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Activating intuitive heuristics
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(in a very authoritative tone) Who said no? Yes.
a . . . ah . . . (showing strong approval)
Yes.
Right.Now...
(Data source: Kumaravadivelu, 1992, p. 46)
Reflective task 8.2
Consider the teacher’s instructional method. Is it good enough to foster lan- guage awareness? Is it good enough to activate intuitive heuristics? What would you have done differently?
Now consider episode 8.2. The teacher in this class was focusing on complex sentences with cause and effect relationships. She did not use any textbook in this episode. Instead, she distributed a hu- morous cartoon with the caption “a modern way to eat your apple.” It pictured a rat jumping on a piece of cheese, a candle, a rope, a fifty-pound weight, an apple, and a human face with a wide-open mouth. The initial action of the rat jumping on the cheese triggers a series of actions that will ultimately pop the apple into the per- son’s mouth. Here is a part of the interaction:
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Episode 8.2
What happens if the rat or the mouse doesn’t jump on the cheese?
The man . . . doesn’t eat the apple.
Doesn’t eat the apple?
The man has to use his hands.
Yes, imagine the man doesn’t want to use his hands. The man . . .
Will not eat the apple xxx
