FP008 – DEVELOPING LANGUAGE SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM

ASSIGNMENT
General information

This assignment must be done in pairs and has to fulfil the following conditions:

 Length: between 6 and 8 pages (without including cover, index or appendices –if
there are any-).
 Type of font: Arial or Times New Roman.
 Font size: 11.
 Line spacing: 1.5.
 Alignment: Justified.
The assignment has to be written in this Word document and has to follow the instructions
on quotes and references detailed in the Study Guide.
Also, the assignment has to be submitted following the procedure specified in the
document: “Subject Evaluation”. Sending it to the tutor’s e-mail is not allowed.
It is strongly recommended to read the assessment criteria, which can be found in the
document “Subject Evaluation”.

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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS:

Take the unit from the course book Bachillerato Made Easy, Richmond Publishing,
available in the Evaluation materials section (at the same place where you can find this
paper): Materials 1, and the unit ‘Botellón!’ from an English textbook published in the
Basque Country (2010) for teenagers: Materials 2. Compare and contrast the way the two
units deal with the four skills. You should refer to the following matters:

 The learning theories implicit in the way the units are presented and developed.
 The extent to which the skills are integrated.
 The product-process aspects of the two units.
 The ‘authentic/genuine’ aspects.
 The issue of simplification of text
 The relationship between the skills work and the learning/practice of grammar.
 The opportunities for production (oral and written) the units provide.
 The types of production required.
 The variety (or otherwise) of the activity types.
 Which unit do you prefer? Why?

Of course, add any other aspects that you consider relevant or important. The above list is
simply a suggestion of the sort of considerations you will need to make in order to analyse
the two books critically, and to arrive at a conclusion as to which of the two units you
prefer, if indeed you have a preference.

Important: you have to write your personal details and the subject name on the
cover (see the next page). The assignment that does not fulfil these conditions will
not be corrected. You have to include the assignment index below the cover.

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Students’ full names:
Group:
Date:

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