1. What does the AOA (Action-Oriented Approach) consist of?

write a paragraph
using 40 words minimum.
The action-oriented approach is a complementary approach to the communicative
approach from the social aspects. And this is also this social dimension making the
different action-oriented approach from the task-based methods in teaching English. In
the task-based methods, tasks are focused on learning while in the action-oriented
approach; tasks are focused on social life. Puren said, "The action-oriented approach is
opposite to that of the communicative approach, and so complement each other” (2014,
p. 4). He makes this contradictory situation clear by visualizing via a puzzle.

The social agent who learns in a learning environment uses various knowledge, skills
and abilities when performing tasks. Every place where language learning considered as
a social process takes place is the social learning environment therefore this social
environment can be a classroom, home, shopping centre. Learner is an autonomous as a
language’s user in this social environment but collaborator as a social agent.

The learner is a user who performs tasks using the language and the language class is
considered the first social environment or the first situational context in which the
learner will have tasks to perform, such as tasks between learner-teachers and, between
learners themselves. (as cited in Alrabadi, 2012).
2. Explain what Self Assessment is according to the Common European Framework.
Write a paragraph of 30 words minimum.

The CEFR is used extensively in language teaching, both in the public education sector
and in private language schools. In many countries, it has replaced previous leveling
systems used in foreign language teaching. Most education ministries in Europe have an
explicit CEFR-based goal for all students leaving secondary school, for example B2 in
their first foreign language, B1 in their second. For job seekers, many European adults
use a standardized test score, like the TOEIC, to describe their English level.

Adoption of the CEFR is also growing outside Europe, with some individual countries
in Asia and Latin America adopting it in their education systems.

Students may find the language used in the Global Scale a little complicated. For this
reason, when using the Global Scale to provide a self-assessment grid for learners,
teachers may wish to simplify the language. Then students will be able to understand
what their level is and where they will go next with their language learning and use. A
self-assessment grid for B1 level learners (for listening) looks like this:

Self-assessment grids encourage learners to reflect on their current and future levels and
are used as part of a Language Portfolio.
REFERENCIAS
Alrabadi, E. (2012).Pour l’introduction de la perspective actionnelle basée sur la
réalisation des taches communicatives en classe de langue étrangère. Synergies/Canada
(5) https://journal.lib.uoguelph.ca/index.php/synergies/.../2755

Puren, C. (2012). Approche communicative et perspective actionnelle, deux

organismes methodologiques génétiquement opposés et complémentaire.
http://www.christianpuren.com/mes-travaux-liste-et-liens/2014a/ (janvier 2014)