Week 4 Formative Assessment : Visuals for Grammar Topics

Burkhonjonova Dilnozakhon

TESL 5030 9U F1 2024 Linguistics for Language Learning and

Statement of Originality and Assistance:

Visuals on grammar topics are crated for students of primary school. This group
of students consists of 10 pupils , aged 9-10 years. 4 of them are girls and other
6 are boys . All of them study at State school and their native language is
Uzbek, but the language of education is Russian. They learn English as a
Foreign language, and have approximately A1 level. The goal of learning
foreign languages is to become fluent speakers and achieve high level of
knowledge and successfully pass exams. The strength of my learners are the big
number of English words the know and the ability to pronounce them clearly
and accurately . When it comes to weakness, they have some problems
identifying types of nouns , using the right verb tenses and confusing pronouns.
Visual1 –Proper/ Common nouns
Justification :
This visual was created in Canva. I used this platform because is is really
convenient for users , offering many different kinds of content and templates.
The reason why I have created the visual for this topic is my students mistakes
in writing, they tend to confuse the difference between proper and common
words and write all of them with lowercase.As my learners are primary school
students, I have only chosen 4 categories of nouns, to make visual easy for
them.I hope this visual will help to make the difference clear and meet the needs
of my students.Nouns are traditionally divided into the classes proper and
common. Proper nouns denote the name of entities which have unique
reference. They refer to instances where the entity is viewed as having a single
specific or generalized denotation and this includes the names of people,places
and geographical locations, days and months, festival occasions, newspapers,
magazines and journals, organizations, and institutions. (Morley, 2000)
Visual2 Present Simple/ Present Perfect
Justification:
I used Canva to design my visual, I found this platform really helpful for
creating visuals as it offers many different tools and features.
The main reason for choosing “Past simple and Present Perfect “ is revision of
their knowledge of verb tenses . This particular topic is challenging for students
at that age and they cannot differentiate between them in many cases. And I use
this material for helping them to understand the differences between these
tenses.
Verb tenses are verb structures that tell the time of the action expressed by the
verb. There are twelve verb tenses in English: simple present tense, simple past
tense, simple future tense, present progressive tense, past progressive tense,
future progressive tense, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, future perfect
tense, present perfect progressive tense, past perfect progressive tense, and
future perfect progressive tense. (Folse,2009).
Visual 3
Justification:
For this visual I used Canva, because this platform provides with the great
number of graphical features, numerous templates . Also it has wide variety of
pictures and signs.
Demonstrative pronouns help students understand the concept of proximity and
distance. "This" refers to something close, while "that" refers to something
further away. Also Demonstrative pronouns make it clear which specific person,
object, or idea is being referred to, especially in a context where there are
multiple options.A demonstrative pronoun stands in lieu of a specific thing (or
person): this , that, these, or those. ELLs make mistakes with number such as
Here is your gift.'These is from Joshua. (Folse, 2009).
Visual 4 Relative Clauses
Justification :
I used the Canva to make my visual colorful as Canva offers various templates,
tools for editing and graphic designs.
Relative clauses help children understand and create more complex sentences,
enhancing their writing and speaking skills. They allow for more precise
descriptions, helping children convey their thoughts more clearly. For example,
instead of saying "The dog is barking," they can say "The dog that is in the yard
is barking," providing additional context. Also understanding relative clauses
improves reading skills. Children learn to identify and interpret more complex
sentences, which enhances their overall comprehension.
relative clause can provide the answer to a question of
the type ' Which + antecedent headword?'. The term 'relative' denotes the fact
that the clause relates back to the antecedent noun headword in the
superordinate clause and is bound to it by the relative word (with or without a
preposition), though this relative word sometimes be omitted. In analysis the
relative word is marked according to the class to which it belongs in the
subordinate, relative clause, and this is not necessarily the same as the class of
the antecedent in the superordinate clause.( Morley, 2000).