UNIT 27 USING LANGUAGE APPROPRIATELY FOR A RANGE OF CLASSROOM FUNCTIONS

How do we use language appropriately for a range of classroom functions? I have been asking this question me since I was doing my internship. Now, I learned that using language appropriately means we use language in the classroom which best suits the learners and the situation. Classroom functions are the purposes for which teachers and learners use language in the classroom.

 As teachers, these purposes can include to manage activities and learning, to explain learning points and to move smoothly from one stage of a lesson to the next. The language we use in the classroom must be appropriate for the classroom function and for the Level and the age of the learners. For example, we should not use language that is too formal with primary learners or language that is too babyish with older learners.

So know the question is how to grade the student language in the classroom? First of all grading language means choosing to use classroom language that is at or below the language level of the learners. For example, with beginners we use simple words and phrases. This is what I did with my students during my internship but with higher level our language can be more complex.

To finish grading means that our language is at the right level of the learners understand. We need to sequence our language appropriately to provide learners with learning opportunities to use the target language.

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