AWA: Academic Writing at Auckland

Select a text that you could use in teaching English as a second/foreign language. Analyse the text for elements making it cohesive and coherent. How and why might you use your analysis in teaching?

Compare process and genre approaches to L2 writing instruction.
1. How does each approach view: the process of becoming a writer, criteria for good writing and how to communicate these to learners, how teachers s ...

You are Sei Shōnagon, the author (and narrator) of the Pillow Book, but you have found yourself now as a student of Japanese literature at the University of Auckland. Employing the narrator's distinct style, compose ...

You are teaching at a private language school in East Asia, using CLT-influenced coursebook. Complaints come from students and parents, who want to revert to local-style curriculum and materials (systematic situational/s ...

How Bertolt Brecht's new forms of drama were adopted by Rainer Werner Fassbinder in his film "Ali: Fear Eats the Soul".

Explain your understanding of CLT and assess the extent to which a language teaching activity or task represents it. Use a task described in an article. Justify your response with references to the
literature.

Lesson plan.
PART ONE: Analysing a course book unit (23 marks)
PART TWO: (12 marks)
Create a communicative activity to provide interactive practice in the new grammar that is the main focus in the un ...

The Tales of Ise (Ise monogatari) has been interpreted over time as portraying the life of a particular individual, the court aristocrat Ariwara no Narihira (在原業平825-80). Take up at least three episod ...

Closer ties with China are not universally popular with New Zealanders. Outline some of the diplomatic, strategic and economic influences, both historical and contemporary, which have shaped New Zealanders' attitudes tow ...

Throughout European history, scientific discoveries as well as political philosophy have often conflicted with religious beliefs. Via two examples explore in detail the nature and outcome of these conflicts.

Tutorial report. DPRK: communist? Authoritarian/ totalitarian?

You are given several ESL learner profiles on the following page. Write a 1,300-word paper relating these profiles to the course readings. You must include the following components in your paper:
a. Importance of ...

Choose one of the vocabulary research articles in the issue and write an evaluation of it, following the guidelines below: Why is the article interesting to you? How does it relate to your experience as a language learn ...

'Kawaii aesthetics in Japan is a product of patriarchy and male gaze, and it objectifies and disempowers woman.' To what extent would you agree with such a statement? Consider kawaii as aesthetics that contribute to the ...

To what extent did New Zealand participate in the Korean War? What concerns motivated this participation? How has our involvement in this conflict influenced our current relationship with the Republic of Korea?

Discussion of two articles by Kramp and Pavlenko.

Closer ties with China are not universally popular with New Zealanders. Outline some of the diplomatic, strategic and economic influences, both historical and contemporary, which have shaped New Zealanders' attitudes tow ...

A personal theory of language teaching and learning based on my practice, reflection and observation during this course. The reflection is based on the analysis of: journal entries you wrote for each lesson observed (by ...

Detailed film analysis, a critical thinking of and engagement with historical, social, political and cultural dynamics of Korean society.

Many of the texts studied for this course illuminate some relationship of power, whether between individuals, ethnic groups, social classes, or men and women. Examine a range of these texts, illustrating the diversity of ...