Teaching Intermediate Phase English

First and First Additional Language 3

IFFA7411
LU2: Developing Language Skills
 ● Name the three language
teaching and learning
strategies we explored
yesterday.
Recap ● Which language teaching
and learning strategy is
LU1
the easiest to apply? Why?
Language Teaching and
● Which one is the most
Learning Strategies challenging? Why?

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Which teaching and learning

strategy was used?

Recap Which levels of Bloom’s

Taxonomy were engaged?
Reflection
How would you use this tool in
the classroom?

LO1
LU2: Developing Language Skills
Theme 1: Listening and Speaking

Theme 2: Reading and Viewing

Theme 3: Writing and Presenting

Theme 4: Language and Vocabulary Development

Learning Unit 2 will be covered in approximately 8 sessions.
Theme 1: Listening and Speaking

Learning Outcome 1 Learning Outcome 2

Plan ways in which to Identify ways in

develop learners’ which to develop
listening skills using learners’ speaking
pre, while and post skills.
listening activities.
 LU2 reading
Wessels, M. 2014. Chapter 3: Listening & Chapter 4: Speaking, Practical guide to
facilitating language learning. Cape Town: Oxford. Available:
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Department of Basic Education. 2011. Curriculum and assessment policy

statement, intermediate phase 4–6, English Home Language & English First
Additional Language. National curriculum statement. Pretoria: DoBE. Available:
https://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/NCSGradesR12/CAPS/tabid/420/Defaul
t.aspx [Accessed 15 February 2023].
 You will be assigned either
top-down or bottom-up processing.

Language
In groups of four:
● Come up with an explanation of

processing
your assigned type of processing
- what is it?
● Think of some ways to teach that
Bottom up and top down type of processing - how can it be
taught?

Your group will teach the rest of the

class what you have discovered.
 Listening
Why do students acquiring an additional language need to practice
listening?

Is this skill also important for home language speakers? Why?

LO1 Wessels 2014: 101

 Listening - lesson stages

1. Pre-listening activities - activate schemata, develop prediction skill

2. While-listening activities - aid concentration on the text
3. Post-listening activities - demonstrate understanding

You and a partner will be assigned one of the above three lesson stages.

Come up with one to three detailed example activities for your

assigned stage, aimed at first additional language learners in Grade 5.

You have ten minutes.

LO1 Wessels 2014: 101-125
 Listening stage activities

Each activity example should include:

● Lesson objective/s
● Activity duration
● Lesson processes (steps for activity)
● Description of theoretical learning materials (if relevant)
● Any other relevant information
 Next lesson
In our next lesson we will review
listening lesson stages and
expand on the lesson plans, and
revisit LU1.

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 Bibliography
Department of Basic Education. 2011. Curriculum and assessment policy statement, intermediate phase
4–6, English First Additional Language. National curriculum statement. Pretoria: DoBE. Available:
https://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/NCSGradesR12/CAPS/tabid/420/Default.aspx [Accessed
16 February 2023].

Department of Basic Education. 2011. Curriculum and assessment policy statement, intermediate phase
4–6, English Home Language. National curriculum statement. Pretoria: DoBE. Available:
https://www.education.gov.za/Curriculum/NCSGradesR12/CAPS/tabid/420/Default.aspx [Accessed
15 February 2023].

The IIE. 2023. Teaching Intermediate Phase English First and First Additional Language 3 [IFFA7411
Module Outline]. The Independent Institute of Education: Unpublished.
 Bibliography
Wessels, M. 2014. Chapter 3: Listening. Practical guide to facilitating language learning. Cape Town: Oxford.
Available:
https://ezproxy.iielearn.ac.za/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nleb
k&AN=1104456&site=ehost-live&ebv=EK&ppid=Page-__-1 [Accessed 16 February 2023].