• Understanding Language Acquisition
  • Cover
  • 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 1.5: Questions We Have

    • LA 1.5: Questions We Have

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    Learning Outcome Pedagogical Intent Student Position

    Teachers will reflect upon their role as teachers of language and their students’ role as members of multiple speech communities.

    Assessment: 25 pts.

    TA: 20 Minutes

    Teachers can understand their beliefs about language and articulate what they will do to be more inclusive regarding the different ways English is spoken in different settings.

    Students have been asked to make public their assumptions about and experiences with learning language. Students have been given new information that may contrast with the knowledge and beliefs they brought to the course.

    Instructions

    1. Post your "My Language Experience" response statement from LA 1.2 on the wall of the classroom.
    2. Read as many of the other students’ response statements as you can in 10 minutes. Pay attention the themes and main ideas in their responses.
    3. Participate in a class discussion about your findings and the responsibilities teachers have to students and their families.

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