ENGLISH MODULE 1 LESSON 2 – MAY ANNE A.

TACLAY

TASK 1. DIRECTIONS. What are your beliefs about language, language learning and teaching? Rate your feelings about the statements below
using a scale of 1-4 with the following descriptor: 4 – Strongly Agree; 3 – Agree; 2 – Disagree; 1 – Strongly Disagree 4 3 2 1

4 3 2 1
1. Thinking, learning, and language are interrelated. 4

2. The effective use of language requires knowledge of basic grammatical 4

principles and the social settings to perform Module 1 Background and
Rationale of the K to 12 Program 2 communicative functions.
3. Proficiency in language enables people to establish understanding with 4
diverse communities and make sense of information.

4. Facility in the first language (L1) strengthens and supports the learning 3
of other languages (L2).
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5. Students acquire language at birth and actively learns it continuously
throughout life.
6. Students learn when they use what they know to understand what is 4
new.
7. Students learn about language and how to use it effectively through 4
their engagement with written, oral, and visual texts.
8. Language learning should include strategies and activities that help 4
students focus on both meaning and accuracy.
9. Effective language learning should develop functional and critical 3
literacy skills
10. Interactive learning provides a good context for an effective language 4
arts and multi-literacies curriculum
TASK 2. DIRECTIONS. Read the given classroom scenes and point out the LAMC principle that applies by choosing from the concepts in the
placards.

LAMC PRICIPLES CLASSROOM SCENES

 In introducing the folktale, “Juan Tamad and the Alimango” the teacher asks the students to
1. _______________ share what they know about crabs and to talk about an unforgettable experience with crabs.

2. _______________  The class reads the folktale, “Juan Tamad and the Alimango.”
 Students write an information report on other types of crustaceans. The report describes
3. _______________ physical characteristics, habitat, qualities, habits, and behaviors.
4. _______________  The students are encouraged to use English in reporting to the class their research findings.
5. _______________  During the weekend, the class plans for a clean-up drive in beach
6. _______________  Each student is given opportunity to share his/her ideas in the small group discussions.
7. _______________  The class visits a science museum, examines dioramas, and reads posters and exhibits on marine
life and other animals.
8. _______________  The class watches a National Geographic video on endangered marine life.
9. _______________  The teacher uses structural clues and pictures, and realia to introduce technical vocabulary in
science.
10._______________ Program  The teacher motivates the students to paraphrase their statements, monitor their own
grammatical errors, use appropriate vocabulary in their oral reports

2. Language acquisition is an active process. 1. All languages are interrelated and interdependent. 3. Learning requires meaning. Guiding
Principles of the LAMRC 4. Learners learn about language and how to use it through engagement with and study of texts 6. Language learning
involves students' existing language competence 5. Successful language learning involves LSRW and viewing activities Interactive learning
Literary heritage Module 1 Background and Rationale of the K to 12