Objectives_Explanation

=Objectives- Explanation= Explain the objectives to students of online foreign language course.


 * Chatchada Akarasriworn, Miriam Carrasquel-Nagy, and Watsatree Diteeyont**

 The Course Coordinator includes the course objectives in the first section of the syllabus of an online foreign language course. One of the objectives is to write a paragraph in the present tense using reflexive verbs. In order to reach the objective, students will be presented with pictures that contain a sequence of events. After the semester begins, Jamie, the teaching assistant, realizes that students in the class do not clearly understand this course objective. Several students send emails to Jamie.
 * Scenario: **

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 * What should Jamie do so that students have a better understanding of the course objective that is included in the course syllabus?**


 * **Option 1** || **Option 2** || **Option 3** ||
 * < **Jamie simply replies to students that they need to write a paragraph about the whole picture. ** || **Jamie replies student emails by telling them to write a paragraph, not only a sentence per picture. For better understanding, she also includes a chapter page number from the textbook they use in class. Additionally, she provides a couple of external links to the examples and exercises similar to the lessons and exercises they have used in the class. ** || **Jamie not only replies student emails, she also posts an announcement through Blackboard indicating that students need to write a paragraph in the present tense using reflexive verbs.  Students will be presented with pictures that contain a sequence of events. She also includes a chapter page number in which students can link to the example from the textbook they use in class. She provides her own examples and links to external resources that are similar to the lessons and exercises that they have used in the class.

For a better understanding, she organizes the information in a sequence. ** ||