• Understanding Language Acquisition
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  • Session 1: Language and Identity
  • Session 2: Who are Our ELLs? Defining Needs and Strengths
  • Session 3: Current Realities: ESL Programs and Practices
  • Session 4: Creating Comprehensible Input
  • Session 5: The Role of Interaction
  • Session 6: Stages of Development and Errors and Feedback
  • Session 7: Proficiencies and Performances
  • Session 8: Displays of Professional Development
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  • LA 1.2: My Language Experience

    • LA 1.2: My Language Experience

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    Learning Outcome Pedagogical Intent Student Position

    Identify and articulate how your beliefs impact attention to language.

    Assessment: 25 pts.

    TA: 20 Minutes

    Teachers will explore their own language learning, usage, and experience to support their learning as they embark on a path to teaching ELs to achieve.

    Students have engaged in an activity that discloses some of the factors that influence language usage, relating the factors to their own experience. They are prepared to discuss these factors and consider additional influences on language use.

    Instructions

    1. Respond to the questions on the accompanying My Language Experience response sheet. You will post your response to share with the class during LA 1.5.
    2. Briefly discuss with a partner any connections between what you learned during LA 1.1 and your personal experiences as a language learner.

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