07.07.13 ~ Curtain and Dahlberg - Chapter 3
This is the second half of Curtain and Dahlberg's chapter 3 (we were required to read the first part on 6/27) and the final pages only deal with how one communicates in the presentational mode. The presentational mode is when information is given to an audience with little or no interaction, like when you give a speech or when you teach a lesson using direct instruction. One of the fun things this chapter talks about is "presenting" information of language students through dramatic songs. Even though I am a bad singer and I would never sing in front of other adults, I really love using songs with children. I don't think there is an easier way to put them at ease with what they are learning (lowering the affective filter). Of course, all of the writing ideas in this chapter were useful as well.
This is the second half of Curtain and Dahlberg's chapter 3 (we were required to read the first part on 6/27) and the final pages only deal with how one communicates in the presentational mode. The presentational mode is when information is given to an audience with little or no interaction, like when you give a speech or when you teach a lesson using direct instruction. One of the fun things this chapter talks about is "presenting" information of language students through dramatic songs. Even though I am a bad singer and I would never sing in front of other adults, I really love using songs with children. I don't think there is an easier way to put them at ease with what they are learning (lowering the affective filter). Of course, all of the writing ideas in this chapter were useful as well.
And sometimes you can plant an "earworm" and they keep singing the song all day. :-)
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