Day 41: The Direct Method

Presentation 2:  THE DIRECT METHOD

Day 40: The Grammar Translation Method

Presentation 1:  THE GRAMMAR TRANSLATION METHOD

Day 39: Taking a glimpse at Task-based Language Teaching (TBLT)

Objectives

Students will be able to

• have a first-hand experience of a TBLT lesson.
• reflect on the experience.

Today we are all going to engage in a group task, THE HOSPITAL TASK. 

Students will divide in groups of 4. One student will goo the board.

Source:

The Hospital Tak is an idea taken from Professor Numa Markee, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Day 38: Organizing Final Project

Objectives
Students will be able to meet with their team members to plan for the research and upcoming presentation of the method assigned.

Prompt for Final Project
Schedule of Presentations

Day 37: Motivation (wrapping up)

Today we will finish the discussion of Dornyei's article and its implications to L2 language teaching.

Day 36: Motivation (cont.)

Today we will have a forum on Dörnyei´s article.
Make sure you read the article before class and highlight those ideas that you find interesting.

Zoltan Dörnyei
(Retrieved from Wikipedia.org)

This website, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is a great resource to continue learning about all important topics in our profession:

http://americanenglish.state.gov/ 

Day 35: Motivation

Objectives

Students will be able to

• read Dörnyei´s article on Motivation and Motivating in the Foreign Language Classroom.
• summarize its most important ideas.    

Here it is Dörnyei´s article on motivation.

Day 34: Introducing Methods in ELT

Today we will make a stop in our exploration of SLA to organize the final project in the course.

Please, bring the photocopies I assigned on Monday. You'll need them today.

If you haven't gotten them yet, please do so; they are at the photocopy booth on the fourth floor, ask Andres for Ms. Milla's material (Brown book).

See you in class
Marcia

Homework
It is of outmost importance that you develop this handout prepared to discuss your readings.  You should be able to finish all questions related to Chapter 2 by next Monday. You do not have to present this handout to me but it is the perfect way to study for your final examination.

Day 33: The Phenomenon of Fossilization

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Objectives
Students will be able to

• discuss the ways in which the notion of Interlanguage can be applied to the classroom.

• take a look at the notion of fossilization and its impact in language learning.

INTERLANGUAGE (review)

One definition
Interlanguage is a term that describes the language leraner's journey from his native language (L1) to acquisition of the target language (L2). 

Term coined by Larry Selinker (1972) in his famous article inspired by studies in error analysis and correction

The Interlanguage Theory tried to determine if there was a continuum i the internal grammar of learning additional languages, and through research, resolve if learners acquired L2 in much of the same fashion as L1.

Factors involved in the development of Interlanguage
nature of input
environment
internal processing of the learner
influence of L1

Characteristics of Interlanguage 

This "separate language system" is:

systematic
The learner forms an internal his/her own rules and structures, which may or may not be the proper rules of the L2 being learned.

dynamic
The internal rules formed in the head of learner are not static and have the ability to be altered.

variable
There  are numerous factors involved with language and rule acquisition that vary from person to person: the nature of the input (instruction, TV, etc), the environment (the classroom, the instructor, etc.), and exposure (foreign language, second language, etc.).

Source:  www.tesolclass.com

FOSSILIZATION

Fossilization can be defined as the point at which no further learning appears possible, with the student's performance apparently impervious to both exposure to English and explicit error correction (Otavio).

Day 32: Interlanguage

Objectives

Students will be able to grasp basic concepts associated with the term Interlanguage and its importance in the acquisition of a second language.

Review
Watch Stephen Krashen giving a presentation on language acquisition.

Interlanguage
Video 1: Interlanguage and Error Analysis
Applying the concept of Interlanguage to teaching and learning

Day 31: Wraping up Krashen´s Monitor Theory

Objectives

Students will be able to

• briefly discuss their participation in the Intercultural Fair.
• learn what is ahead in the course.
• wrap-up and consolidate what was discussed about the Monitor Theory.

The instructor will go over the 5 hypothesis in Krashen´s Monitor Theory.

Watch Krasher's lecture on language acquisition.