3 ideas for second language teaching
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Interlanguage (Selinker), instructional design (Thorndike), communicative competence (Swain). Additional links: http://bitly.com/bundles/whyshona/5TRANSCRIPT
SLA for FL teaching3 key ideas about language learning & teaching
Interlanguage development•each learner reinvents their own mental grammar of the new language
interlanguage: not my first language
(L1)not my second language (L2)
a different, idiosyncratic representation of L2
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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each learner reinvents their own mental grammar of the new language
• subconscious learning (acquisition)• innate developmental patterns• differential progress
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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if learning occurs subconsciously, teachers should reduce
• grammar-translation• error correction • whole-class, lockstep teaching
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interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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if learning occurs subconsciously, teachers should provide
• comprehensible input• opportunities for output• focus on form (reflection on grammar)
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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•input•output•reflection
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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Learning Technology“If, by a miracle of mechanical ingenuity, a book could be so arranged that only to him who had done what was directed on page one
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“... would page two become visible, and so on, much that now requires personal instruction could be managed by print.”
(Thorndike, 1923)
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Edward Thorndikedesign instructionnel
DESIGN INSTRUCTIONNEL
1923
“Si, par un miracle d’intelligence mécanique, un livre pouvait être agencé de telle manière que seul celui qui fait ce qui lui est demandé sur la première page . . .
Enseignement des langues Compétences de l’enseignant La formation des enseignants
Edward Thorndikedesign instructionnel
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN
1923
“... aura accès à la page suivante, et ainsi de suite, une bonne partie de ce que fait aujourd’hui l’enseignant pourrait être gérée par écrit.”
•décentrage de la classe•l’autonomie de l’apprenant•enrichir et étendre l’apprentissage avec les TICE
Enseignement des langues Compétences de l’enseignant La formation des enseignants
Language use•communicative competence•scaffolding•task-based learning
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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Communicative competence
not just linguistic knowledge (vocabulary, grammar)
ability to use language
in real time; spontaneously
appropriately
in a meaningful context
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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scaffolding
PROBLEM: learners need language support (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar) for communicative activities
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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feedback
PROBLEM: it is difficult to provide useful feedback to numerous groups of learners
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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Interaction/communication
TASK-BASED LEARNING
•pre-task, tasks, reflection
•internet communication: mail, forums, social media
•class exchanges: tandem/twinning projects, videoconferencing
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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and so?
interlanguage development
input, interaction, reflection
learning technology to foster learner autonomy
communication and task-based learning
interlanguage development learning technology communicative
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Further reading on
interlanguage
instructional design
communicative competence
http://bitly.com/bundles/whyshona/5