Language education Teachers of Senior English have a special responsibility for language education. However, it is the responsibility of all teachers to develop and monitor students’ abilities to use the forms of language appropriate to their own subject areas. Their responsibility entails developing the following skills: ability in the selection and sequencing of information required in the various forms (such as reports, essays, interviews and seminar presentations) the use of technical terms and their definitions the use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and layout. Assessment in all subjects needs to take into consideration appropriate use of language. Students should understand and use appropriate scientific terms and phrases wherever the need arises. In order to achieve understanding of appropriate scientific terms, it may be necessary for students to develop their own glossaries as they progress through a course in Science21. Students should be engaged in learning experiences which involve them in: Drawing upon sources Using language for the Presenting information in of information, such as: purposes of: forms such as: observations restating information laboratory and field demonstrations reporting results notes and reports experiments giving instructions formal reports textbooks formulating an hypothesis letters handbooks of data designing an experiment abstracts manuals of procedures explaining a relationship biographies product brochures arguing a proposition précis specification sheets proposing action reviews computer files defending a position oral presentations journal articles justifying a stand seminars magazines evaluating an argument discussions newspapers developing an idea expositions broadcast media interpreting a theory demonstrations Internet persuading charts CD-ROM making conclusions graphs advertisements following instructions sketches videos or films predicting the results of an models experiment lectures photographs evaluating scientific interviews electronic media arguments discussions
Language education Teachers of Senior English have a special responsibility for language education. However, it is the responsibility of all teachers to develop and monitor students’ abilities to use the forms of language appropriate to their own subject areas. Their responsibility entails developing the following skills: ability in the selection and sequencing of information required in the various forms (such as reports, essays, interviews and seminar presentations) the use of technical terms and their definitions the use of correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and layout. Assessment in all subjects needs to take into consideration appropriate use of language. Students should understand and use appropriate scientific terms and phrases wherever the need arises. In order to achieve understanding of appropriate scientific terms, it may be necessary for students to develop their own glossaries as they progress through a course in Science21. Students should be engaged in learning experiences which involve them in: Drawing upon sources of information, such as: Using language for the purposes of: Presenting information in forms such as: observations demonstrations experiments textbooks handbooks of data manuals of procedures product brochures specification sheets computer files journal articles magazines newspapers broadcast media Internet CD-ROM advertisements videos or films lectures interviews discussions restating information reporting results giving instructions formulating an hypothesis designing an experiment explaining a relationship arguing a proposition proposing action defending a position justifying a stand evaluating an argument developing an idea interpreting a theory persuading making conclusions following instructions predicting the results of an experiment evaluating scientific arguments laboratory and field notes and reports formal reports letters abstracts biographies précis reviews oral presentations seminars discussions expositions demonstrations charts graphs sketches models photographs electronic media
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