Zusammenfassung der Ressource
SLA THEORIES/PROCESSES
- STRUCTURALISM
- Ferdinand de Saussure
- Language is a system.
- Role in unit
depends on role in
overall structure.
- Signifier + Signified
- Make connections
between to form
ideas.
- Work with students using
flashcards with text and
pictures to help them
connect words with objects.
- Goal is for students to connect
word with image when they
see it written in their texts and
writings.
- UNIVERSAL GRAMMAR
- All languages are built on
the same building blocks; all
languages have the same
components, they are just
utilized different ways.
- We are born with
the ability to learn
grammar.
- Noam Chomsky
- Grammar should be
taught in a way that
makes students
understand a word's
role in a sentence.
- Teacher's should consider
what knowledge the ELL student is
bringing to the table
already with their native
language.
- BICS vs. CALP
- Jim Cummins
- There's a difference
between conversational
fluency and academic
fluency.
- ELA students learn BICS
quicker than CALP.
- Academic proficiency
takes up to 5 years
for the ELL student to
achieve.
- Students need to
be exposed to
academic
language in the
classroom.
- Teachers should
encourage
independent
reading and
writing.
- Expose students to
academic texts to
introduce them
academic language and
grammar.
- INPUT HYPOTHESIS
- Stephen Krashen
- We all acquire language
the same way, through
messages. Comprehensible
input allows us understand
a new language.
- Just talking to a
student in a
different language
or repeating words
will not result in a
language being
learned.
- Using visuals with labels in the
classroom as well as pointing to
items and reciting their names will
help students make the
connection between words and
what they stand for.
- BLOOM'S TAXONOMY
- Benjamin Bloom
- Represents different levels
of learning objectives
teachers strive for their
students to achieve.
- ELL students should be asked
questions on all levels to engage
critical thinking skills.
- Teachers should expect ELL students
to do more than repeat information
back to them.