A Discourse Analysis of a Classroom Interaction

Objective: At the end of this lesson, students will be able to classify sentences according to their type of sentence structure.

9. Syntax is the study of sentence structure. Observe the length of the sentences in the first and last paragraphs of the speech. What differences do you find? How do these differences affect the tone of the speech?

b. Is there a part that explains any background information that the reader needs to know in order to be able to understand the answer to the central question or argument that the composition offers? If so, where does this section begin and end?

a. Give me a call tomorrow, Veronica, when you get home, so we can discuss the details of the upcoming event.

As we look at principle three it instruct needs to ensure that learners also focus on form. Professor Ellis explains that the teacher can achieve this by focusing on inductive and deductive grammar lessons. It allows and make ELL students aware of explicit grammatical rule, it gives the learner specific practice on grammatical structure, and it gives them the opportunity to get corrective feedback. (Ellis, R, 2008)

Dreya- the structure of a sentence was there, but the sentence did not make sense. “The boy liked.” This was her sentence and she knew the subject, predicate, punctuation, and capital letter. She did not understand that it did not make sense. Her fine motor skills were great!

first sentence. When the opening sentence of an essay starts with “I belong to that classification

The focus learner must use complete sentences with each restated fact. The lesson objective for this learning segment remains the same throughout the lesson, but will require the student progress minimally towards the achievement of her goal throughout each lesson, with the goal of being able to write 3-5 complete paraphrased sentence in each subheading section of her paper. The learning tasks are used to move the focus learner toward achieving her IEP and learning goals by requiring the student to read or follow along with the teacher while reading passages about the topic, and discussing with the teacher the information she has read, after completing reading. The focus learner will write down notes (facts), word for word, from the text she is reading and after completing the entire reading and notetaking she will be go back over her notes and paraphrase the facts/notes into her own grade level words. By writing notes as she is reading and then paraphrasing from the notes, the student is working towards her writing goals by being able to pick out the important information from text and putting it in her own words using complete

Today I learned further information in dealing with the "Axis of Evil". Although our class has reviewed over this already, today we did a worksheet of sentences containing errors to help us gain greater knowledge into determining if a sentence has a fragment, comma splice, or run-on sentence. I also learned what a prepositional and clause phrase is. A prepositional phrase is an expression that starts with a preposition and closures with a noun or pronoun. A clause phrase is a collection of words that has a subject that is actively doing a verb.

auxiliary verbs. Also, at the beginning of a clause, particularly in written or more formal styles of English.

English has undergone some changes in relation to its status in the world. Some years ago, it only became the first or second language for several countries. Nowadays, alongside with the development of information, communication, and technology the status of English becomes a lingua franca in the world. That is, a language that is used as a means of communication between people with different language. This change, of course, brings some impacts in the roles of English as a language. English is not seen as a language for identity anymore. Yet, it functions mainly as a means of communication. Added to this, the change of the English status as a lingua franca will also impact to the educational sector especially in English Language Teaching (ELT). With regard to this issue, this paper tries to present the notion of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and its implication to the teaching learning process especially in Indonesian context.

Clauses are groups of words which express an idea and contain a predicate (i.e., a conjugated verb) and a subject, although of course in Spanish the subject is often merely indicated by the verb ending. They can be divided into two categories: independent clauses (which make sense in and of themselves) and dependent clauses (which need to be used with an independent clause to form a complete sentece). In general, the the indicative, the conditional, and the imperative (command forms) are used in independent clauses; some exceptions will be given in section I below. The subjunctive mood is found primarily in dependent clauses, but of course the other moods can occur there as well,

to the topics to be discussed in class. We will proceed on the assumption that you have done the

Specialists in descriptive grammar (linguists) examine the principles and patterns that underlie the use of words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. In contrast, prescriptive

Globalization has also contributed to an increasing interest in English-language education worldwide. In response to the emergence of English as a world-linking, global language, an increasing number of schools have stepped up English–language requirements, even at undergraduate levels. The argument is that a universal teaching language is necessary as a natural consequence of globalization.