Implementing Genre-Based Approach: Teaching Recount Texts with Grammar Focus
a. Learn the activity that the students do then classify which stage they are in when doing so!
The teacher applies Genre Based Approach.
Activity: The students identify the lexicogrammatically features of the model text with the guidance of the teacher,
b. You are teaching a given type text using Genre Based Approach, would you list activities that you plan to do in every stages. Think about exercises on the grammar needed to teach a written recount and put them as the activities of your plan!
Answers:
a. Classification of Stage:
The students’ activity to identify the lexicogrammatically features of the text model with the guidance of the teacher are included in the MoT (Modelling of the Text) stage category. This stage is a stage where students see examples of text, including the linguistic features used, the purpose and social function of the text, as well as the generic structure of the text, so that students can identify the lexicogrammatically features of the text from the model presented by the teacher.
b. Teaching Activities in Every Stage
(Activities in teaching grammar based on GBA in teaching recount text)
Stage 1: Modelling and Building Knowledge of the Field (Mot and BKoF)
Purpose: Learn the features of a good recount paragraph, generic structure, social function, past tense, descriptive words, proper nouns, time connectives, and other relevant materials.
Activities:
- Explain how to write a good paragraph using appropriate grammatical features.
- Share personal experiences and engage in a Q&A session about those experiences.
- Provide a model paragraph of a recount text.
- Guide students in choosing a suitable topic related to their real life.
- Give a set of questions to guide them in answering in complete sentences using past tense.
- List relevant verbs and tenses for their experiences in the past.
Stage 2: Joint Construction of the Text (JCoT)
Purpose: Apply knowledge to practice making a recount text collaboratively, focusing on suitable verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, and connectives.
Activities:
- Guide students in writing a suitable topic sentence about their experience.
- Have students write supporting sentences for the recount text.
- Conduct peer review by swapping tasks for checking grammatical structures.
- Lead a class discussion focusing on suitable verb tenses, adverbs, punctuation, conjunctions, and other grammatical structures.
- Have students write a recount text about their unforgettable experience.
- Provide feedback on their tasks.
Stage 3: Independent Construction
Purpose: Identify individual students' ability in writing a recount text independently, checking grammar and providing feedback.
Activities:
- Have students write a recount text individually.
- Check students' tasks, inquire about difficulties, and provide feedback.
- Guide students in revising and editing their work.
These activities align with the Genre-Based Approach, gradually guiding students from exposure and joint construction to independent application, with a focus on the grammatical elements needed for writing a recount text.