first additional language teaching in the foundation phase
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FLT3701 - FIRST ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TEACHING IN THE FOUNDATION PHASE (FLT3701)
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FLT3701/101/0/2020
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- Assignment 1 (2020)
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- Assignment 2 (2020)
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, Assignment 1
1. Identify the correct option below that relates to the following statement:
The importance of FAL teaching and learning in the foundation phase is:
1) Paying attention to the development of the learners as growing children
2) The development of language and how it is used
3) Teaching especially what the learners are supposed to know by the end of the phase
4) Teachers knowledge of the language is not necessary as long as she/he can teach
2. Select the option that best describes Cummins theory of Basic Interpersonal
Communication Skill (BICS) idea:
1) Focuses more on proficiency in a language for academic purposes.
2) Includes the ability to listen, speak, read and write
3) Can only take place formally in the classroom
4) Encourage and support natural communication
3 Which of the following language skills is the first skill mastered in the foundation phase?
1) Reading
2) Listening
3) Speaking
4) Writing
4 Which of the following strategy is appropriate to the teaching and learning of FAL in the
foundation phase?
1) Games and fun activities
2) Thematic Approach
3) Work stations and learning corners
4) All of the above
5 Consult the e-reserves:
In this article, Joubert et al (2012:304) support the following principle of teaching
vocabulary in the foundation phase.
1) The teacher who teach learners words which they will read in a text
2) The teacher who teach new words not according to the system and their meaning or
function
3) Teacher who does not consider the idea of letting learners relating new words to their own
lives because it is not their home language
4) Teacher who does not need to repeat new words in different contexts to avoid confusing
learners
6. Read the following statement and choose the option that does not relate to it:
Language proficiency affects reading skills and has an impact on readiness to learn.
1) Reading increases vocabulary
2) Reading help you to learn the use of complex syntactic structure
3) Reading ability is not important as long as you can speak
4) Reading increase general knowledge
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7. Select the correct option below:
The aim of FAL teaching should be for learners to be fluent as possible to use the
language to acquire knowledge of subject, which will be used in the intermediate phase.
For this, which pattern do the teachers need to follow
1) Listening, speaking writing, reading
2) Reading, writing, speaking, listening
3) Listening, speaking, reading, writing
4) Writing, listening, reading, speaking
8. Which of the following strategies in preparing a lesson plan limits learner’s opportunity of
acquiring the language in teaching FAL?
1) Lesson plan must cater for the different strategies that learners use in their learning 2)
Lesson plan must create a classroom environment that allow learners to feel confident in
their learning.
3) Lesson plan must enforce learners to express themselves correctly and not cater for any
mistakes or trial and errors.
4) The classroom environment should encourage and motivate learners to acquire
knowledge of the additional language
9. Which of the following statement is an incorrect characteristic of an effective FAL
teacher?
1) A teacher who explicitly teach a range of literacy skills and knowledge through
demonstration and modelling.
2) A teacher who teaches decoding and spelling in a systematic way that makes clear to
learners why these aspects are necessary and useful
3) Teacher who does not pay attention to the goals of reading and writing and technical
process such as phonic knowledge, grammatical knowledge and pronunciation because
learners in the foundation phase are still young.
4) Teacher who place emphasis on learner’s knowledge, purpose and function of reading and
writing and strategies used to enable to read and write
10. Select the correct option that relates to the following statement:
When teaching FAL in the foundation phase it is important that teachers keep the
following guidelines in mind
1) FAL content and context should show progression in each grade
2) FAL teaching is also influenced by the learners’ home language and ‘additive
bilingualism’
3) FAL should be taught using an interactive teaching approach
4) All of the above
11. Complete the following statement with one correct option below:
-------- can be defined as the ability to listen, speak, read, write and to function effectively at
an appropriate level.
1) Writing
2) Speaking
3) Listening
4) Literacy
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