Ipabo - English - Lesson 1

• PABO
• HBO
• Studiejaar 1

Communicatie - Engels

Lecture 1

Jessie Penning

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Programme for today

1. Hogeschooltaaltoets update?

2. Introduction

3. Uitleg theorie taalontwikkeling - Second language Acquisition

4. An assignment SLO level

5. Your students! What do they need?

Jessie Penning

High school English Teacher

CLIL and diversity coordinator

Australian

31 years

Degrees

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How about you?
Introduce yourself (name) and write down three interesting things about yourself

How do you feel when you need to use English?

1. Fine. I'm a proficient
2. Okay, but I. get nervous
3. Help! I can't speak English
4. Mij niet bellen

Do you think English should be taught at school?

Yes

No

Why should English be taught in primary schools?

Assessments

1. Lesson study in English - Presentation

2. NT2 in de praktijk

3. Niveau opdracht

4. Portfolio - onderdeel erover schrijven

How do we learn languages?

First Language Acquisition: nature or nuture?

English and SLA

Second language learning

There are multiple theories on how people learn a (second) language. In groups, you are going to look up the following linguists. Each group will get one to look up.

The ones you need to remember are:

• Chomsky
  
• Skinner
  
• Tomasello

Chomsky

• Strict distinction between grammar and lexicon
  
• Universal grammar which is innate
  
• Language learners construct new utterances based on the universal grammar principles and the new words they learn (creative construction).
  
• Counter argument:
  
•  Children do need language input!
  

Skinner

• Language is behavior = language learners imitate
  
• A baby is a ‘tabula rasa’.
  
• Counter argument:
  
•  Children construct utterances that they
  
•  haven’t heard before (“Nee, boek stuk”)
  

Brüner

• Interactionist theory: language learning in a socio-cultural context
  
• Zone of proximal development (Vygotsky)
  
• Scaffolding = gradually building
  
•  and diminishing help
  

Brüner

• Interactionist theory: language learning in a socio-cultural context
  
• Zone of proximal development (Vygotsky)
  
• Scaffolding = gradually building
  
•  and diminishing help
  

Brüner

• Interactionist theory: language learning in a socio-cultural context
  
• Zone of proximal development (Vygotsky)
  
• Scaffolding = gradually building
  
•  and diminishing help
  

Question

Question: Is second language learning similar to first language learning?

Brüner

• Interactionist theory: language learning in a socio-cultural context
  
• Zone of proximal development (Vygotsky)
  
• Scaffolding = gradually building
  
•  and diminishing help
  

YES!

A second language learner goes through roughly the same stages as a first language learner.

• Use of L1 in the new context (not effective for communication)
  
• Silent period
  
• Use of chunks
  
• Productive L2 use (through a stage of interlanguage which gets closer and closer to the target language)