Language acquisition by Joy Howard https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp Review questions: suggestion, type yours up on a word document and copy and paste. en-us 2017-01-27 22:31:11 UTC 2017-02-03 18:09:01 UTC hello@padlet.com Review questions joy_howard https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/150012666 What are some strategies that help teach students English skills? How do people acquire language skills and abilities? 
What are theories of second language acquisition?
What constitutes a language?
How is language taught and learned?

]]> 2017-01-27 22:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/150012666 Q1: One strategy that we think is very important, is through modeling. When teaching students a new language it is important that students are more likely to acquire language skills when they are around people speaking the language that is being taught. Another strategy that would be good is predictable routines and using learning centers, so that your students can engage in hands-on-activities that helps them obtain additional experiences in using their new skills. https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151518624 2017-02-03 17:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151518624 Q4: What Constitutes a Language https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151519116 Language can be unspoken. Any written, carved, or spoken communication between people. This could also include reading, writing, listening, speaking, gestures, and cultural norms. Each language has it's own forms of phonemes (units of sound), morphemes (smallest unit with meaning), syntax (grammar), semantics (meaning of words and phrases), lexicon (word choices and vocabulary) , and pragmatics (accents and timing of conversation). ]]> 2017-02-03 18:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151519116 Q3: What are the theories of second language acquisition? https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151519663 -Behaviorism, the innatist perspective, the cognitive/ developmental perspective and the sociocultural perspective. 
-Krashen's theory
-Various approaches: Grammar translation, audiolingual, natural approach, communicative language teaching, content based instruction, whole language, critical pedagogy. 

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]]> 2017-02-03 18:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151520810 Q2 https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151520847 ·        Krashen’s Theory: Comprehensible input- We acquire language when we understand the things we hear and read
o   Affective Filter- Controls how much comprehensible input gets through to the learner. 
·        Vygotsky Theory: Zone of Proximal Development- The space where children can reach a higher level of knowledge and performance with the support of an adult or knowledgeable peer. 
o   Scaffolding- Assistance with the ZPD, is removed when it’s no longer needed. 
·        DeJong’s Theory: Bilingual Lens- Strive for equity, affirm linguistic and cultural identities, promoting developmental bilingualism

]]> 2017-02-03 18:07:09 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151520847 Kristin, Allison, Sarah, MadisonHow is language taught and learned? Language is learned by the experiences throughout the environment around you. The culture and people you surround yourself with will influence your language and dialect. We pick up on non-verbal cues from being enclosed by a specific culture. Children learn a language when they are young and continue to advance their language as they grow older. Language is taught through family, friends, and people who surround you. It can be learned anywhere, not specifically in school, although that is where you might get your explicit instruction. https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151521198 2017-02-03 18:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151521198 How is language taught and learned?Language is learned in multiple ways. We begin learning language and picking up on different sounds from birth. Additionally, we learn language through education, interacting socially, being submersed into the language, and given opportunities to use language. It is effective to teach language through explicit teaching and modeling, and when students are given opportunities to do shared learning, and independent learning. I do, we do, you do is a great strategy to use. Furthermore, language should be taught within cultural context. Language is also learned through your views and experiences with the culture. Teachers should also be sure to teach to all of the learn styles (visual, auditory, and tactile/kinesthetic). https://padlet.com/joy_howard/wer56s9yellp/wish/151521331

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