Answer to Question #210201 in English for dee

Question

Which one of the following statements is an incorrect characteristic of an effective FAL teacher.

1. A teacher who explicitly teaches a range of literacy skills and knowledge through demonstration and modelling.

2. A teacher who teaches decoding and spelling in a systematic way that makes it clear to learners why these aspects are necessary and useful.

3. A teacher who does not pay attention to the goals of reading and writing and technical processes such as phonic knowledge, grammatical knowledge and pronunciation because learners in the Foundation Phase are still young.

4. A teacher who places emphasis on the learners’ knowledge, purpose and function of reading and writing and uses strategies that enable them to read and write.

Answer 1

3. A teacher who does not pay attention to the goals of reading and writing and technical processes such as phonic knowledge, grammatical knowledge and pronunciation because learners in the Foundation Phase are still young.