Unit 10 - Exposure and focus form

Importance of exposure

Exposure is very important when learning a second language since we as humans learn better if we take part of the action if we involve ourselves as Benjamin Frankiln said: Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn. That quote it is literal because most of the times is super useful when students are exposured to the real world and obviously after having the basic knowledge they will be able to pick up many vocabulary and also practice and really learn the content checked in class. They need to interact not just with the teacher but with each other and with real people, real objects and just to communicate in general to be able to be efficient students. in addition, they need to ckeck interesting topics with variety of activities and also with a higher difficukty level so that obligate them to make a bigger effort when learning.

How to teach exposure

In general students will need to read and listen to information from the real world. For instance: they can listen to stories or songs; or read magazine articles but without any task.

Importance of focus on form and how to teach it

Obviously it is important to focus on form because we can not communicate in any language without knowing the grammar structures or functions of each word and the purpose to communicate, so as teachers we must force students to use the grammar and vocabulary points taught through exercises with pictures such as worksheets in the case of vocabulary and orally in the case of grammar. In conclusion, we may find activities which combine forms and exposure for students to learn successfully.

References: 

The TKT Course Modules 1, 2, 3; Mary Spratt, Alan Pulverness and Melanie Williams

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