The lesson will begin with an overview of the semester, how many assignments, how much each is worth, how there assessed, etc. Then an explanation of the first assignment and how this ties into the film the class will watch today. The film Babakiueria, a mockumentary which reverses the roles of the ‘founding’ of Australia, will act as a visual text and talking points. The film will be paused at intervals to discuss: how it scaffolds the main assignment, ‘issues of relevance’ and the purpose of the text.
Type 1: Text Production > Written > Response to Visual Text:
How to Complete the Assignment
- Film > Watch > Questions/Dialog > Take Notes (ap1)
- Brochure > Exemplars > Useful Info for new arrivals (ap2, ku3)
- Reflection > 1 > Ideas > How you relate > 2 > Purpose of Text (ku1,2,3)
BACKGROUND INFORMATION (SACE — ESL — Stage I)
- ‘…consider and discuss issues of relevance…’
- ‘The texts studied could include films…documentaries…’
- ‘…develop a critical understanding of the relationship between language choices and context in a text.’
- ‘…listen for specific purposes…difference between written and oral…’
- ‘…pronunciation, intonation, tone and manner…
- ‘…expressing point of view on current issues and areas of interest…
- ‘…develop interpersonal skills as they discuss issues…’
- ‘…learn ways of entering and withdrawing from conversations…’
- ‘…role of purpose in determining the organisation of a text…’
- ‘…role of tenor in determining the degree of formality of a text.’
- ‘…produce texts in various text types…’
- ‘…draft and edit work in consultation with their teacher…’
- KU1 — Knowledge and understanding of ideas in texts.
- KU2 — “…” the relationship between contexts and texts.
- KU3 — “…” the ways in which texts are composed for specific puposes and audiences.
- Ap1 — Selection and use of information from a range of sources.
- Ap2 — Use of text-appropriate language features to make meaning.
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