Reflection Is at the Heart of Practice
I prefer the Guided Reflection Protocol to the Critical Incidents Protocol. Because, in my case, it takes long time to write an essay or a report and I’m not good at discussion. However, I have interest about both of them by reason of that there is a limit as to what I can write and revise by myself. Furthermore, I think sharing ideas and experiences is very useful to improve writing skills.
As an elementary school teacher, I have not many chances to teach writing of English. I just teach write alphabets, words or simple sentences. But I think it will be helpful to use some questions - “What happened?”, “Why” and “What might it mean?” - in speaking class for students’ strategy about thinking.
What prevents ESL/EFL writers from avoiding plagiarism?
I agree with two points from this article. First, paraphrasing is really difficult to me, too. It’s really hard to find an expression which has same meaning and same nuance with a keyword in a text even though I understand meaning of that text. Second, I think some instructions about inferential processes in writing are essential. Each language has its own style and order of speaking and writing. Also there is a cultural difference between western and eastern countries such as deductive or inductive style in speaking or writing. For that reason, ESL/EFL writers need to be exposed to their second/foreign language’s thinking and writing process to be familiar with them. It will be helpful to get rid of miscomprehension between ESL/EFL writers and native readers.
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Hum.. I thought that most elementary school students already know the alphabet when they entered the school because I listened to the news most elementary school students English speaking is so excellent. So I think most teachers will deal with writing class.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your some opinions about using questions. Though they don't know speak English exactly, some teachers will teach speaking methods. Also I know plagiarism is so difficult. But if we know the exact methods and paraphrasing, quotation, it is so easy. I want to know if you have just your method about this. If your answer is "YES". Plz tell me the method becase I also can't understand about this. Have a nice day :)
Hi, Sunyoung.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry. I have no my own method. I really want to get it. hahaha
thanks,
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