This document discusses foreign language education in the 21st century. It defines foreign language as a language other than one's mother tongue. The importance of learning a foreign language is that it can open up job opportunities, enhances cognitive abilities, and makes travel easier. In the classroom, knowing a foreign language will help students communicate globally and be well-rounded. Tools to promote foreign language learning include interactive PowerPoints, YouTube videos, and creating a class Twitter page for students to communicate with other classes worldwide.

1. 21ST CENTURY
EDUCATION
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
Cheyenne Meyer
Kyra Walker
Kaci Riffle

2. DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE
•“The development of language in children.”
•By the age of six, children have usually mastered most of the basic
vocabulary and grammar of their first language.
•Second language acquisition (also known as second language
learning or sequential language acquisition) refers to the process by
which a person learns a "foreign" language--that is, a language other
than his or her mother tongue.” – The Process of Language
Acquisition

3. FOREIGN LANGUAGE
21st Century Learning -
Multiliteracies
Description- Any language used in
a country other than one’s own; a
language that is studied mostly for
cultural insight.
Importance- possibility of opening
up future job opportunities,
knowledge of a foreign language
enhances your cognitive and
analytical abilities, and shows a
great level of respect when traveling
along with making it easier to
travel.

4. ROLE IN THE 21ST CENTURY
In The Classroom
Students are expected to be more
well rounded.
Knowing a foreign language will
help students in the work force.
Students will be able to
communicate with people that speak
a different language.
Knowing a foreign language
enhances their learning in all
aspects.
Helps students to learn new

5. PROMOTING FOREIGN
LANGUAGE
•Tools to Promote Language-
• Create an interactive power point
• Show a video off of YouTube to enhance the students learning.
• Have the students create a class twitter page to communicate with
other classes around the world that are interested in learning a
foreign language.
• Create a “WebQuest” for the students
• Create a Prezi

6. TECHNOLOGY EXAMPLE
To promote our pillar we will create a twitter page to use in our
future classroom. On this page students will have the opportunity to
learn about culture and language through speaking to other students
around the world. On this page their will also be links for people to
learn why this is beneficial to the future of the students. We picked
twitter to promote our pillar because this will also teach our students
how to navigate a social media page.

7. CITATIONS
The Process of Language Acquisition. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2016,
from
http://grammar.about.com/od/il/g/languageacquisitionterm.ht
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