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must be able to write in English for classroom purposes: to be more confident in using English in class to be good models of correct written and spoken English for their students
Teachers need to communicate in English with others for professional purposes - to interact with overseas educators or with experts - to exchange ideas or participate in discussions via the internet - to request for information or service
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UET: Written language 3
Discussion 1
In country X, science teachers were told to switch to using English to teach science. One teacher closed her classroom doors when she had to teach the topic of density. She did not want her colleagues to hear her poor English. Suggest what she could write out the night before so that she would be more confident using English to teach density.
UET: Written language
Brief explanations by instructor with student participation Small group discussions: responding to texts, sharing of ideas for planning and revising writing, constructing social contexts Writing tasks, individual and collaborative writing Students taking responsibility for their own learning
UET: Written language 6
Thinking
Social-Cultural
Kindly come OR I wonder if you would Thinking influenced by social interaction: Interacting with reader (professor); not a friend; must be formal, polite Writers purpose = ask for a favour: Language must be polite (I wonder if you would); not ordering the professor (Kindly come) Readers role: can decline or accept Language allows R to decline (I wonder if you would)
UET: Written language
Topics (continued):
Expressing and supporting opinion or comment Constructing coherent paragraphs Writing to direct student activity and learning Writing responses to students work
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Assessment
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