UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL ECUADOR

FACULTAD DE FILOSOFIA, LETRAS Y CIENCIAS DE LA

EDUCACION PlurilingueQuinto semestre

Monica Saenz

DIALOGUE JOURNALMore time to communicate with the students

WHY IS IMPORTANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STUDENTS?

To learn about their interests, needs, backgrounds

The need to communicate is intensified with students learning English as a second language

TEACHER HAVE FOUND DIALOGUE JOURNAL AS AN:

interactive writing on an individual basis

Dialogue journals not only open a new channel of communication, but they also provide another context for language and literacy development.

It allows students to use reading and writing in purposeful ways and provides a natural, comfortable bridge to other kinds of writing.

DEFINITION

A dialogue journal is a written conversation in which a student and teacher communicate regularly

It is used in a range of educational settings with children and adults, with both native and nonnative English speakers

BENEFITS

Extending contact time with students and getting to know them in a way that may not be possible otherwise.

Management of classes with students of varying language, ability, and interest levels.

OPTIMAL LANGUAGE LEARNING CONDITIONS.

Writing about

Writing about

Writing about

LOGISTICS

MATERIALS

FREQUENCY OF WRITING

LENGTH OF WRITING

Set a minimum

WRITING INSTRUCTIONS AND TOPICS

JOURNAL PARTNERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE TEACHERS

EXERCISE FOLDABLE

USEFUL TO:

It is used to write in its multiples pages the information that students need to learn about an specific topic.

ACTIVITY

Tear out a page o paper Fold the page of paper in eight. Write a topic in each space (eight topics) Ask your students to write about the topic

whatever the know. Share the information with the rest of the

class.