Classroom Ethnography Classroom ethnography involves the kind of detailed descriptive work advocated by Johnson. They emphasise the importance of obtaining multiple perspectives through triangulation. Watson-Gegeo distinguished four approaches to classroom ethnography: Ethnography of communication Micro-ethnography Discourse analysis Critical ethnography The ethnography of communication has its origins in anthropology and, in particular, in the work of…
IELTS Writing Task 2 Generation Gap IELTS Writing Task 2 Generation Gap Topic No matter how hard parents and children strive to consolidate the affinity between each other, the concept of generation gap has always been perceived. However, there has been controversy over whether generation gap has recently widened or narrowed in comparison to the…
English Presentation Difficult People English Presentation Difficult People Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Sasan Handout Provided by the Lecturer How to deal with difficult people? What would be your response if you encountered difficult people? Is it acceptable to be always flexible in front of difficult people? How can we practice patience in case…
English Presentation | Self-confidence English Presentation | Self-confidence Watch this video on YouTube LELB Society’s Lecturer: Arash Handout Provided by the Lecturer What is the concept of self-confidence? Is self-confidence an essential interpersonal variable for effective communication? Which technique do you prefer to boost your self-confidence?
English presentation on autism given by LELB Society students with some selected reading material with vocabulary practice in real context Lecturer: Karim, an LELB Society’s student Watch this video on YouTube What is autism? Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental condition that affects how a person perceives and interacts with the world. It’s characterized…
English Presentation | Communication Techniques English Presentation | Communication techniques Watch this video on YouTube LELB Lecturer: Arash How to Give a Significant Presentation Captivate your audience with a well-prepared lecture! Know your material inside and out, but tailor it to your audience’s level. Craft a clear structure with engaging visuals to support your points. Practice…
Interaction Hypothesis Interaction Hypothesis Long’s Interaction Hypothesis, especially the updated version, claims that learners do need to pay conscious attention to form in order to benefit from negotiated interaction. The origins of Long’s Interaction Hypothesis lies partly in Hatch’s work on discourse analysis and L2 acquisition and partly in Krashen’s Input Hypothesis. Hatch claims that…
Communicative Language Testing Communicative Language Testing The advent of communicative language testing saw a growing preference for face-to-face interaction as the context in which the assessment of spoken language skills would occur. In communicative language testing, the target of test inferences is performance of a set of communicative tasks in various contexts of use. The…
Classroom Assessment Classroom Assessment According to Brookhart, in classroom assessment, assessment and learning are integrated within the classroom. She sees this in terms of Vygotsky’s (1978) notion of the zone of proximal development, or that space between what the individual can accomplish independently and what he/she can do with assistance. Personal knowledge of the learner…
Competence Competence corresponds to the I-language (Internal Language). Competency is the speaker/hearer’s knowledge of his language. It’s an abstract version of knowledge. Competency is independent of situation. It represent what the speaker knows in the abstract. The different types of competence are: grammatical competency, linguistic competency, communicative competency, pragmatic competency, Communicative Competency: Discourse Competency: The…