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  Unit 4: Lesson Planning Learning these lesson types enlightened me on which I am most comfortable in practice. Present-Practice-Produce (PPP) type of lesson plan is where I see myself practicing the most. I now see the importance of a Task-Based lesson plan which I would want to try and incorporate in my class. I see it as beneficial because it focuses on fluency, and it is learner-centered whereas I currently practice the teacher-centered (PPP) lesson type. It can be challenging as it is difficult to monitor and unpredictable to teach in sequence for learning but because it is based on the learner's needs, it is quite promising to produce results. In my current practice, I assess my student’s needs based on their writing skills and then prepare the PPP practice. I look forward to trying out both skill-based and task-based approaches for my ELA lessons moving forward. I also had an idea to group my learners into each type of lesson plan. Task-based and skill-based lessons can...

  Grammar is the basic foundation of proper communication.  It becomes a major challenge to converse or write without this foundation. Grammar helps learners to be more proficient and confident in using their language in all aspects of communication, speaking, and writing and more so to enjoy listening and reading.                   Teachers do struggle too, “And that’s because, as I and other language experts have pointed out, they themselves were never taught much, if any, grammar. And appropriate teaching support and materials are lacking.” quoted from the 'grammar-still-matters'.                Though it is my professional responsibility to learn grammar for teaching purposes, it is beyond my present skill to be called an expert. It takes years to master grammar and knowing it all at the top of your head will require years of being in an environment where grammar is t...

Grammar is the organization of words set to follow a structure to properly communicate. I read once that without reading, learners won’t know words, and without words, learners won’t be able to write. This is true enough why grammar and writing should be taught together. Students must be able to write what they learned using proper grammar. How about those whose first language writing is not the alphabet? That makes it a totally different challenge.    Communicating through speaking and writing differs in a lot of aspects. Speaking requires spontaneity while writing on the other hand can be thought of at a given time. (S7-Crystal) Bright and Crystal’s lists magnify all required considerations when planning classroom instructions. It interests me that acquisitional ability is inborn rather than learned. (Bright) I would agree. Everyone is not gifted to adapt to a language or learn to speak and write proficiently.   Listening and speaking are the first senses that...