Tag: Communication skills

ATL skills, Coetail - Course 3, English Language Acquisition, Humanities, Individuals & Societies, Key and Related Concepts, Statement of Inquiry, Technology Integration, Unit Planning

Digital Stories for Conceptual Understanding

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Digital Stories for Conceptual Understanding

I teach an integrated class of English Language Acquisition-Humanities in Grade 6. In our first unit, we use digital storytelling as a medium to assess the students' conceptual understanding in Humanities. In this unit, the students expand their understanding of how time, place and space (key concept) shape and give meaning to their identity (related [...]

ATL skills, Grammar points, Learning Activities, Spanish Language Acquisition, Unit Planning

ATL: Communication skills – Using intercultural understanding to interpret communication

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ATL: Communication skills – Using intercultural understanding to interpret communication

Use both hands to receive. Don't stick the chopsticks in your bowl of rice. Never ever walk into someone's home with your shoes on. These are just a few of the many Chinese customs and etiquette rules that we had to learn before moving here. So, why did we bother learning these? As expats, we could have [...]