Flash cards vocabulary national curriculum guidelines monica renjifo

Name:Monica Renjifo

Universidad Técnica de AmbatoFacultad de Ciencias Humanas y de la

Educación Carrera Idiomas

Modulo Lesson Planning National Curriculum Guidelines

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Lingua franca /ˈlɪŋgwə/ /ˈfræŋkə/

It is a language used for communication among many groups of people, each speaking a different language.

Long before English became the lingua franca of the Internet age, the world has wanted a common language.

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Functions /ˈfʌŋkʃənz/

The purpose for which an utterance or unit of language is used.

Students will perform a roll play using different functions such as requesting, inviting, etc.

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Independent users of English

These people are users being able to convey on most conversations, who write comprehensively, argue and explain clearly.

People who have a C1 level are considered independent users of English.

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/ɪndɪˈpɛndənt/ /ˈjuzərz/ /əv//ˈɪŋglɪʃ/

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Communicative language competence

/kəmˈjunəkətɪv/ /ˈlæŋgwəʤ/ /ˈkɑmpətɪns/

Communicative language competence is used by groups of people in a village, region, nation, etc.

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Knowledge of not only if something is formally possible in a language, but also whether it is feasible, appropriate, or done in a particular speech community.

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Linguistic competence /lɪŋˈgwɪstɪk/ /ˈkɑmpətɪns/

“Includes lexical, phonological, syntactical knowledge and skills and other dimensions of language as a system”.

Students from level B1 develop the linguistic competence through vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar.

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Sociolinguistic competence /soʊsioʊlɪŋˈgwɪstɪk//ˈkɑmpətɪns/

It refers to the sociocultural conditions of language use.

Students and their teacher talk about different social groups.

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Pragmatic competence /prægˈmætɪk/ /ˈkɑmpətɪns/

It is concerned with the functional use of linguistic resources.

(i.e. inviting, thanking, apologizing, etc.)Students can apologize with the following phrase: “I’m so sorry for doing that”

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Exponents /ɪkˈspoʊnənts/

Language items needed for functions or speech acts such as identifying, describing, inviting, offering, etc.

Students from level B1 are going be able to perform and different language functions, using their most common exponents such as describing and offering.

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Neutral register /ˈnutrəl/ /ˈrɛʤɪstər/

It refers to language that is neither too formal nor too informal and it is more generally suitable in a variety of situations.

“Can you tell me the date, please?” ( This sentences is more suitable than the following sentence)“Would you mind telling me the date, please?”

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Informational texts /ˌɪnfərˈmeɪʃənəl/ /tɛksts/

Texts designed to convey information about something rather than to tell or advance a narrative. They are characterized by the following features: (1) their primary purpose is to convey factual information about the natural and social world, (2) they typically address whole classes of things in a timeless way and (3) they come in many different formats .

The teacher gives students some handouts to practice grammar.

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Transactional texts /trænˈzækʃənəl/ /tɛksts/

Texts that are useful for people to communicate ideas with text types that contain: business letters, friendly emails, interviews, invitations, postcards, weblog entries, etc.

I will write a e-mail to my friends to congratulate her.

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Expository texts /ɛksˈpɒzɪtəri:/ /tɛksts/

Texts that inform, describe or explain something and hold autobiographies, short descriptions, media, articles, etc.

An AutobiographyMy name is Gabriela Arrevillaga. I am 17 years old. I am from Mexico from Tapachula Chiapas. This city is hot all the time, and we have a beach. I have a beautiful family. I have one brother and one sister. My father’s name is Jorge and my mother’s name is Irma. My sister’s name is Irma too, and my brother’s name is Jorge, and he is married with Alejandra, and they are going to be parents in November for first time, and all the family is so exaited!....................................................................

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Personal domain /ˈpɜːsnl/ /dəʊˈmeɪn/

Comprises family relations and individual social practices.

Listening has been formulated by taking into consideration the personal domain.

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Educational domain /ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl/ /doʊˈmeɪn/

It is concerned with the learning context where the aim is to acquire specific knowledge or skills.

Learners should know the names of various locations.

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Public domain /ˈpʌblɪk/ /doʊˈmeɪn/

It refers to everything related with ordinary social interaction.

Students also need to focus on cultural and leisure activities of public nature.

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Personal background /ˈpɜrsɪnɪl/ /ˈbækˌgraʊnd/

It includes personal identification; house, home, and environment; daily life; free time and entertainment; and relations with other people

Students from A1 in the linguistic component have a very basic collections of phrases related to their personal background.

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Educational background /ˌɛʤəˈkeɪʃənəl//ˈbækˌgraʊnd/

It includes issues related to school and instruction.

All the students have educational roles.

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Social background  /ˈsəʊʃəl/  /ˈbækˌɡraʊnd/

It includes public entertainment, travel, health and body care, shopping, food and drink, and services.

Nowadays, health care is available to all the students.

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Backtracking /ˈbækˌtrækɪŋ/

Returning to a previous point or subject, as in a discussion or lecture.

When Marco was reading the book he backtracks to the beginning.

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Repair /rɪˈpɛr/

A term for ways in which errors, unintended forms, or misunderstandings are corrected by speakers or others during conversation

I have a, uhm...What do you call it... pencil case (self-initiated repair).

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Display question /dɪˈspleɪ//ˈkwɛsʧən/

“A question which is not a real question (i.e. which does not seek information unknown to the teacher) but which serves to elicit language practice”

Is this a magazine? Yes, it’s a magazine

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Referential questions/rɪˈfɜːɜnʧiel//ˈkwɛsʧənz/

A question which asks for information which is unknown to the teacher.

What is your neighborhood like?

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Procedural texts /prəˈsiʤərəl/ /tɛksts/

A kind of writing that describe the instructions or directions to complete a task with text types that contain recipes and ‘how to’ instructions.

Students ask to the teacher how to write an essay.

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Narrative texts /ˈnærətɪv/ /tɛksts/

A narrative text is a story that is created in a constructive format that describes a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events.

Once upon a time there was a girl called Cinderella. She lived with her step sisters and step mother. They treated her badly. She had to do all the house work…………………………………………………

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Vocational domain /voʊˈkeɪʃənəl/ /doʊˈmeɪn/

It is also called “occupational domain”, it covers everything related with people’s activities and relations in the exercise of their occupations .

Skills needed to get a job are examples of vocational domain.

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Realistic fiction /ˌriəˈlɪstɪk/ /ˈfɪkʃən/

Imaginative writing that accurately reflects life as it could be lived today.

The teacher make students write a short realistic fiction story.

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Persuasive texts /pərˈsweɪsɪv/ /tɛksts/

It is a kind of writing that try to convince readers to assume a particular point of view.

Mobiles are useful, however. They enable parents to maintain contact with their children whenever they need to. There are also obvious benefits to their use in emergency situations.

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Circumlocutions /cɪ:cʊmloʊcuti:ons/

An indirect way of expressing something

Marco’s admission came after few years of circumlocution

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Salient politeness conventions

Particularly those affecting everyday life, living conditions, interpersonal relations, and major values and attitudes.

Student in the sociolinguistic component are awarded of salient politeness conventions of the foreign.

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/ˈseɪliənt//pəˈlaɪtnəs//kənˈvɛnʃənz/

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Persuasive essays /pərˈsweɪsɪv/ /ɛˈseɪz/

In persuasive or argumentative writing, we try to convince others to agree with our facts, share our values, accept our argument or conclusions and adopt our way of thinking.

We Should Not All Be Uniform! Every day, millions of teenagers spend between six and eight hours in America’s high schools. They sit at their desks, listen to their teachers, and do their school work. In some of these schools, however, they are also forced to dress in school uniforms………………………………………

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Repair /rɪˈpɛr/

In conversation analysis, the process by which a speaker identifies a speech error and repeats what has been said with some sort of correction.

Interlocutor – ‘It was very harm yesterday, wasn’t it? Learner- Yes it was. Very harm’.

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Dead ends /dɛd/ /ɛndz/

A situation in which no progress can be made.

Reached an impasse on the negotiations.

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Jumpiness /ˈʤʌmpɪnəs/

Hesitation and nervousness.

Her hesitation cost him the championship.

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