Learning Engagement 4 by EunHye Choi https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp Made with a creative frenzy en-us 2019-11-25 21:28:45 UTC 2024-10-15 17:51:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Eun Hye Choi profechoi17 https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416404882 Connections is also one of the key concepts of Language acquisition when developing the curriculum. The global contexts also serve to connect what students learn to the real world. ]]> 2019-11-25 21:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416404882 Eun Hye Choi profechoi17 https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416405449 The language acquisition global proficiency table provided in the guide is a useful broad tool that can be used to determine and interpret student achievement at an international scale. ]]> 2019-11-25 21:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416405449 Eun Hye Choi profechoi17 https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416406620 Students will be exposed to multimodal texts in each criteria which will bring a balance of media and cater to different learning styles which will definitely enhance student learning and teaching overall. ]]> 2019-11-25 21:48:28 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416406620 Eun Hye Choi profechoi17 https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416407563 When planning curriculum the Inquiry questions for each unit or lesson that teachers plan for language acquisition should include conceptual questions. Many times, students can brainstorm these questions as a class and this creates a more conceptual understanding of the unit/learning. ]]> 2019-11-25 21:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416407563 Dominique Mas https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416427912 The topics for the e-assessment are not prescriptive. This means schools have the discretion to add topics that are relevant to their local environment. This allows for breadth and depth at the same time. 

]]> 2019-11-25 23:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416427912 Dominique Mas https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416429968 The simple change to grouping the phases in 3 levels gives more balance to the framework. There is more time to integrate and explore the objectives and teachers can truly balance the amount of work they do on each one. ]]> 2019-11-25 23:17:36 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416429968 Dominique Mas https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416431262 The new objectives and criteria are much more concept based. The concepts nouns are actually used (e.g. conventions), explained and unpacked for teachers and students. This is a great change, truly focused on teaching the skills of language acquisition vs. the target language. 

Other changes are the example SOI given. They  actually use concepts unlike previous examples. ]]> 2019-11-25 23:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416431262 Dominique Mas https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432087 There is also a much clearer connection to the DP in the objectives. 
The fact students are asked to analyze connections is also a great move!  ]]> 2019-11-25 23:26:21 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432087 Candia Grasso https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432489 Quote:
They also focus on offering students authentic opportunities to connect their learning to the world around them.
Reflection:
We now have to use authentic multimodal texts as stimuli. The emphasis on multimodality inherently makes the learning more authentic
]]> 2019-11-25 23:28:07 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432489 Candia Grasso https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432614 Quote:
Emphasis is placed on the importance of analysing assessment data to inform teaching and learning, and on recognizing that students benefit by learning how to assess their own work and the work of others
Reflection:
The new objectives strands phrased as questions, and the new Criteria level descriptors are more student friendly and lend themselves to be used effectively by students to assess their own work and the work of others.]]> 2019-11-25 23:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432614 Candia Grasso https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432827 Quote from the IB document
IB programmes promote conceptual learning
Reflection
The new criteria and level descriptors are more conceptual in nature, while at the same time managing to be more practical than the old ones.]]> 2019-11-25 23:29:39 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416432827 Candia Grasso https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416433145 Quote:
The programmes emphasize the importance of making connections
Reflection:
Making connections is literally one of the Criteria A and B strands.
]]> 2019-11-25 23:31:13 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416433145 Christophe Etienne ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416536710 Broad…like the world around us!
We now have to use authentic multimodal texts as stimuli. The emphasis on multimodality inherently makes the learning more authentic
They also focus on offering students authentic opportunities to connect their learning to the world around them. ]]> 2019-11-26 07:56:41 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416536710 Christophe Etienne ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416537275 Balanced…like using different ways of assessing!
The new objectives strands phrased as questions, and the new Criteria level descriptors are more student friendly and lend themselves to be used effectively by students to assess their own work and the work of others. 
Emphasis is placed on the importance of analysing assessment data to inform teaching and learning, and on recognizing that students benefit by learning how to assess their own work and the work of others. ]]> 2019-11-26 07:58:59 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416537275 Christophe Etienne ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416537576 Conceptual for sure, but more practical too!
IB programmes promote conceptual learning | The new criteria and level descriptors are more conceptual in nature, while at the same time managing to be more practical than the old ones.]]> 2019-11-26 08:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416537576 Christophe Etienne ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416538466 Connected…to everything!
The programmes emphasize the importance of making connections Making connections is literally one of the Criteria A and B strands.]]> 2019-11-26 08:03:37 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416538466 Ekaterina Nikonorova ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416538797 What does "broad" mean for IB education?
1. Access to a broad range of academic studies and learning experiences.
2. The four programmes are all underpinned by a shared focus  on international mindedness and developing the attributes of the IB learner profile.
3. Each programme requires the completion of a culminating project which is a broad inquiry into students' learning experiences and interests.
4. Meaningful and rigorous assessment depicts a broad and holistic approach to the demonstartion of students' higher order thinking.
What does "broad" mean for Language Acquisition? 
The breadth of teaching and learning in LA is presented through the aims which suggest how the student's multi-literacy skills, conceptual and intercultural understandings may be developed through the learning experience.
Here are some of them: 
- develop a respect for, and understanding of, diverse linguistic and cultural heritages;
- enable the student to understand the nature of language  and the process of language learning, which comprises the integration of linquistic, cultural and social components.
Based on Merriam-Webster's definition of "broad", we can see a broad correlation of the LA aims and the aims of IB education.]]> 2019-11-26 08:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416538797 Ekaterina Nikonorova ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416546169 What does "balanced" mean for IB education?
1. IB programmes organize powerful ideas that are relevant across subject areas and this approach helps create a balanced curriculum.
2. The assessments balance validity and reliability, offering assessment tasks.
What does "balanced" mean for Language Acquisition?
1. A balanced progression of learning for the levels and through the levels.
2. The content of on-screen examination help teachers and students create new strategies for summative and formative assessment and be ready for self assessment in balanced ways.
In conclusion, I want to mention that balance is not only in our classrooms and communities. The balance starts in our personal life. Here are some recommendations to balance our life as teachers.]]> 2019-11-26 08:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416546169 Ekaterina Nikonorova ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416550126 What does "conceptual" mean for IB education?
1. All IB programmes promote conceptual learning, focusing on powerful organizing ideas, that help to integrate learning and add coherence to the curriculum.
2. Culminating projects in the MYP provide an opporunity for students to showcase their knowledge, understanding and skills acquired before in the classroms which are based on conceptual approaches.
What does "conceptual" mean for Language Acquisition?
1. This approach is used in the LA classrooms where the teachers and students collaboratevely develop conceptual understanding in global contexts.
2. The nature of language acquisition is in the ability to communicate in a variety of modes in more than one language is essential to the concept of an international education. 
3. Moreover, language acquisition has a conceptual place across the IB continuum. See section "Language acquisition across the IB continuum"]]> 2019-11-26 08:43:07 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416550126 Ekaterina Nikonorova ekaterinanikser https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416553519 What does "connected" mean for IB education?
1. IB programmes emphasize the importance of making connections, exloring the relationshops between academic disciplines. They also focus on offering students authentic opportunities to connect their learning to the world around them.
2. Meaningful assessment supports curricular goals. In IB programmes assessment is therefore ongoing, varied and integral to the curriculum.
What does "connected" mean for Language Acquisition?
I want to share only one quote by Savignon (1983) from a pre-published LA guide:
"Learning to speak another's language means taking one's place in the human community. It means reaching out to others across cultural and linguistic boundaries. Language is far more than a system to be explained. It is our most important link to the world around us. Language is culture in motion. It is people interacting with people".
As for me, this quote best describes the alignment of IB and LA aims.
See the video by Khan Academy about theories of language development.]]> 2019-11-26 08:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/profechoi17/mutt63wm1yzp/wish/416553519