Online Grading on Google Classroom

What I love about online grading is the speed of grading. I feel that I can grade faster as compared to using a red pen as I don't need to underline,circle or mark the errors while evaluating. The red marks help me to decide the marks that I will give but I often spend longer time to do that. I know that the students are not usually interested to know the explanation of the errors that they have made.

Warm Up for YouTube Creation

I'm a bit reluctant and hesitant to create content on my teaching and learning activities although I have a lot of materials. I have been observing and watching other Edutubers sharing their contents.

I should start as soon as possible.

Shouldn't I?

Somehow,I'm more confident to share my YouTube Channel as an artist as compared to as an educator. That's where you can watch the other side of me. The side of my childhood dream becomes a reality. You can watch my creative process of creating my artworks till the part they are being exhibited at various exhibitions.

Now, shouldn't I be more able to share my 29 years of teaching experience?

Well, we'll see!

I just need to start.

SOON!

WHY LATE ZONE?

Welcone June 2020!

It's time to blog again.

I've changed the previously  'mouthful blog name' which was 'learningandteachingenglishthroughmyeyes' into 'latezone'.

It's the acronym of  'Learning and Teaching English' (LaTE) which sounds more catchy and easier to remember.

I've decided to make full use of the blog again for several reasons:

1. The content is still relevant
2. I'm still teaching this code 
3. I'm still the LIC (Lecturer-in-Charge) for ELC501

However, I also teach other subjects that I need to develop the content from scratch which are 'Creative Writing' and another one is 'Malay Language for Translation Purposes' besides 'Integrated Language Skills'.

So,yes! 

It's 4 codes this semester with the total of 6 different classes.

I'll elaborate about each class on my upcoming posts.

Till then.

Evaluating Author's Argument

Issue
What is the controversial topic discussed by the author?

Author's argument
What is the author's point of view about the issue?

What are the steps in evaluating the author's argument?

1. Assumptions-things that the author takes for granted without providing any proof.
2. Type of support-the kind of evidence the author uses to support the argument
1. Facts
2. Expert opinions
3. Research
4. Observations
5. Personal experiences
3. Relevance of the support-
1. How relevant is the support?
2. If it's directly related to the argument, it is relevant.
4. Objectivity-
1. The authors argument is objective if they present facts.
2. If the authors are experts on the topic or issue, then the recommendations are meaningful.
5. Completeness-
1. An argument is complete if the author presents enough support and has counter-arguments.
2. The argument is incomplete if the author does not present the counter-arguments.
6. Validity-The argument is valid if it is logical and well-reasoned.
7. Credibility-The argument has credibility if it is believable or convincing.

Stated Main Idea and the Supporting Details

Only ONE sentence can be the stated main idea of a paragraph.

Stated main idea sentence

1. Must always contain the topic
2. Must make complete sense by itself
3. Must be a general sentence that sums up the details in the paragraph

When you identify the stated main idea in a paragraph, it must be exactly the same sentence without changing the words in the sentence.

It must not be the specific details.

Supporting details in a paragraph can be divided into major and minor details or primary and secondary details

1. Major supporting details explain the main idea.
2. Minor supporting details explain the major supporting details.

How do you differentiate between major and minor supporting details?

You ask yourself if that sentence explains the main idea or major supporting details.

Reread that sentence and ask yourself,

"Does this sentence explain the main idea or the supporting details?"

A sentence that contains statistics and findings is NOT the main idea.

What about implied main idea?

Topic

Who or what is it about?

Four Clues

1. heading or title
2. special print such as bold and italics or colour
3. repeated words or phrases
4. a word or phrase mentioned at the beginning, and repeatedly referred to by using other words or pronouns

Sounds simple, right?

It may look simple but this is the most important item to identify as it leads you to determining the main idea of a paragraph next.

Word Structure Analysis

Understanding the meanings of the word parts will assist you in understanding the unfamiliar words faster. You need to learn the meanings of the word parts first in order for you to do the word structure analysis. Ideally,you learn them individually at your own time. However,depending on your learning styles, you may form a group or a pair to divide the task of memorizing the meanings to facilitate the process of learning and building the vocabularies.

First you need to understand the terms and meanings below.

Prefix-word parts before the root word
Root-base words
Suffix-word parts after the root word

Nevertheless, there's no shortcut in the remembering the meanings.

Identify your learning styles so that you can learn them effectively.

So,what's your learning style?

I'll write about learning style in my future entry.

(Do remind me  if I have not written about it.)