https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g en-us 2017-10-01 17:32:40 UTC 2025-11-01 17:22:02 UTC hello@padlet.com melissa_heritage https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192787470 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvOIbDI2fro
Audiolingualism- this is the rote old school method of teaching an L2. This is what many of the traditional schools encourage in their English classrooms. We see this method being used here in the public and more traditional schools. The students can repeat and use many common phrases with few grammatical errors; however these students cannot engage in a conversation outside of the basic surface level questions and answers.]]> 2017-10-01 17:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192787470 melissa_heritage https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192788700 We used a video last week to help teach the verb to be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY4sUOgHVs
It is a simple repetitive song that helps the students memorize the correct form of the verb to use with each subject. Reflecting on it's relevance, we found it an engaging resource that all the students enjoyed and could easily remember and sing along. Do they actually know what they are singing? Does it matter at the early stages? These are the questions we are constantly asking ourselves when preparing lessons and finding resources.]]> 2017-10-01 17:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192788700 melissa_heritage https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192789940 Reading this article makes me feel like teaching a second language requires a wide range of activities touching on all of the theories. No one theory is truly the only way to look at teaching ELLs. ]]> 2017-10-01 18:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192789940 melissa_heritage https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192790598 https://www.scribd.com/doc/38586153/The-Innatist-Theory-A-Brief-Overview
It's hard not to agree with this theory. In every class we have students of the same age but at much different levels. ]]> 2017-10-01 18:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192790598 melissa_heritage https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192791909 https://prezi.com/brlwiasfrd7w/the-innatist-theory/
I feel like this is the approach to teaching ELLs we take at my school. We strive to provide a fun, safe learning environment where students should feel free to share and explore the language. However, these methods do not work for everyone, so what about those students that do not have an inborn ability to learn language? How do we reach them?]]> 2017-10-01 18:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/melissa_heritage/aw9x30ye2d8g/wish/192791909