PFT Activity ONE
45 Seconds (Within PFT Chief Moderator regulations)
Hello. My name is Anthony Williams, and I want to help you to learn.
I want to tell you about a difficult homework assignment that I once had at university. It was in a Mathematics class at the University of British Columbia. The teacher wrote a problem on the board and the class had to try and solve that problem. I started to write the solution to the problem on the piece of paper in front of me, but after the 3rd step I could not continue. I didn't know what came next. The problem was too difficult for me...so I put up my hand and asked the teacher for help.
What is one expression that I can use to tell the teacher about my situation?
PFT Activity SIX
45 Seconds (Within PFT Chief Moderator regulations)
Hi, my name is Anthony, and I want to help you learn.
I was talking to one of my students the other day, and he was telling me that one of the jobs that he would really like to do is to work for an airline. However, it is not for the salary as he told me. The main reason was because he would be able to travel to anywhere he wanted to for a lower price...and sometimes for free. He also said that the airline companies give him health insurance and let him take a lot of vacation time.
What noun can I use to describe all of these advantages or extra things that a job gives a person?
PFT Activity SEVEN
55 Seconds (Within PFT Chief Moderator regulations)
Contextual Gap Fill
Chris: I am so tired!
Bill: Why?
Chris: It's my job! The work is stressful, my boss is always grumpy and I have to work really ________ __________.
Bill: Oh really?
Chris: Yeah, I gotta be at the office at 8:00 in the morning...I get a one hour lunch break, but after that...I sometimes have to stay at the office until 7:00.
Bill: That's tough. At least you get paid overtime right?
Chris: Sometimes. But sometimes not. Sometimes I just have to finish the job because...well because I just have to get it done.
Contextual Gap Fill
Bill: Hey man, you look tired...everything OK?
Chris: I'm feeling kind of exhausted. It seems that I just can't stop working!
Bill: I think you need to ___________ from all of your technology for a while.
Chris: What do you mean?
Bill: I mean just turn everything off! Go for a walk or something. Don't even take your cell phone with you.
Chris: I guess I could try to avoid my emails for a while.
Bill: There you go...it'll help. Promise.
PFT Activity NINE
52 Seconds (Within PFT Chief Moderator regulations)
Watch Me Teach
Hello, my name is Anthony Williams. And I want to help you learn.
I would like to tell you about something that I do to relax from time to time. There is just so much technology around me every day! There's the TV, my laptop, my cell phone....sometimes it all just drives me crazy! So one thing that I do is find a way to not use the technology. I turn my cell phone off. I close my laptop...and to avoid turning on the TV, I like to read a book or go to the gym or even go for a walk. By doing this, I can avoid all of the technology, which helps me to relax. What verb can I use to describe what I did with all of my technology?
PFT Activity
Prepare
Make a list of things that you do to relax.
Feedback
Send me that list and I will reply shortly before your live training session.
Train
Tell me about some of the things that you like to do to relax.
Suggested Checklist
- Do you focus on only one lexical item in your context?
- Is there an appropriate elicitation question at the end of your presentation?
- Do you include information about the time frame in the context around your lexical item?
- Do you support your context with a specific example?
- Is the topic of your presentation clear?
Write out your own context for the lexical item in PFT Activity TWO.
Your contextual gap fill can be in the form of either a longer piece of discourse or dialogue between two people.
Provide a contextual gap fill for PFT Activity TWO in which the concepts of the lexical item are clearly highlighted.
You are on the right track if you engage in anticipatory thinking when developing yellow and red flag feedback responses.
Provide your own yellow and red flag feedback responses in PFT Activity EIGHT.
By target language sentence, I refer to the sentence from the contextual gap fill that contains the lexical item of focus in the PFT Activity.
Discuss whether or not you think the target language sentence in each activity is a natural model to study.
Think about the A Mark NINE Construction. If you clearly define the topic of your PFT Activity right now, you will have a better chance of succeeding.
What is the topic of your Watch Me Teach video and PFT Activity?
As you move into this penultimate preparation task in the lessons in this Watch Me Teach module, it is important that you establish your own purpose for spending the time to create and upload your own PFT Activity.
Start the practice of doing the assessment task by hand on paper. There is an electronic form available for submission at the Request Feedback stage of this preparation module.
Go for green flags.
Assessment #3
Write down one lexical item on a piece of paper. Then think of a context and put that item into a sentence that fits within that context.
Assessment #6
Write out the concept statements for the lexical item that you have chosen to present in your PFT Activity. Use your target language sentence as a starting point.
Assessment #9
Write down your contextual gap fill on a piece of paper. Then write out your green, yellow and red flag responses to this gap fill.
Assessment #12
Write out your explanation video script in preparation for your workshop or teacher training session.
Assessment #15
According to the A Mark NINE Construction, write down the PFT Activity that you plan to use. Be sure to connect the topic of this activity to the topic of your Watch Me Teach video.
