Pragmatics at a Modification level

Pragmatics at a Modification level

My subject area is to teach ELLs and having experience in how challenging learning a new language can be, so, I intend to implement pragmatics usage in my future students reading and writing. Hence a lesson that would be very relevant to my teaching philosophy would be to facilitate Etiquettes and guidelines in composing an email.  To facilitate this idea in the classroom using technology, students will use a computer and the internet to surf for online articles that discuss e-mail etiquettes and guidelines on how to write to a friend, family member, and a superior.

          After taking the technology class, a modified level of the above lesson will be to provide guidelines and a time frame for students to surf for videos on the internet using any app of their choice to collect information. After students have surfed for necessary information on email etiquettes, they will then create a Twitter post based on their understanding discussing their top ten ideas for email etiquettes.

          The Email Etiquette lesson is at the modification level of the SAMR model because the lesson improved from its original state which was to use technology to read articles that talks about email etiquettes. At the modification level, the experience again moved from merely reading an article to watching a video that talks about the same idea but this time, there were visual aids to aid in understanding. The lesson also went a step further for students to demonstrate their knowledge by contributing to society through a twitter post that describes theirs to ten email etiquettes.