READY Teacher's Guide - Book - Page 161
MEDIATION ACTIVITIES
Mediating a text
Overall mediation
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Can convey simple, predictable information of immediate interest given in short, simple signs and notices,
posters and programs
Expressing a personal response to creative texts (including literature)
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Can use simple words, phrases and sentences to say how a work made him/her feel
Mediating concepts
Collaboration
Facilitating collaborative interaction with peers
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Can invite peer contributions to very simple tasks using short, simple phrases
Can indicate that he/she understands and ask whether others understand
Collaborating to construct meaning
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Can express an idea in simple language
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE COMPETENCES
Linguistic (Lexical Band I and Grammar Band I)
General linguistic range
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Can exploit a very basic range of simple expressions related to personal details and needs of a concrete type
Can use some basic structures in sentences with some omission or reduction of elements
Vocabulary range and control
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Can draw on his/her receptive and productive knowledge of vocabulary (Lexical Band I) when relating to
particular concrete situations
Grammatical accuracy
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Can use a few simple grammatical structures and sentence patterns (specified in Grammar Band I) to fulfill
simple communicative needs
Phonological control
Sound articulation
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Can correctly reproduce a range of sounds in simple, familiar words and phrases with appropriate stress
Prosodic features
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Can articulate a limited repertoire of words and phrases using appropriate prosodic features (stress, rhythm,
intonation) despite possible interference from other language(s) he/she speaks
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