Avenues Shenzhen Language Guidelines  (ASLG)​ by Korra Zhu https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx en-us 2023-03-29 06:43:11 UTC 2025-11-07 13:49:41 UTC hello@padlet.com Avenues Shenzhen Language Guidelines   Avenues: The World School, Shenzhen, Secondary Division 2022-2023 korraz1_1 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536247480 2023-03-29 06:49:01 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536247480 Maintaining grade level standards outlined by AWEs https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325034 "The primary role of faculty is to promote the acquisition of academic and social language in their target language while simultaneously teaching grade-level appropriate learning outcomes" ]]> 2023-03-29 07:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325034 Allowing students to use mother tongue while building background knowledge and conducting research. OzoneEd https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325365 This is important to allow them time to process. and truly understands the concepts so the cognitive load is reduced a bit on that side while engaged more on the side of sharing and producing in their L2.]]> 2023-03-29 07:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325365 maximize communicative potential xuefeizheng1_1 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325436
Translanguaging is the act performed by bilinguals to access different linguistic features or various modes of what are described as autonomous languages in order to maximize communicative potential]]> 2023-03-29 07:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536325436 When students express themselves, what’s expressed is valuable regardless of language. OzoneEd https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536327064 So many students see sharing as taking a risk, so valuing all the ways that they express themselves is an important part of validating their voices so they can be more brave when producing in an L2 at other times.]]> 2023-03-29 07:54:52 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536327064 Home language and culture can be seen as assets xuefeizheng1_1 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536327615 ASLG recognizes that each student’s home language(s) and culture(s) can be seen as assets that enrich home, classroom and school environments and can provide a base on which to build further language and content learning.]]> 2023-03-29 07:55:22 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536327615 Research OzoneEd https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536328430 Allowing students to research ancient history and cultures during their board game project and then having them use that new knowledge to develop a game in English that shares what they learned about the history.]]> 2023-03-29 07:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536328430 Sometimes when students use their L1 for a T&T, they have communicated complex ideas. When asked to let the group know what they have said, it is difficult to use circumlocution. I wonder if they can always be allowed to use their L1, but can be encouraged to attempt to use the target language. They are often able to express their thoughts in the target language, but unless the target language is very fluent for them, switching can present a further difficulty. https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536329773 2023-03-29 07:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536329773 Class Culture (idk a better title) https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330297 In class, when students are discussing or sharing and can't get the correct English word, students will ask each other in Chinese for help to get the word they are searching for. When there are comprehension issues in a reading or directions, students will support each other by translating or explaining in Chinese. ]]> 2023-03-29 07:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330297 maximize communicative potential danawells1_1 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330759 Recognize that to get to the maximum potential it will take time, scaffolds, intention. 

]]> 2023-03-29 07:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330759 Vocabulary OzoneEd https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330797 Having students look up definitions in their mother tongue for our current target language and having a discussion based on the differences in interpretations (if there are any) and agreeing on how we will use the term for our current uses. ]]> 2023-03-29 07:58:24 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330797 "Greater Bay Area of China, an area that has witnessed fundamental and significant changes in economic, social, and political life before, during, and after Hong Kong and Macau’s colonial periods." I'm glad that this is the background being used. https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330813 2023-03-29 07:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536330813 “not aimed at policing innovative behaviours of the multilingual language user in Translanguaging Spaces but to effect change through facilitating, even encouraging, such behaviour”. I like this! https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536331798 2023-03-29 07:59:18 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536331798 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536332662 I like that the goal is not policing, but that instead we should be thinking about welcome, safety and respect.]]> 2023-03-29 08:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536332662 Misconceptions https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536333000 When students are discussing in their L1 they can often express their ideas or thoughts more during this time. If the teacher doesn't speak the L1 of that student, what are the best ways to ensure that students actual understand that skill or concept instead of having misconceptions that might not be shared when they speak in the L2 to the whole group. ]]> 2023-03-29 08:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536333000 The goal of learning a new language is not to forget your L1 but to integrate it with your L1. landenangeline3 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536333689 I think the goal to understand a text on a deeper level being more important than language acquisition is extremely valuable in deepening understanding and is more dynamic in their language journey. - Landen]]> 2023-03-29 08:01:07 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536333689 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536337278 How to balance use of L1 and target language when the teacher is multilingual and the students know it?]]> 2023-03-29 08:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536337278 https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536340604 Sometimes students process in L1 but then struggle to transfer their deeper thinking to the target language when they lack the vocabulary.]]> 2023-03-29 08:07:37 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536340604 IrisXiang https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536343926 How do we measure or see students' growth in the target language by using translanguaging?]]> 2023-03-29 08:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536343926 Examples https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536352564 Allowing students the freedom to use L1 in Think-Pair-Share sessions to discuss their thoughts on the topic under study.

Give students keywords on the topic allowing them space to explain in L1, draw explanation diagrams and then definition in the target language. ]]> 2023-03-29 08:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/korraz1_1/kipoib4cdql1wtlx/wish/2536352564