HED4807 Assignment 4 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2024 - DUE 9 October 2024
QUESTON 1: LANGUAGE POLICIES (40) 1.1 A secondary school asked you address the parent body and explain how the language in education policy (LiEP) sets out the choice of the language of teaching and learning (LoLT) in the school. Read Learning Unit 2 on the module site, then prepare your speech that provides some background, challenges and practicalities regarding the choice of LoLT, that you will present”. (10) 1.2 Read the following abstract and answer the question that follows. (5) HED4807 ASSESSMENT 04 2024 Perceptions of Grade 11 Setswana Home Language Learners Regarding English as The Language of Learning and Teaching in a Rural South African School. ABSTRACT South African learners are among the millions globally who learn English as a second language and use it as the language of learning and teaching at various stages of their educational careers. The literature abounds with views from language and education experts confirming that proficiency in the language of teaching and learning is crucial for academic success. However, the voices of the learners themselves are absent in discussions on this crucial matter. This study investigated the perceptions of Setswana Home Language learners about studying English as a subject and using it as the language of teaching and learning. The research focused on Grade 11 Setswana Home Language learners in a rural public secondary school in the Bojanala Education District, North-West Province, South Africa. Guided by Vygotsky’ socio-cultural theory, this single case qualitative study collected data through a questionnaire administered to a purposefully sampled Grade 11 English First Additional Language class, with qualitative analysis of the responses. Findings revealed that learners felt they did not have a thorough understanding of English; lacked confidence in speaking it; had poor speaking and writing skills, preferred Setswana as the language of teaching and learning, were exposed to the use of both their home language and English in the classroom and lacked sufficient access to English in their home environments. (Azagsiba, J.A. and Manyike, T.V., 2024. Perceptions of Grade 11 Setswana Home Language Learners Regarding English as The Language of Learning and Teaching in A Rural South African School. Per Linguam: A Journal of Language Learning= Per Linguam: Tydskrif vir Taalaanleer, 40(1), pp.1-17.) 1.2 What factors do you think contribute to the learners' lack of confidence in speaking English despite being exposed to it in the classroom? (5) 1.3 Based on what you have read in the abstract, explain how would you advise the English language teachers at the school to adapt their English language teaching to assist the learners? Consider the following when you formulate your advice: First additional language teaching theories First additional language teaching approaches Translanguaging as an approach to multilingualism (15) 1.4 Referring to the language learning theories you have engaged with in the study material, explain your own opinion on the use of mother tongue education. (10) HED4807 ASSESSMENT 04 2024 QUESTION 2: LANGUAGE TEACHING APPROACHES (10) Study task-based language teaching (TBLT) in Learning Unit 4. Take in particular note of the table provided by Shintani (2016): Implementation options in the different phases of a task-based lesson. Discuss, by using a practical example, how the TBLT and the process approach may be combined in the teaching of a language skill. You may choose one of the four language skills to illustrate it in your discussion. (10) QUESTION 3: ANALYSING THE CAPS DOCUMENT (20) Analyse the grade 9 English FAL Term 1 week 1-2 teaching plan below. Discuss how the communicative language teaching (CLT) approach may be appropriate to teach week 1-2 in grade 9 term 1. Base your discussion on the three principles in this approach (Learning unit 4.1.3) GRADE 9 ENGLISH FAL TERM 1 WEEK 1-2 TEACHING PLAN HED4807 ASSESSMENT 04 2024 QUESTION 4: Assessment for learning (15) 4.1 How does incorporating Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development contribute to effective feedback. (5) 4.2 Black (2016) proposed an instructional model based on assessment for learning set out below. Use an essay writing lesson as an example and complete the columns so that the instructional model and the process approach may be applied in a lesson. (10) Instructional model Process approach What the teacher will do 1. Clear aims 2. Planning activities 3. Interaction in dialogue 4. Review of learning 5. Formal assessment QUESTION 5: A LANGUAGE PHILOSOPHY (15) For this question you must reflect on the personal language education philosophy that you formulated for Assessment 01. Review what you have written in Assessment 01, explain if there were any changes and elaborate on the reasons why it is changed or stayed the same.
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