UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA DE AMBATOFACULTAD DE CIENCIAS HUMANAS Y DE

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LESSON PLANNING AND OBSERVATIONVOCABULARY

NAME: ERIKA VACASEMESTER: 5 TH

Lingua franca: /lɪŋɡwə ˈfræŋkə/

Meaning: A language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different.

Example: The national language of Zambia is English, which also serves as the lingua franca.

Functions: /ˈfʌŋkʃən/

Meaning: The purpose for which an utterance or unit of language is used.

Example: apologizing.Syllabus is organized of the different Language functions the learners need to express or understand to communicate effectively

Independent users of English: /ɪndɪˈpɛndənt//yo̅o̅′zər/,/ɒv/ /ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/

Meaning: are defined as users being able to carry on or understand complex conversations and texts with abstract topics, Also they can write comprehensibly, they don’t need help to communicate, they aren’t highly competent, but they are adequate to carry on most functions.

Example: B1 level communicates effectively as independent users of English.

communicate effectively /kəˈmjuːnɪˌkeɪt/ /ɪˈfektɪvlɪ/

Meaning: It is when a person talk in clear and simple terms. Or he/she can express business conversations and expressing thoughts of cultural topics.

Example: Ecuadorian students are able to communicate effectively with foreign people.

real time/ˈrɪəl/ /taɪm/

Meaning: This calculus has been made considering the 200 annual hours dedicated to the teaching of English, a deduction of 20 hours for testing, and an additional deduction of 60 hours (due to 40 mostly and not 60-minute class periods), thus giving us the real teaching time of 120 hours.

Example: The system shows the school in real time

Components/kəmˈpoʊnənt/ 

Meaning: a constituent part; Language has these components linguistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic comprise and are activated through the development of the four language skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing)—divided in the layout of this document, yet integrated in practice.

Example: the curriculum has specific objectives for the components of communicative language competence.

B1Meaning: A B1 language proficiency level implies

that learners will become independent users of the language.

Example: In the B1 level, students will be able to acquire a degree of fluency and comprehension in the English.

Communicative language competence: /kəˈmyunəkətɪv/ /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ /ˈkɒmpɪtəns/

Meaning: It is a term in linguistics which refers to a language user's grammatical knowledge of syntax, morphology, phonology and the like, as well as social knowledge about how and when to use utterances appropriately.

Example: a group of people in a village, region, nation

Linguistic/lɪŋˈɡwɪstɪk/

Meaning: the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.

Example: Pronunciation, Vocabulary and grammarEnglish is concerned with the applications of linguistics when it is teaching.

Sociolinguistic  /ˌsəʊsɪəʊlɪŋˈgwɪstɪk/

Meaning: the study of language as it functions in society;the study of the interaction between linguistic and social variables.

Example: rules of politeness and social groups.Sociolinguistics is concerned with language in social and cultural context.

Pragmatic /præɡˈmætɪk/

Meaning: It focuses on how speakers use language to present information and how hearers draw inferences from what is said about the speaker’s communicative intention.

Example: inviting and thankingPragmatic competence is a fundamental aspect of a more general communicative competence .

Exponents /ɪkˈspoʊnənt/  

Meaning: language items needed for functions or speech acts.

Example: identifying, describing, inviting, offering.Language Learning use their most common exponents.

Neutral register /ˈnjuːtrəl/ /ˈrɛdʒɪstə/

  Meaning: Register refers to the formality or

informality of the language used in particular situations; formal register is used on a job application. Informal register is used in relaxed or friendly situations. Therefore, neutral register refers to language that is neither too formal nor too informal and is more generally applicable in a variety of situations.Example: Can you tell me the time, please?

Informational texts:   /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃənl/ /tɛkst/

Meaning: It is nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic.

Example: books, magazines, handouts

Transactional texts:   /trænˈzækʃənl/ /tɛkst/  

Meaning: these texts serve for communication of ideas and information between individuals with diferent text types.

Example: letters, friendly emails, interviews, invitations and postcards.

Expository texts:  /ɪkˈspɒzɪtərɪ/ /tɛkst/    

Meaning: These texts inform, describe or explain something.

Example: News articles, autobiographies and short descriptions

Personal domain:   /ˈpɜːsənəl/ /dəˈmeɪn/

Meaning: This domain is about family relations and individual social practices.

Example: Learners speak about personal domain.

Educational domain /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ /dəˈmeɪn/  

Meaning: This domain is relating with the learning context where the aim is to acquire specific knowledge or skills.

Example: gym, classroom, office, and objects in classrooms.

Public domain: /ˈpʌblɪk/ /dəˈmeɪn/  

Meaning: It is related with ordinary social interaction

Example: public services and relations with the media. Children will be able to speak about public domain.

Personal background: /ˈpɜːsənəl/  /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

 Meaning: It refers personal identification:

environment; daily life; free time and entertainment; and relations with other people.

Example: this vocabulary is phrases related to their personal background

Educational background:  /ˌɛdjʊˈkeɪʃənəl/  /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

 Meaning: It refers issues related to school and

instruction.

Example: curricular subjects, classroom equipment, educational roles.

Social background  /ˈsəʊʃəl/ /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

 Meaning: it is about public entertainment, travel,

health and body care, shopping, food and drink, and services

Example: Andres has a basic repertoire of words and phrases related to his social background.

Backtracking: /ˈbækˌtræk/  

 Meaning: to return by the same route by which

one has come

Example: Teacher decided to backtrack that topic because students didn't understand.

Repair: /rɪˈpɛə/

 Meaning: to make good, to repair damage; to

repair a deficiency. It refers in which errors misunderstandings are corrected by speakers or others during conversation.

Example: Communication is highly dependent on repetition at a slower rate of speech, rephrasing, and repair.

Display question: /dɪˈspleɪ/ /ˈkwɛstʃən/

 

Meaning: a question which is not a real question.

Example: Is this a book? Yes, it’s a book.”Students ask and answer simple display questions

Referential questions:   /ˌrefəˈrenʃəl/ /ˈkwɛstʃən/

 Meaning: a question which asks for information

which is not known to the teacher.

Example: What is your town like?Learners ask their teacher referential questions.

Procedural texts: /prəˈsiːdjʊrəl/ /tɛkst/  

 Meaning: A procedural text is a text which gives

instructions on how to do something.

Example: itinerary guides, advice texts, savoir-faire guides. Danna explains instruction to make a delicious dish. Then She writes a procedural texts.

Narrative texts/ˈnærətɪv//tɛkst/  

 

Meaning: It is a kind of text to retell the story that past tense. The purpose of the text is to entertain or to amuse the readers or listeners about the story

.

Example: They write a novel. They write a narrative text.

Vocational domain:  /vəʊˈkeɪʃənəl/  /dəˈmeɪn/

 Meaning: it refers people’s activities and relations

in their occupations or professions.

Example: Teachers are a guide to students who went through the vocational domain.

Realistic fiction /ˌrɪəˈlɪstɪk/ /ˈfɪkʃən/

 Meaning: It is fiction that uses imagined

characters in situations that either actually happened in real life.

Example: characters, settings, problems and events, We discuss a problem and it is realistic fiction.

Persuasive texts:  /pəˈsweɪsɪv/  /tɛkst/

 Meaning: A type of writing that tries to convince

or persuade readers to embrace a particular point of view.

Example: Ana sees a movie review in a persuasive text.

Circumlocutions: /ˌsɝkəmloʊˈkyuʃən/ 

 Meaning: a roundabout or indirect way of

speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.

Example: They have sufficient vocabulary to express themselves with some circumlocutions on topics such as family, and current events.

Salient politeness conventions: /ˈseɪlɪənt/ /pəˈlaɪtnɪs/ /kənˈvɛnʃən/  

 Meaning: particularly those affecting everyday

life, living conditions, interpersonal relations, and major values and attitudes.

Example: Students will be aware of salient politeness conventions of the foreign culture.

Persuasive essays: /pəˈsweɪsɪv/ / ˈɛseɪ /

 

Meaning: In persuasive or argumentative writing, we try to convince others to agree with our facts, share our values, accept our argument or conclusions and adopt our way of thinking.

Example: A1 level won't be able to produce persuasive essays.

relevant information  /ˈrɛlɪvənt/ /ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/

 Meaning: it involves determining the audience for

whom the text was produced and the attitudes and communicative intentions of the author.

Example: In this text, there is relevant information.

Dead ends:  /dɛd/ /ɛnd/ 

 Meaning: a situation in which no progress can be

made or no advancement is possible;

Example: Reached an impasse on the negotiations. That business is a dead end.

Jumpiness: /ˈdʒʌmpi/    

 Meaning: subject to sudden, involuntary starts,

esp. from nervousness, fear, excitement, etc.

Example: The long wait is making me jumpy.