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Biulding stage
Activity 7

7. Read the following features of sources of information. session 3 T
» It was published recently. TRACK 41 • Remind your students that
» It has headings, a title and a lots of pictures. the features of their sources rack 41
» It has an index. depend on the purpose and
» It has legends about the origin of language. topic of their presentation.
» Its target audience is university students.
» It is a book written by a specialist in languages. Therefore, some of these
features may be useful in
published
• Comment on why these features may or may not be useful. (v.): publicar other contexts, while in this
• Use the example on Track 41 as a model. situation they may not.
FOR OUR PRESENTATION Sources of information. Components of a text • It was published recently
refers to the fact that sources
8. With your teacher’s help, comment on and establish your own criteria should be up to date. This is
for selecting sources for your presentation. Look at the example. important because linguistics
• If you need to, go back to Activity 7 to give reasons for selecting a source. and languages studies

List of criteria for » We should use recent publications. advance, making it important
selecting sources of » We should consider different types of materials. to read recent information.
» It should be addressed to secondary school students.
information to research • If texts have a title and
the topic selected » It should have factual information.
about linguistic diversity » It should have an index, headings and subtitles. headings, they can be useful
• With your teacher’s help, look for sources that satisfy the criteria you just established. indices of topics and help to
discard or include a
source faster.
Being Through While agreeing on everything rarely happens, in order to prepare a good • If a text has lots of pictures,
Language presentation, it is important to give reasons that help each other reach
agreements about the sources of information you will need. it can help students design
visual aids for an oral
9. Explore your sources and check which components from the list presentation (see Activity 23).
below they have.
footnotes (n.): • If it is written by a specialist,
nota a pie de
página the content is generally
a) Index e) Footnotes
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b) Title f) Bibliography Reader's confirmed, so that reliability
c) Subheadings g) Glossary of a text can be considered
d) Images
as a given (usually books
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written by specialists undergo
a process called peer-review, which means that other experts, in the same field as the author, check, verify
and question the claims made by the author and the book is published only if it was approved by these
reviewers and the corrections suggested are included).
Activity 8

• Be mindful that not every source will fulfill all the requirements established by your students. Help your
students to be flexible about this fact.
• However, two aspects should not be overlooked: sources should be valid (it should be about what you are
trying to look up) and reliable (it should provide accurate information about what you are looking up).
Activity 9

• You should make sure your students get to know the function of every component they found in their
sources. Here we provide a brief explanation of those components not included in any example.
• A bibliography can be an excellent starting point for expanding a research project.
• A glossary is useful when reading more technical texts (related to academic and educational
environments) and looking for concepts whose meaning is particular to a discipline.
• RB box can either extend the current practice or provide materials for developing the practice. If you have
enough materials, take your time along the unit to go through the Reader’s Book to foster curiosity and
improve reading skills.

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