Summary: Week 1

Summary: Week 1

1. Question 1

   • Nine stages in the negotiated continuum outlined by Nunan
     • They are realistic
       • Depending on the teaching context.
         • But standardized education has led us to forget that every student has a different pace and needs.
           • As the school develops strategies to foster the use of the target language.
             • If it is the result of a needs analysis.
               • If students become aware about the importance of learning by themselves and that the teacher is a mediator and not a provider; as the teacher makes instruction clear.
     • They are valuable
       • Planning.
         • Allowing personalization and motivation.
           • Helping to think about what it is needed to learn.
             • Helping to learn by doing, motivating and empowering.

2. Question 2

   • The Task Dependency Principle of instructional sequence.
     • Task progress
       • From receptive (Reading and Listening) to productive (speaking and writing)
         • It gives an overview regarding learners’ language management after input
     • Relevant to our teaching
       • It scaffolds students' learning process
         • It guides students from general from general to specific tasks
           • It gives Ss the chance to foster their autonomy
             • student centerdness
               • Moving from simpler structures to more complex
     • It is necessary signifucant aspects such us:
       • Motivation
         • Creativity
           • Engagement