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?