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In the past year, I have been using behavioural, cognitive, and constructivism theories in my teaching. I would argue that the application of these theories in teachings must be suitable for the learners according to situations.   Analyzation of the learners must take place before instructors choose which teaching theory …

Blueprint

French 256: Intermediate Oral French Edci 335 Pod 3–Yiwei Wu, Yi Yan, Xinxin Wu, Junhao Lin   Description: Our group topic is teaching intermediate oral French to K-12 students. As the official language of Canada, French shares linguistic features with English since they both belong to the Germanic family. Students …

Peer review for pod 4

In the description and rationale for the learning theory, I would suggest adding citations when describing cognitivism because it may be necessary if you aim to elaborate on this teaching theory. You mentioned that cognitivism focuses on the mental activities of the learners, yet there is little content of mental …

Prompt 4

This video presents a variety of French daily conversations at a beginner level. The video requires students to interact with each other; in other words, this is a learner-learner interaction. Students likely will inherent conversations of the video and apply it in their discussions. However, this inherence is a practical …

Prompt 3-Adjustments of Planned Learning Activities under COVID-19

Our group planned to teach beginner French class to K-12 students in English. Upon completing this course, our students should be able to understand a simple French conversation and respond to it both verbally and in writing. We designed a series of activities, including singing, debating, and other events, to …

Prompt 2-Experiential Learning

Experiential learning requires learners to learn through experience. This learning process contains three components: action, reflection, and modification; learners would first learn a subject by practicing it, afterward, learners would modify and improve their future actions through reflections. This teaching approach is characterized by its active learning nature, unlike reading, …