Angelynn Proctor by Angelynn Proctor https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr Language Acquisition​ Theory/Technology en-us 2017-11-02 05:30:37 UTC 2017-11-14 03:50:45 UTC hello@padlet.com Think Globally: proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202781457 "Languages belong to the people who speak them (not the countries) from all around the globe...consider the PEOPLE who use it and the CONTEXT in which it is used" (Freeman & Freeman, 2011).]]> 2017-11-02 05:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202781457 ALL Languages are Important: Improved Technology Creates Transnationalism & Translanguaging. proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202782644 We must build upon what ELs' bring to the classroom. We can use language to communicate with different people for different purposes from around the globe. (Freeman & Freeman, 2011).
“Teachers must draw out and work with the preexisting understandings that their students bring with them” (Bunch, et. al, 2013).]]> 2017-11-02 05:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202782644 PRESERVE LANGUAGE, Preserve Culture... proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202784215  ]]> 2017-11-02 06:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202784215 We can Broaden our Horizons with Technology proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202976450 Things that technology can make easier for English Language Learners:
  • different types of learning-each according to interest and need
  • metacognition- thinking about thinking.
  • collaboration of knowledge- knowledge you can reach for and use.
  • ubiquitous learning- anytime, anywhere.
  • active knowledge-making- designing meanings.
  • multiple meanings- text, images, sound & data.
(Cope, 2014).
]]> 2017-11-02 15:51:25 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202976450 Aida Walqui Theory: Language as Action! proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202996002 Instead of teaching language in isolated ways of form and function, language as action takes function a step further (Freeman, 2011). While this perspective considers form and function, it is more about the  social context that communiction encompasses (Walqui, 2012).
  • develops and expands content through authentic, rich and meaningful activities across multiple contexts.
  • argues that language is not separate from any other type of action including physical, social and symbolic. "What we express is grounded in the environment" (Bunch et. al. 2013).
  • learning a language requires reading and writing and other purposeful and meaningful activities that involve action. to accomplish these, we can on different roles, different and identites (Bunch et. al. 2013).
]]> 2017-11-02 16:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/202996002 proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/203095274 "We cannot separate the words and actions from each other; language is action" Aida Walqui]]> 2017-11-02 19:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/203095274 proctoan https://padlet.com/proctoan/76c366ue6ylr/wish/203103763 As we engage students in activities related to content, students learn that language and literacy are used for different audiences and purposes in many different areas and settings (Bunch, 2013).


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