Friday, January 15, 2016

Consulting reference resources to help in lesson preparation



Reference sources are all reference and supplementary materials which can be used in the classroom such as dictionaries or coursebooks. But, why to use supplementary materials? I have chosen the three main reasons for using them in the classroom:


Checking the form and use of grammatical structures
There are books where grammatical structures are not explained in a suitable way or are not relevant for the topic. Thus, it is important to look for other reference sources in order to complete the grammatical content.


Checking the spelling, pronunciation and use of lexical items
In some cases, even we as teachers have problems in spelling, pronunciation and lexical items because we are not exposed to every word all the time. Then, it is useful to check bilingual dictionaries because they have different meanings and pronunciations in both languages; and others such as dictionaries of synonyms and antonyms for knowledge expansion.


 - Anticipating learners´ difficulties
Since there are case studies, books or articles about learner´s errors, those are really helpful to anticipate (know previously) what will be their language problems, for instance, the interference of L1. It means the pronunciation in Spanish has no strong stress, which makes interference at the moment to read a sentence in English without rhythm, stress and intonation. 


Resource:


  • Google Books,. (2016). Reference Resources. Retrieved 26 January 2016, from https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=IfIw-XKnBFUC&q=reference+resources&dq=reference+resources&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzgOa-8sfKAhXK7yYKHdGOAWIQ6AEIIzAB

  • Google Books,. (2016). The New Walford. Retrieved 26 January 2016, from https://books.google.com.ec/books?id=vVrgAAAAMAAJ&q=reference+resources&dq=reference+resources&hl=es-419&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjzgOa-8sfKAhXK7yYKHdGOAWIQ6AEILzAD

  • Amazon.com,. (2016). Grammar: The Structure of Language (Wooden Books): Rachel Grenon: 9780802743589: Amazon.com: Books. Retrieved 26 January 2016, from http://www.amazon.com/Grammar-Structure-Language-Wooden-Books/dp/0802743587




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