In SLA we want to learn how to find a quote that is suitable. We also want to be able to articulate what works in any design and what does not. So we will learn vocabulary for discourse about literary texts and other artistic designs that often accompany them which would be useful terminology in the workplace.

Grammatically, Dialectically, Kinesthetically, and Dramatically Getting Serious About English Grammar: Modals of Obligation and Politeness for Learning English as a Foreign Language

Why be obliged? Must you?

Exploring obligatory language through an external and internal lens.

On a scale of 1 to 10, You are an 11!

Lessons exploring formal and informal English language.

An exploration about which literary theories and theorists are important to include in English 101 courses and university courses for English as a Foreign Language?

A look at 21st century literary English studies.

How can we use “generator tools” of AI to enhance our ideas? (While still ensuring that we are learning language and practicing with critical thinking, or philosophical metacognition.)

After we have put in the effort to know and to think and experiment with language, ideas, history, modernity

Create an image of those ideas after the work is done.

Why metaphor?

What is the difference between a metaphor and gif?

What amount of conceptualization can be imparted through a symbol versus language alphabets?

How would a sentence of gifs be different than a paragraph of written alphabetic or character sentences?

To learn about METAPHOR in English class. We will look at ancient metaphors, modern metaphors, and discuss their functions and purposes. A study of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” is perfect to introduce the American Modernist English movement that transformed English writing in the twentieth-century. Discussions about gifs vs. written and spoken languages. Discussions about contexts and why people would choose during periods of civilization to write in metaphorical code as well as what metaphorical purposes images had in ancient times and what it may mean about their interlanguage and ways of speaking language. Was it a code or a way of thinking and communication? Explore avenues of mysteries in the literary field, why should you become a literary archeologist? Finally, create your own!

(This lesson is created using “A New Theory of Literary Gracefulness ” by Graciella Caroponis)

The acronym and initialism that I designed as an example, P.S.F or psf (it stands for Ponder, Search and Suppose, then Find) is to let students know what an assignment requires. Psf is to be utilized for research and creating conceptualizations in English. The intent is to use it to help determine when learners are intentionally engaged in an assignment and we are not utilizing AI to generate concepts before we generate our own ideas. We can use AI to help us search. We can also use AI after we have gathered all of our data. Hopefully the design is cute!

It’s also a fun moment to address the distinction between an acronym and initialism. “Psf” is meant to be said as a word or utterance. It means “oh man, do I have to?” or “of course!” depending on the context. This acronym can also be said using initialism P S F.

A super fun project is to discover acronyms and initialisms commonly used in the English language. A presentCHIA Community Learning activity is to make a display of favorite & important acronyms to present and to design one yourself if you are up for it! Discovering obscure and fascinating acronyms and initialisms could be a lot of fun too.

Next up is the accompanying curriculum that goes with the enhanced projects portion of the program. The curriculum has an estimated time of completion for the end of year 2025.

The curriculum for beginners starts with A.

The following posts depict the Community Learning Component of the PresentCHIA curriculum program.