hbel3103_0309.pdf

HBEL3103_SEMSEP09/F_CC

PART A

INSTRUCTIONS

Part A contains FIVE questions. Answer ALL questions.

QUESTIONS Marks

1. State briefly TWO principles according to Nunan (2003) for teachers

to consider when planning to teach writing.

( 4 )

2. Briefly explain TWO main purposes of using transition words for

writing paragraphs or essays.

( 4 )

Differentiate between paraphrase and summary.

Paraphrase Summary

(a) (a)

(b) (b)

3.

( 4 )

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4. You are trying to help your students to be good spellers by figuring out

the logic and patterns of words. To achieve your aim, you intend to

provide them with cues in order to help them when they have to spell

words.

State and explain briefly TWO cues that you can use.

( 4 )

5. Differentiate between teachers role in Cooperative Learning (CLM)

and in Total Physical Response (TPR) method.

(a) TPR :

(b) CLM:

( 4 )

(Total: 20)

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PART B

INSTRUCTIONS

Part B contains FIVE questions. Answer THREE questions ONLY.

QUESTIONS Marks

1. (a) Outline briefly how do you employ the blue sheet technique in

order to help your students individualising error correction during

a writing course as recommended by Celce-Murcia and Hilles

(1988).

(b) You are trying to integrate grammar in your writing lesson using

a text elicitation exercise which involves the use of certain

grammatical structures. Explain briefly the purposes of using

such exercises.

( 10 )

( 10 )

(Total: 20)

2. (a) Describe TWO characteristics of purely descriptive essays and

illustrate with appropriate examples.

(b) You are teaching your students an argumentative essay and

intend to introduce to them the fundamentals in the Classical

Design for the essay. Illustrate to your students the FOUR

fundamentals as listed below:

(i) Introductory paragraph

(ii) Thesis Statement

(iii) Background information

(iv) Motive or prove

( 8 )

( 12 )

(Total: 20)

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3.

(a) Your main objective teaching a writing class is to enable the

students to write more effectively by posing to themselves the

four questions as suggested by Kolin (1990).

State any TWO questions and explain to your students the

importance of posing such questions selected in order to write

more effectively.

(b) Outline briefly to your students how to do mapping at the pre-

writing stage of writing an essay.

( 10 )

( 10 )

(Total: 20)

4.

(a) You intend to use either Guided writing or Independent writing

to give your students a writing task. Justify your choice by

outlining its FOUR main purposes.

(b) You are planning to choose one of the two supporting models

namely, Modelled writing and Shared writing to get your

students to write. Explain briefly the purposes of BOTH

supporting models mentioned.

(i) Modelled writing

(ii) Shared writing

( 10 )

( 10 )

(Total: 20)

5. (a) There are six guidelines that a teacher has to consider when

planning writing techniques for students. They are integrating

routines of exemplary writers, matching process and product,

considering students cultural background, link reading to

writing, furnish with lots of authentic materials and composing

according to the stages of pre-writing, while writing and editing.

Choose and explain briefly any TWO of the guidelines

mentioned. ( 10 )

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(b) Peter Elbow and Donald Murray, propose 3 methods namely -

expressivism, cognitivism and constructionism for teachers to

take student writers needs into consideration when conducting

writing lessons.

Illustrate any TWO of the methods mentioned. ( 10 )

(Total: 20)

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PART C

INSTRUCTIONS

Part C contains TWO questions. Answer ONE question ONLY.

QUESTIONS Marks

1. Based on the module on Reflective Teaching, how far do you agree

that by developing the ability to reflect on your teaching and the

teaching practice of others enables you to be a more effective teacher

in the teaching and learning process in the classroom?

(Total: 20)

2. You are trying to explain to your students how to write a book or an

article review effectively following a mind map prepared earlier.

Explain the two parts.

How to write a book or an article review

2 parts

Your reaction to the book/article

Summary of the book/article

(Total: 20)

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