WEEK 16

• My dear teachers,  I cannot go to university this week nevertheless  the final online quiz must be carried out here.  

Use the text you read for the previous video and answer to the question:

1. You will need information from the previous text.
2. The question will be post on Friday.
3. You will have Friday and just Friday to answer.
4. Your answer must include a critical holistic framework based on:

                                                               What -How- Why - What for


What are the relations among the concepts of language, thought and culture in the field of SLA?

My dear teachers this week I cannot go to  university,  however you must read the following text to record a video in which you tell us:

 

 

TEXT:
http://www.osk-ymca-intl.ed.jp/users/smondy/The%20hidden%20secrets%20of%20FLA%20SLA.pdf
QUESTIONS FOR THE VIDEO

What may be the future of SLA?
What is the role of native speakers in the field of SLA?
                                                                              (Add the link of the video as a comment here) 

YOU HAVE TO WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW!!

NEXT CLASS BILINGUAL EDUCATION

IN COLOMBIA

Why is it important?

My dear teachers welcome to evaluation or assessment?

1) what have you learnt until this moment ? ( tell me at least 5 different things, each plot )0.2pts

2)How could be a class for the following population? (choose 2, and tell me; aims, activities and rubric)2pts each one

a- Her name is Latika, She´s from Africa, She´s 36, She´s a business woman who is studying at your institute, she needs to learn about international trades.

b- His name is Gustavo, He is 65 years old, He's a lawyer, He has been to several countries however He does not speak english.( He's studying at Colombo,)

c- His name is Oscar, He's 16 years old, He's a tenth grager, He speaks english but He does not like singing neither acting.

d- Her name is Lucia, She's 17, She's shy, She does not speak too much, she's at school)

e- His name is Camilo, He's going to be an english teacher, He's studying at UGC, He's not that bad at english however He does not do homeworks, He does not do extra work which means He does not read neither watch videos in english. On the other hand his attitude at class time  is not the best.

My dear teachers next class we will go to the library, we will search information about B-learning and we will create a rubric to assess a didactic unit.

You should take into account:

• Content
• Population concerned to ESP
• Methodology
• Rubric

My dear teachers I want you to tell me:



What  are the main areas of society that follow and apply English for Specific Purposes?

How does technology shape language learning and teaching?

What is ESP?
What do you think about it?
What do you think about the video?

My dear teachers for next class I need you  to tell me:

What Neurolinguistics is?
What important authors do you know?
What is the relation between Neurolinguistics and the multiple intelligences?

On the other hand you must see the movie : Gangsta's Paradise

I want you to tell me  if she  applied something related to multiple intelligences.

My dear teachers for next class I need you  to tell me:

What Neurolinguistics is?
What important authors do you know?
What is the relation between Neurolinguistics and the multiple intelligences?

Group 48/ Friday: Do not forget to bring the crossword.
Group 47/ Wednesday: We will make a crossword in class.

 

Homework

Applied Linguistics 2 
 

                        FRIDAY                               

 

  1.   Write a short essay in which you develop  one of the following utterances.

2 pages max

doble space

- Task based approach a new way to teach at all.
- Multiple intelligences lead us to a new teaching understanding.
- Teaching and learning one branch.
- Learning rather than teach it
- English methods and approaches set  the framework we may know.
- Learning through self-intelligence might be effective enough

2. MAKE A COMPARATIVE CHART BETWEEN  COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH AND TASK BASED APPROACH

Homework

Applied Linguistics 2 - group 48: Write a short essay in which you develop  one of the following utterances.

2 pages max

doble space

- Task based approach a new way to teach at all.
- Multiple intelligences lead us to a new teaching understanding.
- Teaching and learning one branch.
- Learning rather than teach it


Applied linguistics 2 - group 47: Short presentation with 3 teaching activities.

Language Teaching and Language Learning

  

 

http://books.google.com.co/books?id=MK4VxBXsgnIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=language+teaching+and+language+learning&hl=es&sa=X&ei=GTD3U4r7NIaT8QGh3IAY&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q&f=false

http://books.google.com.co/books?hl=es&lr=&id=Ma0uAgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=difference+between+language+teaching+and+language+learning&ots=uXdwrLJOlb&sig=2RONubPmsZjYTOSkvSDuViuLKRc#v=onepage&q=difference%20between%20language%20teaching%20and%20language%20learning&f=false

 

HOW DO PEOPLE LEARN  

 

What's your opinion about the video?

 

1.    RATIONALE.

Applied Linguistics can be defined as the field within the linguistics that deals with the analysis of the acquisition of first and second languages in a wide variety of contexts, the study of language itself isolated and embedded in a context and the role language plays as an outcome of specific social problems involving language.

The problems Applied Linguistics concerns itself with are likely to be:

·         How can we evaluate a school bilingual program?

·         How can we determine the literacy levels of a whole population?

·         What are the connections between the acquisition of a first language and the learning of a second or foreign one?

·         What characterizes the interaction between the language and the socio-cultural environments?

·         How do second or foreign language learners learn another language?

 

All these questions make us be aware of the need to enable our future teachers of English to know and make use of principles, strategies and activities that will make them be idoneous and skillful  to teach and communicate better. The study and use of Applied Linguistics permits our students to get knowledge and strategies concerning common problems kids and teenagers have when learning/acquiring a foreign language.

GENERAL OBJECTIVE.

 

By the end of this course, the student will be able to understand both internal and contextual influences in second language learning as well as develop research in different fields of applied linguistics concerning topics such as CLIL, CALL, Bilingual education and multiple intelligences.

 

 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE.

• To identify the contribution of cognitive approaches to explain second language learning difficulties.
• To recognize the impact of the multiple intelligences theory on classroom interaction.
• To discuss the influence of society in the process of foreign language learning.
• To research on the most recent approaches to second language teaching and its main contributions.

 

AREA DISCUSSION PROBLEM

 

How can the different areas in the field of Applied linguistics contribute to the development of research skills in pre-service teachers while enriching their process of autonomy?

 

5.            COURSE DISCUSSION ISSUES.

 

• How can we differentiate the legal framework from the academic one?
• How can foreign language learning problems be solved from a cognitive approach to language learning?
• What can the theory of multiple intelligences contribute to improve the understanding of classroom interaction? 
• What are the main characteristics of social influence in foreign language learning?
• What are some recent second language teaching approaches and its main contributions?

6.            COMPETENCES.

• To identify the impact of the use of information in the society, economics and legal contexts.
• To understand the main points in a text
• To produce coherent texts about the topics seen in class.
• To identify causing relationships as well as deduce logic conclusions.
• To analyze a document, chapter of a book or written paper to take a position against of or in favor of a given argument.

1.            ACTIVITIES.

-Socializing the syllabus. Objectives/goals of the program. -Setting their own goals to be fulfilled at the end of this course.	Setting up the class: Introduction, general aspects about the program term, Syllabus socialization, draft the statement. Terms used in linguistics
How are the concepts of language, teaching, learning and mind connected to the acquisition of a second language?	Guided mediation on the differences between legal framework and the academic one. Prepare an approach performance for the project. Socialize the role of teacher and students based on constructivism. Language, Teaching, Learning and Mind: Language descriptions
What is the influence of neuro-linguistics in the field of ELT?	Present the project. Create and develop a workshop on the identification of the main contributions of neuro-linguistics in ELT.
How can teachers improve their teaching practice by identifying the influence of the theory of multiple intelligences in their teaching practice?	Four corners classroom technique:  students make presentations on the topic of the class and present their assigned topic in a corner of the classroom in 8 minutes.
What are the main characteristics of research in the field of second language acquisition?	Teacher gives a lecture on the topic of the session.