Final reflection

As a final reflection, return to the syllabus and look over the list of class objectives. On a separate sheet of paper (not on the blog)discuss how well those objectives were met. Also discuss what you liked about the class and what you did not like about the class. Please be candid and anonymous in your comments.It will help me and my future students to have a better experience in class. You have until Thursday to respond. Bring your responses to class on Thursday.

Reflection # 9

Discuss the role of emotional language in your L1 and L2. Which language is emotionally richer. As your learners acquire (participate?) in their new speech communities do you see a change in their emotional language behavior.

Reflect on the notion of (re)construction of delf in your own L2 or L3 learning experiences.

Reflection # 8

Okay. What is it going to be form-focused or communicative or a combination of both. Back up your thoughts with some of the studies in LS Ch. 6

Thank you

I want to thank everybody for the very thoughtful celebration on my behalf. In my opinion, those of you who are out there everyday in the trenches teaching or working to create textbooks and assesments that better reflect the real world experiences of the students are the ones accomplishing something great. Thanks again. it still hasn't sunk in.
Michael

Class cancelled

Hi. I'm sorry but class will be cancelled today. My daughter is sick and my wife has to work so I will be staying home to take care of Lily. Have a great weekend and don't forget the annotated bibliographies for tuesday

Reflection # 7

From your experience, what are some of the affective factors that you encounter in your classrooms? How do they interfere in learning?How do lower the affective filter?

Many of you work with children. What are some of the issues concerning motivation with children? How do address motivation in the classroom? Can you motivate them or does motivation come from within?

Dissertation defense

Dissertation defense
"Becoming": Narratives of transformation in the lives of women immigrants in a community college ESL Classroom
Monday, June 18, 1:00-2:00
MB 2.220 1604 campus

Just a reminder

Don't forget to post comments on your classmates responses to reflections. We are trying to establish a discourse community and that requires discourse.

Reflection # 6

Re the Whorfian hypothesis: Are there concepts or ways of saying things in one of the languages that you speak that can not be said or expressed or the meaning changes in another of your languages?

How do you address culture in your classrooms? Do you go beyond the "holiday" model of culture?

Reflection # 5

What is CAH and what are the differences between it and CLI? How can some of the concepts talked about in the Chpater (Brown ch 9) be used in the classroom, e.g., error analysis, CLI, Stages of learner language development, fossilization.

Reflection #4

Why do you think that it is so difficult for researchers to agree on the CPH (Critical Age Hypothesis). Give explicit examples from the readings. Also give examples from your own experience. Due Monday, 6/11 before class.

Reflection # 3

What is your learning style? Have you ever taken a learning style inventory? In your classrooms as teachers how have you or do you address the issue of learning styles? Finally discuss your experience with learners' beliefs about language, of either your students or their parents. How has it affected your teaching?

Answer

Rosario

Question

Who is Kinder Rocks?

Reflection #2

Offer some thoughts about what you see as a relationship between behavioral, nativist, and functional approaches to studying first language acquisition and your own experiences in learning or teaching a second language.
In a second response, discuss the role of culture in first language aquisition. Many of you speak more than one language and English is your second language. Do you think the child-parent interaction is different in the United States' English speaking population and a non-English speaking population that you are familiar with?

Reflection # 1

Brown and others suggest that we teach the way that we were taught. Think back on your own language learning experience and discuss the setting (formal or informal) and age you were and what theory do you think informed your instruction. Have you found yourself teaching the same way that you were taught? If you have learned more than one language, compare the differences in the learning experiences.

Welcome to ESL 5013

Welcome to ESL 5013. In order to create a sense of community, we will be using the class blog to post our reading reflections and to respond to each others comments. The online envoronment is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives and as a means of language learning and and teaching. Therefore as an experimental and integral part of our course on the Foundations of Second language Acquisition, we will use the blog in class. I will schedule a class in the Downtown computer lab so that we can create our blogs as a group. Once you have created your blogs you will send me the address and I will post them on the class blog so that your classmates can interact with your classmates. Some of you may already have your own blogs already. if so you may continue using them or create a new one. As I said, this is an experiment so there may be some mishaps, missteps, misfires. But I feel it is important to become familiar with this way of creating a virtual community.