The document discusses the functions of language used by teachers and learners in the classroom, identifying purposes such as instructing, explaining, narrating, eliciting, prompting, correcting, and conveying meaning. It also identifies functions of learners' language like asking questions, asking for clarification, and interacting appropriately. Finally, it categorizes learners' mistakes as either oral or written and discusses accuracy issues related to grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, and appropriateness.
Vocabulary is one of the important aspects that need to be taken into account by English teachers. Even if you knew all about grammatical rules of English you would never be able to use them without a knowledge of words. Vocabulary is the basic tool for shaping and transmitting meaning (Olmos, 2009).
Vocabulary is one of the important aspects that need to be taken into account by English teachers. Even if you knew all about grammatical rules of English you would never be able to use them without a knowledge of words. Vocabulary is the basic tool for shaping and transmitting meaning (Olmos, 2009).
Types of tests: proficiency, achievement, diagnostic, placement
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Respond to two of your peers1.Mitzi McDowell222017 114518 .docxinfantkimber
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1.Mitzi McDowell
2/2/2017 11:45:18 AM
The difference between conversational fluency, discrete language skills and academic language proficiency as defined by Cummins is simple.
As per Cummins (2007)
conversational fluency
is exactly that conversational English they have picked up on from daily interactions ex.”
on the playground, in the lunch room, on the school bus, at parties, playing sports and talking on the telephone”
.
When it comes to
discrete language skills
, ELL’s have an understanding of letters and how we make new words by changing the ending (-es, -ly –ing), but may not know when to or how to use properly.
And lastly
academic language
deals with listening speaking reading and writing the English language (Honigsfeld & Cohen 2015).
They all build on one another to form the complete understanding a student will need when being competitive in the work force / college level.
As an instructor it is important to know where our students fail, because it is important to know what our students understand and where they are.
It is an educator’s job to teach on a level of understanding and when they don’t problems arise when an educator thinks a child is proficient in a language when they can demonstrate good social English.
One negative implication for ELL students when teachers mix up their understanding of conversational language with academic language proficiency is test scores could be poor.
A student may be able to speak clear, but may not be able to read and understand the same language, and their grades will reflect disconnect of the two language proficiencies.
An activity that could be used in class for the conversational fluency is a game called It’s Your Turn: Teach a Class.
In this activity pair of students is given a grammar word, vocabulary or culture point and they will teach the class.
What I love about this activity, they have to work together and this will help both students get an even better understanding.
As the teacher observes they also get to ask questions to make sure content is given for full understanding.
I feel this will help with the conversational fluency students, because they will have to speak the content to the class and this may help them get a better understanding of a lesson. When people have to explain things to others it helps for more understanding, so the conversation skills they have obtained will get them through the lesson but also help moving to the next level of CALP (cognitive academic language proficiency).
www.
fluent
u.com/english/educator/blog/speaking-
activities
-for-esl-students/
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With this activity, it gets everyone involved from beginning to end, it helps with noticing syllables within words.
It will teach them how to break words up even if it is unfamiliar words they encounter for the first time. The teacher will ...
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2. The language that best suits the learners
and the situation .
C.F. are the purposes for which both use
language in the classroom.
e.g. activities, explaining points.
3. Instructing
Imperative for young learners and
beginners
- Open your books on page…
For higher levels we might use another
language forms
- For this exercise we will work in pairs
4. Explaining
We explain the learners how to do an activity
- We will put the project on the wall.
Narrating
In primary classrooms we often tell stories to the
learners.
In adults classrooms the experiences must be more
detailed.
6. Prompting
It’s when we say something to help learners to
remember something, or giving them ideas.
- Clo….for closure
Correcting
We can correct learners by using language to points
out the mistakes.
7. Checking learning
All the time, most frequently after presenting new
language.
- Can anyone give me a sentence?
Conveying the meaning the new language
When we show the meaning of new words or
structures.
- Realia, mime, questions, explaining
8. UNIT 27
Identifying the functions of learners' language
HOW?
• Tasks and activities
• Asking questions of the teachers
Asking for clarification:
Asking for Clarification
F: I’m afraid I am not quite clear what you mean by …
F: I’m sorry, I don’t understand what you mean by …
SF: I’m sorry, but could you explain what you mean by …
SF: What do you mean by … ?
I: What exactly are you trying to say ?
I: What (exactly) are you getting at ?
http://www.commonenglishphrases.com/2011/08/asking-for-clarification/
9. KEY CONCEPTS functions of learners' language
Stages:
(step in a process)
• There are twenty
separate stages in this
process.
• Hay veinte etapas
diferentes en este proceso.
http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=stage
10. INTERACTION
Interact appropriately with each other
Talking, dancing, playing a game —
all of these activities allow you
to interact with other people.
To interact means to communicate
and react to the people you're
involved with.
12. Unit 28 Categorizing learners' mistakes
Mistakes show problems either with accuracy,
i.e. using the correct form of the language
or with communication.
i.e. sharing information dearly.
Learners can make:
ORAL MISTAKES
WRITTEN MISTAKES
13. ORAL MISTAKES
Oral mistakes are mistakes learners make when they are speaking. They make mistakes in the
accuracy of, for example: grammar, pronunciation or vocabulary or in the degree of formality of
the language they use.
• ACCURACY
Accuracy is the use of correct forms of grammar, vocabulary, spelling and pronunciation. In an
accuracy activity, teachers and learners usually focus on using and producing language
correctly.
1. Grammar: She like this picture. (Talking about present habit)
2. Pronunciation: I wear my suit in the sea.
3. Vocabulary: The dog bite me. (Talking about a dog attacking someone)
In Example 1. The learner has missed the third person s from the verb. The learner should have said She
likes this picture'.
In Example 2. The learner has used suit instead of swimsuit. The learner should have said wear my
swimsuit in the sea'.
In Example 3. The learner has used the long /biːt/ sound when he/she should have used the short lit sound.
The learner should have said 'The dog /bɪt/ me'.
14. • APPROPRIACY
Language which is proper or appropiate in a particular situation.
1. 'Shut up!‘ (said to a classmate)
2. It depends of the weather
Example 1. It is rude to say 'Shut up!' in the classroom.
Can you be quiet, please?‘
Example 2. It is not the same as in Spanish.
It depends on the weather
15. WRITTEN MISTAKES
As with oral mistakes; these can also be categorized into slips or errors in accuracy or appropriacy, or errors in
communication.
Grammar
She never goes with nobody.
She never goes with someone.
Punctuation
The wizard said “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”
The wizard said, “Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”
A comma is needed before a direct quotation.
I doed the homework.
I did the homework.
16. ERROR (NOUN)
A mistake that a learner makes when trying to say or write something above their
level of language or language processing.
A developmental error: is an error made by a second language learner which
could also be made by a child learning their mother tongue as part of their
normal development.
e.g.
I goed there last week.
(I went there last week).
17. A fossilized error: is an error that has become (almost) permanent in a learner’s
language and has become a habit.
Fossilized errors cannot easily be corrected.
For example:
A B2 learner might habitually not add an ‘s’ when saying third person singular present
simple verbs.
A SLIP.
When a learner makes a slip they make a language mistake but they are able to correct
themselves.
e.g.
Learner: He like ice-cream, I mean, he likes ice-cream.
18. Word missing
wrong word order
wrong spelling
Wrong vocabulary
punctuation (comma, full stop, etc,)
A common tool to optimize learners opportunities.
The teacher uses a correction code to indicate the types of mistakes in accuracy that
the learner has made. This enables learners to make their own corrections.