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Lindsey's blog: The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A tool for teacher -researcher collaboration and professional development - Short and Echevarria
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The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol: A tool for teacher -researcher collaboration and professional development - Short and Echevarria. Short and Echevarria's article discusses the study of teachers of LEP students learning the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) model. In their project they created learning communities for the teachers so they are able to openly discuss their learning strategies and plans. May 19, 2008 at 10:52 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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2nd Language Acquisition: class notes 1-30-8
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Thursday, January 31, 2008. First off - fantastic class discussion. The small groups I attended had great questions and the open class discussion really took off. There was a very small number who participated in the whole class discussion in a limited way, which is one reason I think our blogs will be so fruitful. Some students hold back due to influences of native educational culture, affect. Regarding The advantages of blogs over Blackboard. Several of the graduate courses (at least 3) that I took req...
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2nd Language Acquisition: Week 3 & 4: CPH, BE and Call for Input
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008. Week 3 and 4: CPH, BE and Call for Input. First we'll cover the critical period stuff. 1) Continuum activity. Bottles to be filled or candles to be lit? I) http:/ web.ku.edu/tesl/ct822 lesson4.htm#2. Ii) What do we value (in terms of teaching language to youth/ children/ etc). Iii) Anyone raising(ed) bilingual kids? Differences, challenges, advantages, worries. Iv) How does personality change flipping from L1 to L2 (does it? V) Melting pot or salad bowl? Testing (assessment)...
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2nd Language Acquisition: Week five materials
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Open with an inductive activity re: affective filter. Http:/ web.ku.edu/tesl/ct822 lesson5.htm. What's a wug test? What's it tell us? The acquisition vs. learning dichotomy (or is it? Here to stay or a flash in the pan? What can you tell me about the Contrastive Analysis hypothesis (it has shown up on comp. exams). Is there a theoretical basis for addressing particular grammar structures first? Do grammar texts tend to be organized in similar order? Gregg P. 8. What does QED ,.
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2nd Language Acquisition: SLA Blog_2-6-8
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Monday, February 11, 2008. I’d also like to encourage you to post comments. At this point they could relate to the ease or difficulty you find in posting a blog, or better yet the content of what you read. Last Week’s Lesson plans. Pair work: Explain to each other. Consider and discuss how the following variables affect critical period arguments regarding SLA. Explain equilibrium/ disequilibrium. Provide an example from your experience (rather than the book). Do you have bilingual pets? How does raising ...
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Lindsey's blog: Test
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This is a test to see how this works. Looks like it works fine. February 18, 2008 at 8:15 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Lindsey's blog: Correction...
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This is a tricky question because you don't want to over correct and make the student afraid to speak in class, but at the same time there are going to be times when you just have to correct something a student says or does because it will only hurt him/her to not be corrected and continue their mistake. This is an important topic, one which should be discussed among teachers. In any way a teacher corrects a student, it shoudl benefit the child and promote continual growth. View my complete profile.
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Lindsey's blog: Pidgins and Creoles by Nessa Wolfson
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Pidgins and Creoles by Nessa Wolfson. There are several theories on how pidgins originated. 1 Baby talk or foreigner talk theory - masters accomidating speech to make it intelligible to workers. 2 Independent Parallel Development Theory or the theory of Polygenesis - sonce pidgins arose in seperate situations, each must be considered to have developed indepenedntly. 3 Pidgins arose from the nautical jargon used by sailors during the period of extensive exploration which began in 15th century.
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2nd Language Acquisition: 3-26-8 lesson plan.
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008. Refer to Video on Pinker. View Video on creoles and pidgins. PPoint from Wolfson text. Small group – slips o paper,. P 202 inset and table 7.1 p. 203. ID countries by collectivist/ individualism. Group plan of attach for presentations. Are creoles languages, dialects, or what? How is a creole not a dialect? What’s the difference between a language and a dialect? 1 According to Wolfson, what is the difference between a pidgin and a creole? Where do they differ?
