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ORAL TEXT
TYPOLOGIES
Prof.
José A. Álvarez Valencia
Assignment Sheet: Presentation
of Song
As
is the core of this class, the main purpose of this activity is to provide a
context for you to improve and practice in a meaningful way language skills in
one of the various discourse typologies. This activity will also focus on the
pedagogical dimension since as future language teachers you might want to draw
on music to motivate your students.
The task
Your task is to choose song and prepare an activity that focuses
on any aspect of language (e.g. language skills –speaking, listening etc.– or
subskill: grammar, vocabulary, spelling etc.). You can choose any song of your
liking, but don’t forget your audience. Remember, the rhetorical strategies we
have discussed in class.
Grading
scheme
This assignment is worth 15% of the semester grade.
You will be graded on language use (grammar, pronunciation,
fluency), the multimodal quality of the materials used, the pedagogical
appropriateness of the activity and your ability to present an argument concerning
the pedagogical principles behind the activity (credibility, clarity,
preparation, timing)
Note: if you are using audio or audiovisual material (Youtube),
please make sure you download it to a flash drive. Remember that the Internet
connection is very slow on campus. You could use http://keepvid.com/ to download Youtube videos to your laptop; however, there are
many other programs that will do this for you.
Procedure
This assignment is to be done individually. Besides the
performance, you won’t have to submit any product. You are
free to distribute the time as you wish. There will be two periods to your
presentation, one is the display of your song and the second will be your
pedagogical activity. The pedagogical activity should not go beyond 5 minutes. The assigned reading (Techniques
for using songs in foreign language classroom)
might give you ideas about what to do. Be
creative!
Order of presenters: At random (everybody must be ready for April
8.
Note: if you are not present at the moment you are called to
present, you will miss your chance to present.
Classroom conduct: refrain from interrupting your classmates by
leaving the classroom, chatting, whispering or any other distracting behavior.
Make notes and be ready to ask and respond to meaningful
questions!
