Is the idea that all languages build upon nouns, verbs, and objectives
which make up sentences. the use of these words doesn't change.
In the classroom this idea is great because like in Noams video if you can help people
understand the main subject and what they are doing ti becomes much easier to add to it
with adjectives.
The Process of Language Acqustion
Discribed by Judie Haynes
Several stages make up Learning a different languages and these stages are as follow: Pre Production- the stage where the
student only has ~ 500 words usually tends to be very quite. Early Production- Student is slightly verbal, short phrases mostly.
Speech Emergance- Simple phrases are now possible and they will more often than not be grammatically incorrect. Intermediate
fluency- Mostly able to express opions and ask questions to understand the material but fluency isn't complete. Advanced Fluency-
High level of profficieny around the level of there native language, these students have cognitive language skills.
Understanding these stages is extremly important in the classroom they are not full
proof but by understanding them we can help these students in their aqustion
Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills
Discribed by Jim Cummins
Is the Idea that we learn many different personal communaication skills which help us in
understanding the culutre and norms of the area we are in and also help us to make friends.
In this classroom this can be extremly useful because when a student is learning the
language if we can relate it to things that the student understands from everyday life we
can make it much easier to understand.
The Input Hypothesis
Discribed Orginonally by Stephen Krashen
States that all people begin to learn and understand language in the same way
For example it would take pictures like the cup shown besides this and you would say the word "Ball" and
then the word "bolas" which is the Spanish word for ball.
Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency
Also Discribied by Jim Cummins
These skills go along with BICS they are the higher level thinking skills.
These are the things that help students make deeper connections and
understandings in their lives.
Thse are the skills that we want to help our students aquire because it will help them preform
and truly graps the concepts in the harder classes. I feel like all the classes should focuses on
promating and devloping these in all students so that they can grow and learn more for
theirselves