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Children learning a foreign language : Children learning a foreign language Theories of language development (Piaget, Vygotsky, Bruner)
Transfering knowledge of first language learning to second language learning
Classroom applications
Chapter 1: Teaching languages to young learners
By the end of this presentation, you will have an understanding of… : By the end of this presentation, you will have an understanding of… What language theories can be used in a language classroom?
What connections exist between someones first language and the second language?
Learning-centred perspective vs. learner-centred teaching : Learning-centred perspective vs. learner-centred teaching Learning-centred perspective
Effective teaching through knowledge about children´s learning.
Learner-centred teaching
Child is in the centre
Piaget : Piaget Action is fundamental to cognitive development
Actively constructs knowledge by doing Environment provides opportunities for learning
Create opportunities in the classroom
Assimilation: Acting without changing
Accommodation: Acting and adapting Restructuring mental
representation of a language
Vygotsky : Vygotsky
Social interaction is important
Private speech when acting
Developing a language generates a fundamental shift in cognitive development
Zone of proximal development
Bruner : Bruner Language is the most important tool for cognitive growth
Scaffolding – verbal guidance
Combine security with excitement
Teachers scaffolding Suggestions Praise the significant Provide focusing activities Encourage rehearsal Be explicit about organisation Remind Modell Provide part-whole activities
Transfer from first to second Language 1 : Transfer from first to second Language 1 Characteristics of first or second language lies in the amount and type of exsposure activities for learning and exposure Some language structures are naturally acquired late
Connection between written and spoken language Teach accordingly
Transfer from first to second language 2 : Transfer from first to second language 2 First language can influence the second language Draw attention to the keys
Dividing a language : Dividing a language Listening, speaking, reading, writing This is inapropriate
Oral skills – literacy skills
Oral skills vocabulary discourse grammar conversation Extended talk
Summary : Summary In this presentation, we have studied children learning a foreign language.
We have discussed:
Different theories of language development and how they can be applied in a classroom
Connections between first and second language
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