COD 2025 - D1084
Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Activities to Answer Passage-Based Questions
AS&A Level Language and Literature teachers, IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their writing, especially, of answers to passage-based questions
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sessions, start: 13-Mar
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2025
Level: Distance
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: Distance
Facilitator/s: Cecilia Lasa PhD
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 March 2025 | 05:30 pm | 07:30 pm |
Facilitator/s
Cecilia Lasa
AS&A Level Language and Literature teachers, IGCSE Literature teachers, secondary school teachers interested in helping students improve their writing, especially, of answers to passage-based questions
- To promote a genre-based approach to teach students to write answers to passage-based questions.
- To offer teachers resources, strategies and possible activities specific to passage-based questions.
- To discuss different dynamics (individual, in pairs, in groups, whole-class) through which to tackle passage-based questions in the classroom.
- To think of the relation between different writing objectives and activities specific to passage-based questions.
- To foster metacognitive and metalinguistic reflection through writing activities for passage-based questions.
- To offer teachers resources, strategies and possible activities specific to passage-based questions.
- To discuss different dynamics (individual, in pairs, in groups, whole-class) through which to tackle passage-based questions in the classroom.
- To think of the relation between different writing objectives and activities specific to passage-based questions.
- To foster metacognitive and metalinguistic reflection through writing activities for passage-based questions.
- The importance of metacognitive and metalinguistic reflection in writing activities for unseen texts.
- The passage-based question as a sub-genre: constructing an audience and thinking of writing purposes.
- The importance of specific language in the answers to passage-based questions: words, expressions and phraseology to use and to avoid.
- The construction of cohesive and solid argumentative answers to passage-based questions through different dynamics (individually, in pairs, in groups, whole-class).
- The relation between writing objectives and activities specific to passage-based questions.
- The passage-based question as a sub-genre: constructing an audience and thinking of writing purposes.
- The importance of specific language in the answers to passage-based questions: words, expressions and phraseology to use and to avoid.
- The construction of cohesive and solid argumentative answers to passage-based questions through different dynamics (individually, in pairs, in groups, whole-class).
- The relation between writing objectives and activities specific to passage-based questions.
1) Discussion of frequent problems related to teaching to write answers to passage-based questions 2) Exploration of specific features of the sub-genre and possible activities to teach them 3) Guided group reflection on answers provided by the participants on possible activities, resources and strategies.
This webinar is part of the series “Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Reflection for Writing Skills”, which offers different tools for teachers to approach passage-based questions, essay questions and unseen texts. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with specific aspects of those text types.
The other three webinars are:
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Reflection in Writing Activities
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic activities to Answer Essay Questions
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic activities to Write about Unseen Texts
This webinar is part of the series “Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Reflection for Writing Skills”, which offers different tools for teachers to approach passage-based questions, essay questions and unseen texts. Although each webinar is independent from the others, each of them deals with specific aspects of those text types.
The other three webinars are:
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic Reflection in Writing Activities
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic activities to Answer Essay Questions
- Webinar - Writing and IGCSE/AS/A Level Literature. Metacognitive and Metalinguistic activities to Write about Unseen Texts
Cambridge International Examinations. Learner Guide IGCSE® Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Russell, Carey. Cambridge IGCSE® and O Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
Whitthome, Elizabeth. AS & A Level Literature in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.