Week 6 Activity 2 by Mai Nguyen https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2 Post your evaluations of the textbook here. en-us 2017-04-04 14:36:23 UTC 2017-04-05 05:47:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hearts.png 21st Century Communication - Jill/Julianne https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784183 - The textbook is age-appropriate but part of the content might be a bit too difficult for elementary level.
- More suitable for the mature learners with basic language proficiency level.
- There is not much metalanguage, only critical thinking skill.
- Exercises and tasks are well-mixed and organized in promoting communicative competence.
- The textbook only focuses on speaking and listening skills does not suit our context and learners needs' entirely.]]> 2017-04-05 05:30:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784183 keynote Alex,Zoey https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784408 not suitable for elementary L2 learners.
reasons: the material aims at improving learner's ability to communicate passionately and persuasively, while the learner's goal is to produce simple content on some familiar topic; the material focus on listening and speaking, the learner's goal is to develop communicative competence; ]]> 2017-04-05 05:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784408 Keynote Masayasu/Maho https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784442 - theme based syllabus
- seems difficult for elementary students
- go beyond a "four skills"
- include activities to develop communicative competence
- authentic materials
- many pictures which draw students' interests]]> 2017-04-05 05:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784442 Keynote https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784471 This book is not appropriate for our context.
The learners are at a higher level than the tasks in this book, however the readings for them to read seem to be of a higher level than the tasks. I think the readings are at a better level than the tasks.
The materials will help them reach B1, however they will not be able to reach the goal of dealing with most situations likely to arise when travelling in an English speaking country.
Aesthetically it is a good text book and is designed well.
They include American ]]> 2017-04-05 05:35:16 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784471 21st century sunnykidsvn https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784573 - not very appropriate for B1 level-students, because It involves too much listening without attention to reading and writing skills, which are also essential for learners.
- It does involve real-life topics which are quite useful and interesting for learners.
- It includes both individual and group work (which relates to interactive approach) plus critical thinking skill but no problem-solving skill.
- It does not provide students with enough practice to reach B1. Like mentioned before, it only focuses on listening and speaking but leave alone those other necessary skills. 
- It provides lists of vocabulary, but no grammatical structures. ]]> 2017-04-05 05:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784573 21st century communication This teaching material is for at least middle school students and not suitable for B1 student, because the layout and design is quite complex, the illustration and choice of vocabulary is quite advanced.1. The explanations are clear and appropriate for middle school student since it contains speaking, listening and vocabulary. 2. The exercises and activities are well designed and related to multiple aspects, but it’s quite difficult for B1 level. 3. It doesn't consist of real-word tasks. https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784876

]]> 2017-04-05 05:41:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784876 keynote https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784985 I think this material is appropriate. first, it is suitable for the learners' background and age. what's more, the topics are quiet interesting and at the end of the each lesson, the relevant grammar is offered. Each unit is divided into several parts. Four skills(listening, speaking, reading and writing) are also taken into consideration. ]]> 2017-04-05 05:43:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164784985 21st century communication-. it is appropriate for intermediate students-there is a clear rationale for exercise types and their relation to the goals of the learners- the learner are encourage to use L2 in class activities-there is a clear instruction for he learner-materials are interesting with many attractive photos https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164785264 2017-04-05 05:47:26 UTC https://padlet.com/nxnchimai/WednesdayClass_Week6_Activity2/wish/164785264