Teaching Beliefs
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LED6510LanguageLearningandTeachingBeliefAssignmentExplainationLecture1.pptSecond Language Theories (SLA)
- Here below are a list of SLA theories for your reference; you may use them as foundations to build up your language teaching and learning assignment. You can use other SLA theories that you have learned for this assignment.
- Using 2-5 sentences (suggested lengths) to summarize each theory below as it relates to the second language acquisition; Reflect that how you can relate these theories into your teaching and learning experience
- 1. The Critical Period Hypothesis
- 2. The Language Transfer Theory
- 3. Interlanguage Theory
- 4. Fossilization
- 5. Overgeneralization
- 6. The acquisition-learning hypothesis
- 7. The Affective Filter Hypothesis
- 8. Different language perspectives in second language learning
- The behaviourist perspective
- The innatist perspective
- The cognitive perspective
- The socialcultural perspective
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Friendly Reminder
- Read the updated assignment direction posted on Canvas in this week module in great detail
- Notice about the deadline which is different with weekly discussion board activity
- there are two due dates you need to mark in your calendar: June 5, Friday and June 7, Sunday– both by 11:59PM.
Template Used in the Main Structure
- I believe that…
- Specify and summarize SLA theory and how it relates to your belief
- Reflective example
- (Graduate Students only) APA citation followed by summary of a scholarly article
An Example for Using Given Sentence Frames
- I believe that the earlier language is introduced into school programs, the more likely students are to succeed in that language.
Specify and summarize SLA theory and how it relates to your belief
- a. The Critical Period Hypothesis states that there is a limited period where language can be successfully acquired. To me, the earlier a student is able to be exposed and learn a language, the greater their success will be. If we introduce language into school programs earlier, we are giving students a better chance to not only learn a new language but be successfully in that language.
- Reflective example
- b. I think back to my own learning in school. When I was growing up, we started learning Spanish in first grade. If students followed through with Spanish, they could have 12 years of learning. I know that many of my friends who took Spanish in school eventually went on to student aboard in Spain. I on the other hand stopped taking Spanish after fifth grade. I do know basic Spanish (how to count, say hello, and a variety of other basic words/phrases). I never felt comfortable studying aboard because I didn’t fully understand the language. I was not as excited to go study aboard as many of my other friends were. I then think back to language learning in my own school district. Recently, my district has taken away language at the elementary level. I find myself questioning if that is the best idea. Although my students were only exposed to language every other week for about 45 minutes, they were still being exposed to a new language. It makes me think, which is best? It is important for our students to be exposed early on to language, so it is hard for me to see language taken away from my students at such an early age. I also think about my own students who are learning a second language (English). Many of my students have been exposed to English very early on in their lives. They are making fewer and fewer errors with the language as time goes on. Much of this is through explicit teaching and exposure as well as natural interactions with friends, teachers, family, etc. It is important that students are exposed to language early.
An Example for Using Given Sentence Frames
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APA citation followed by summary of a scholarly article
- Selling, J. L. (2011). The social and academic benefits of second language learning at the elementary level. Benefits of Elementary Second-language Learning (2), 1–42.
- Having language programs earlier for students is so important. This article talks about the benefits to having language programs early in school. There were also many solutions schools came up with to keep their programs (many schools could not afford to keep language programs or did not see the benefit in them.) One thing many schools did was “contracting with commercial language schools, hiring college instructors, using international agencies, and hiring shared-time teachers.” (Selling 2011). There are also many benefits to having language programs in schools at an early age. These benefits include positive academic gains, creativity is enhanced, and others. The article also touches on how being bilingual as an adult has many advantages. There are many careers who continue to look for people who are bilingual. If we start students off early, we are setting them up for more opportunities in their future.
