TESOL-GE.2204 SS2019 My Understanding of Language by Kongji Qin https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19 Use a metaphor or a simile to explain your understanding of school language and/or language learning. You can build upon your understanding of this week’s readings or your own experiences with language learning and teaching. en-us 2019-02-11 22:27:58 UTC 2019-09-23 21:50:08 UTC hello@padlet.com Learning school (academic) language as a student of color is like playing a game of human tetris, where you are asked to contort your body into the narrow, strangely shaped enclosed spaces that other people leave, as they say "we made this space just for you!" https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500127 2019-09-23 21:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500127 Learning school language is like building a jigsaw puzzle, you can rely your own effort, however, what makes the progress funny and effective is that you learn to collaborate and get support from others to enjoy the journey. https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500614 2019-09-23 21:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500614 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500639 Language is like a train in an open tunnel. (There are things coming in and out of the tunnel - sounds, words, meaning...and sometimes the train may stop in the middle of the tunnel; there is also a receiver at both ends of the tunnel).]]> 2019-09-23 21:40:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500639 Learning school language jc3899 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500745 2019-09-23 21:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500745 Learning school language is like a jigsaw puzzle with many different unique pieces that must fit together to come to an end goal. With some missing pieces, the goal (of language learning) is incomplete.  jc3899 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500748 2019-09-23 21:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500748 Language learning is like climbing a mountain. https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500914 2019-09-23 21:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500914 School language is complex and complicated, like the tangled yarn in my craft box. It takes time to unwind and understand. https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500970 2019-09-23 21:41:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388500970 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501014 School language is like jewelry.]]> 2019-09-23 21:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501014 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501364 Future. Language learning should be more than academic learning. Specifically, it should be opening a new door of opportunities students can have. ]]> 2019-09-23 21:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501364 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501380 Language learning is like managing a dam.]]> 2019-09-23 21:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501380 Learning school language is learning to communicate in the specific school context: it is like learning programming so that one can communicate with the machine. https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501421 2019-09-23 21:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501421 Learning school language is just like learning a new course. It is really different from the language we use in life. For me, it is a little hard since I may not use school language frequently outside class. So I need to review it all the time. https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501601 2019-09-23 21:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501601 Image metaphor of school language. Must be looked at from 2 different perspectives. Honor first language/dialect AND teach language of power in variety of contexts https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501614 2019-09-23 21:44:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501614 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501865 2019-09-23 21:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388501865 jc3899 https://padlet.com/kongji_qin/tesolge2204ss19/wish/388502030 School language is made up every students experiences and cannot be based on one mainstream idea.

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