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Language learning in transition


What are our students saying?




                     Anne Jacques 2009
Overview

Background to the study; the current
 position of languages in NZ
Outline of the case-study
Data from the survey
Summary of themes from the interviews

     Introducing the best educated man of his time
Sir Thomas Tom of Appledore
http://www.wordle.net/.
Impetus for research

 New Zealand’s new curriculum 2010 establishes
  Learning Languages as a new learning area.
 Contestable Government funding to support
  initiatives in languages at Primary school.
 Hill, K. & Ward, S. (2003). "Passing the baton:
  the transition from primary to secondary
  language programs." New Zealand Studies in
  Applied Linguistics 9(2): 19 - 36.
Riccarton High School

Christchurch, New Zealand
Co-educational, 950 students
32 nationalities
Decile 7
Languages: French, Japanese, Māori
All Year 9s (Year 8s) must choose a
 language for the year.
Pūtaringamotu – taku turangawaewae
Survey of whole cohort

              Languages previously studied



                                               French
           Chinese Other         French
                                               Japanese
   Māori
                                               German
                                               Spanish
                                               Māori
    Spanish                         Japanese   Chinese
                       German                  Other
A typical class
Themes


Experiences and motivation
An environment of diversity
Collaboration
Mixed-level classes
Experiences and motivation

The importance of relationships:
“so I wouldn’t be a nif”
“to connect with family”
“’cos Māori words are similar to Samoan”
“I have relatives and stuff that speak
  Japanese”
Teachers, travel
Activities – songs, “real stuff”
An environment of diversity

Diversity
Multi-level
Risk-taking

 scary, less confident, embarrassed, shy,
 gets on everyone’s nerves, jealous
Tensions

The “expert” role: “but I don’t so much like
  showing off as such, ‘cos then people just – they
  get jealous or they just get sick of you showing
  off and – sometimes you can get away with it if
  you know when to stop showing off, but … a lot
  of people don’t know when to stop.”
Frustrations at slower/faster students
An academic hierarchy
Collaboration - ako

Working together
Comprehensible input; input + 1

In the mixed class, if you haven’t done it before, you can
    pick up things from people that have.
I think it’s a better idea to, like, just leave it as it is with the
    mixed thing, so…because then the people that know
    things can…help the people that don’t, yeah, that know…
    that don’t know as much and don’t understand.
I think I’ve gotten better. I think it’s a lot…Not better as in
    learning more words, or more things to do, but better in,
    like, pronunciation, understanding.
…it only takes a couple more minutes, and
they’ll get it, and it’s like, yeaaahh, yeah, ok. It
doesn’t feel as if it’s holding the learning back, or
anything else.
It’s just taking a little bit longer, and you get the
result for everybody knowing it instead of just
half the people.
Mixed-level classes

Mixed groups
Occasionally separated
Choice of activities

“like there were three different levels, like, three piles of
   sheets, and some of them were, like, hard, medium and
   easy, for you to, like, choose one…”
“ It’s just…it’s good…helping people is
 kinda cool, ‘cos you know that…you’re
 not just helping yourself, like, not like…
 you know what I mean?...Like, doing
 something else so that other people can
 have a good chance and that…that makes
 it better”
You learn stuff easier,
 easier, when you’re like,
 enjoying it more.
See you in
                 QUEENSTOWN
       NZ Association of Language Teachers:
        Biennial International Conference




  Scaling remarkable linguistic heights
CULTURE        CURRICULUM CREATIVITY
Sunday 4th July – Wednesday 7th July 2010

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Mixed level languages classes at Year 8

  • 1. Language learning in transition What are our students saying? Anne Jacques 2009
  • 2. Overview Background to the study; the current position of languages in NZ Outline of the case-study Data from the survey Summary of themes from the interviews Introducing the best educated man of his time
  • 3. Sir Thomas Tom of Appledore
  • 5. Impetus for research  New Zealand’s new curriculum 2010 establishes Learning Languages as a new learning area.  Contestable Government funding to support initiatives in languages at Primary school.  Hill, K. & Ward, S. (2003). "Passing the baton: the transition from primary to secondary language programs." New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 9(2): 19 - 36.
  • 6. Riccarton High School Christchurch, New Zealand Co-educational, 950 students 32 nationalities Decile 7 Languages: French, Japanese, Māori All Year 9s (Year 8s) must choose a language for the year.
  • 7. Pūtaringamotu – taku turangawaewae
  • 8. Survey of whole cohort Languages previously studied French Chinese Other French Japanese Māori German Spanish Māori Spanish Japanese Chinese German Other
  • 10. Themes Experiences and motivation An environment of diversity Collaboration Mixed-level classes
  • 11. Experiences and motivation The importance of relationships: “so I wouldn’t be a nif” “to connect with family” “’cos Māori words are similar to Samoan” “I have relatives and stuff that speak Japanese” Teachers, travel Activities – songs, “real stuff”
  • 12. An environment of diversity Diversity Multi-level Risk-taking scary, less confident, embarrassed, shy, gets on everyone’s nerves, jealous
  • 13. Tensions The “expert” role: “but I don’t so much like showing off as such, ‘cos then people just – they get jealous or they just get sick of you showing off and – sometimes you can get away with it if you know when to stop showing off, but … a lot of people don’t know when to stop.” Frustrations at slower/faster students An academic hierarchy
  • 14. Collaboration - ako Working together Comprehensible input; input + 1 In the mixed class, if you haven’t done it before, you can pick up things from people that have. I think it’s a better idea to, like, just leave it as it is with the mixed thing, so…because then the people that know things can…help the people that don’t, yeah, that know… that don’t know as much and don’t understand. I think I’ve gotten better. I think it’s a lot…Not better as in learning more words, or more things to do, but better in, like, pronunciation, understanding.
  • 15. …it only takes a couple more minutes, and they’ll get it, and it’s like, yeaaahh, yeah, ok. It doesn’t feel as if it’s holding the learning back, or anything else. It’s just taking a little bit longer, and you get the result for everybody knowing it instead of just half the people.
  • 16. Mixed-level classes Mixed groups Occasionally separated Choice of activities “like there were three different levels, like, three piles of sheets, and some of them were, like, hard, medium and easy, for you to, like, choose one…”
  • 17. “ It’s just…it’s good…helping people is kinda cool, ‘cos you know that…you’re not just helping yourself, like, not like… you know what I mean?...Like, doing something else so that other people can have a good chance and that…that makes it better”
  • 18. You learn stuff easier, easier, when you’re like, enjoying it more.
  • 19. See you in QUEENSTOWN NZ Association of Language Teachers: Biennial International Conference Scaling remarkable linguistic heights CULTURE CURRICULUM CREATIVITY Sunday 4th July – Wednesday 7th July 2010