Set of slides for Letras undergraduates about the teaching of English.

1. Theoretical Foundations of ESL
teaching / learning - LET 132
Professor Reinildes Dias, Ph.D.
March 2012
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2. About the present (here and now)
Literacy: a broad concept.
Development of students’ capacity to
communicate in English
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Development of students’ sense of citizenship.
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Development of students’ capacity to interpret
multimodal texts of different genres.

3. Features of present Applied
Linguistics studies
A shift from linguistics to semiotics
A shift from emphasis on language alone (the
verbal code) to a focus on different semiotic
codes.

7. Watch this video. List the semiotic codes
used to convey the message.
http://tinyurl.com/mr-been-warmwelcome

8. Linguistic - oral and written
language: use of vocabulary &
grammar
Visual - still & moving images,
colors.
Auditory – music & sound
Semiotic codes
effects: use of volume, pitch &
or modes rhythm.
Gestural – facial expressions &
body language.
Spatial – layout & organization
of objects & space.

9. (Multi)Literacy
involves students’ capacity to function
appropriately in a (multi) literate
environment.
This (multi)literate environment
includes reading, writing, and producing
multimodal texts.

10. Sociocultural theories
the importance of societal attitudes and
group membership.

11. Multimodality
Expresses meaning through
different semiotic modes.
Invites multiple interpretations.

14. The world told is a
different world to the
world shown. Kress,
2003
Multimodality
Influenced by digital technologies
and how they have transformed
our communicational landscape.

15. Digital native or digital immigrant?
PRENSKY. Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants: http://tiny.cc/aXomB

16. Digital natives
Commitment to our digital native students.
Less downloads,
more uploads!

17. http://iteslj.org/links/ESL/Listening/Podcasts/
http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html
http://top25.podcast.com/
Reception:
LISTENING to podcasts
Production:
Creating podcasts

18. http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/eslvideo/index.html
Reception:
LISTENING
Production:
SPEAKING
Create movies in English with
WINDOWS MOVIE MAKER Video production
DIAS, R. Websites, video clips, trailers, movies and
podcasts in developing students’ oral skills in English. 2010.
http://tiny.cc/n8cae

19. A W e b Q u e s t a b o u t W e b Q u e s t s by
Reinildes Dias
http://web.me.com/reinildes/Site_3/A_Web_Quest.html
Reading. Researching. Collaborating. Learning.
Reception:
Reading
C r e a t i n g y o u r o w n W e b Q u e s t by Reinildes Dias
http://web.me.com/reinildes/Site_6/Creating_a_WQ.html
Reading. Writing. Collaborating. Revising. Learning.
Production:
Writing

20. L e s s d o w n lo a d s , m o r e
u p lo a d s !
WebQuests: guided research on the web.
A multimodal learning environment.
http://webquest.org/index.php
DIAS, R. Webquests no processo de aprendizagem de L2 no meio on-line.
Disponível em www.letras.ufmg.br/profs/reinildes

21. Web tools in ESL
teaching & learning.

22. r/profs/reinildes
w .letras.ufmg.b
Meet me at: ww
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Thank you very much
diasreinildes@gmail.com
Portal for the English Teacher
http://tinyurl.com/portalreinildes