatical terms.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </SPAN>For example, a student should identify the component s of a sentence: nouns, verbs, direct object.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The dialogues in the book show that the student identifies easier an action than the term verb.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I found this is not accurate.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Students would not necessary express in terms of actions, for example.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The identification of the basic components of the sentence would speed the message transmission.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Obviously, if we have a student that ignores the terms, we could refresh the topic for him. Then, we should move towards asking questions.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We need to keep balance with the use of technical terms because we do not want to cause confusion.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the basic grammar terminology is a jargon that facilitates the dialogue.</FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Thanks, </FONT></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Jhon </FONT> </DIV><BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 10/28/09, RACHEL JACKSON <I><eclectic_1984@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: RACHEL JACKSON <eclectic_1984@yahoo.com><BR>Subject: [Bkn-english-646-fall-2009] Assignment #7<BR>To: bkn-english-646-fall-2009@lists-1.liu.edu<BR>Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 2:44 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Here's my topic 7 response...<BR><BR>Thoughts on other responses:<BR><BR>Sara- I agree that reading aloud can be very helpful during sessions. Many of my students were able to fix their errors after hearing what they wrote.<BR><BR>Alicia- 50 minutes is such a short time to teach anything beneficial in regard to the spelling that I often find myself not accomplishing much. I know it can be done but trust me you are not alone!<BR><BR><BR></DIV></DIV><BR></DIV><BR>-----Inline Attachment Follows-----<BR><BR>
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