listening & speaking presentation

WORKSHOP ON TEACHINGLISTENING AND SPEAKING

FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

26TH-27TH MAY, 2010@ REGENT HOTEL

Presented by Pitima Boonprasit

Unit 1 Learner Autonomy

Unit 2 Young Learners Learning English

Differences between L1 and L2 learningL2 learning L2 learning in the

classroom

Age Baby to young child. (L1 learning lasts into adolescence for some kinds of language and language skills, e.g. academic writing)

Usually a primary school and/or secondary school. It can also start or continue in adulthood.

Ways of learning

By exposure to and picking up language.

By wanting and needing to communicate, i.e. with strong motivation.Through interaction with family and friends.

Sometimes through exposure but often by being taught specific languages.With strong, little or no motivation.

Through interaction with a teacher and sometimes with classmates.

L2 learning L2 learning in the classroom

Ways of

learning

By talking about things present in the child’s surroundings.By listening to and talking in language for many months before using it (silent period).By playing and experimenting with new language.

Often by talking about life outside classroom.

Often by needing to produce language soon after it has been taught.

Often by using language in controlled practice activities.

Context The child hears the language around him/her all the time.

Family and friends talk to and interact with the child a lot.

The learning is not exposed to the L2 very much-often, no more than about three hours per week.Teachers usually simplify their language.

L2 learning L2 learning in the classroom

Context The child has a lots of opportunities to experiment with language.Caretakers often praise (tell the child he/she has done well) and encourage the child’s use of language.Caretakers simplify their speech to the child.Caretakers rarely correct the form and accuracy of what the child says in an obvious way.

Teachers vary in the amount they praise or encourage learners.The learner receives little individual attention from the teacher.

Teachers generally correct learners a lot.

STAGE OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNINGStages of English learning Features of learning

Stage 1 Pre-Production receptive vocabulary up to 500 wordscopying & parrotingrepeating everything they have heardsilent period

Stage 2 Early-Production vocabulary of about 1,000 wordsspeak in one or two-word phrasescan use short language chunks although they may not be used correctly

Stage 3 Speech Emergency vocabulary of about 3,000 wordscommunicate with simple phrases or sentencesask simple questionsunderstand easy stories read in class with the support of picturesable to do some content work with teachers’ support

Stages of English learning Features of learning

Stage 4 Intermediate Fluency vocabulary of about 6,000 wordsbegin to use more complex sentenceswilling to express opinions and share their thoughtask questions to clarify what they are learninguse strategies from their native language to learn content in Englishtranslate written assignment from native languagebe able to understand more complex concepts

Stage 5 Advance Fluency may need supporting from teacher in writing at the beginningachieve cognitive academic language proficiencybe near-nativeexcited from ESL and other support program

Unit 3 Learning Activities

Unit 4 Teaching & Assessment

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