What is “Language Focus”? …

…well, it is the last phase of the TBL framework and it also follows the

report stage of the task cycle.It adds an

opportunity for explicit language

instruction.

So, this means that it encourages students to focus their attention on forms of the language

which they have already processed for meaning?

Exactly!

My question is: the teacher will be leading the activities at all times?

Not necessarily, the teacher will introduce the activities; however, she must be on hand to help while students do them and review them at the end…

“A certain amount of form-focused practice,

integrated with analysis activities, may also help students pronounce and

memorize useful phrases and common patterns and also give them confidence to try out new combinations and to generate some

of their own.”

Analysis activities

Must:

•Have a purpose•Be clear•Give an example or two•Have a dictionary•Be monitored but not controlled•Be reviewed•Be adapted according to the students level

Are there any other practice activities that I can use to

help my students?

Sure, they are called “Language

practice activities”.

These activities can combine naturally with analysis work and are useful

for consolidation and revision.

Language practice activities:

Repetition:-useful phrases- dialogue readingsListen and complete-Listening to a recording and completing a text.Gapped examples- Learners write out a list of phrases omitting a word and their peers have to complete it.Progressive deletion-The students read a list of phrases and the teacher starts deleting them. Then, the students have to remember what was written.

Dear teacher, always remember that a methodology based on analysis and consciousness raising says , “Be a creative learner”.

Summar

izing…

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICODIPLOMADO ALAD

MÓDULO 3 “TASK BASED LANGUAGE TEACHING”

ACTIVITY 3.6

TEAM #3 – Language Focus

-María Nidia Robles Hinojosa- Duline Iphygenie Theogene Vazquez