Theory of Language Teaching Classroom
teacher questioning, discussing, and editing whole class construction, then scribing onto board or projector, skeleton texts, jigsaw and
information gap activities, small group construction of the texts, dictogloss, and self assessment and peer assessment activities Feez
and Joyce :1998: 30.
4 Independent Construction of Text ICOT
ICOT tasks require students‘ independence in constructing the text. In this stage students work independently with the text and the
learner performances are used for achievement assessment. Feez and Joyce 1998: 31 state that independent construction in reading
activities including
performing a
task, sequencing
pictures, numbering, tricking or underlining material on a worksheet and
answering questions.
5 Linking Related Texts
Feez and Joyce 1998: 31 state that in this stage, students investigate about what they have learnt. In this teaching or learning
cycle can be related to: 1. Other texts in the same or similar contexts.
2. Future or past cycles of teaching and learning. Feez and Joyce 1998: 31 state that activities which link the
text type to related texts include: 1. Comparing the use of the text type across different fields.
2. Researching other text types used in the same field. 3. Role-playing what happens if the same text type is used by
people with different roles and relationships 4. Comparing spoken and written models of the same text type
5. Researching how a key language feature used in this text type is used in other text types
Thus, the teacher should make sure that the task in the previous stages: Building Knowledge of the Field, Modeling of Text, Joint Construction of Text,
and Independent Construction of Text has been well accomplished so that the students are able to do the Independent tasks.