IDENTIFYING THE FUCNTIONS OF LEARNERS' LANGUAGE

UNIT 28

In this unit, I have learnt how to identify the functions of learners’ language. An English teacher can recognize them based on running activities or tasks and interaction. Also, during the lesson, students can show these functions while they take part in the different stages of the class. Some of them are listed below:

-        Greeting

-        Explaining

-        Negotiating

-        Suggesting

-        Prompting

-        Agreeing

-        Disagreeing

Students use these functions according to their needs, level, age and the learning context.

A clear example about learners’ functions would be when the teacher greets to her/his students and they obviously reply, too (greeting). Later, the teacher decides to check students’ homework and some of them do not have it, so he/she expects an apology from the student (apologyzing).

I, as an English teacher, will apply in a real teaching situation. It might when I provide my students a reading activity, with the given instructions, in which students have to do. They would maybe use a function that is ask for clarification. It means that students could not understand the instructions and they start asking questions.  

In this link, you will find a short presentation about identifying the functions of learners' language to get a better understanding. 

https://prezi.com/iv91jmjajd1m/identifying-the-functions-of-learners-language/

Additionally, I provide you a game in which you will be playing a game about the unit. It is to reinforce your knowledge about it. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/71105529/UNIT%2028.htm

BIBLIOGRAPHY

- prezi.com,. (2016). Identifying the functions of learners' language. Retrieved 22 January 2016, from https://prezi.com/iv91jmjajd1m/identifying-the-functions-of-learners-language/

- (Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness, Melanie Williams, 2011)