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When working on developing language skills,
it is important for students to analyze their own language
and to work at improving their language through dialogue
with an instructor. Through this process students can
create linguistic utterances that achieve their desired
communicative intentions. |
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Examples |
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In these examples, an instructor is presenting a political
cartoon and asking the student for her interpretation.
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As
a follow-up activity, the instructor uses strategies to
help the student formulate and express ideas. |
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One
strategy is to ask questions that probe
the student's understanding of specific concepts and her
command of relevant vocabulary. |
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Another
strategy is to provide a verbatim
transcript of what was said and ask the
student to analyze and revise her message. |
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Verbatim
feedback and discussion can be used to
clarify a message. |
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Verbatim
feedback plus modeling can be used to
facilitate message revisions. |
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