Talk given at the Curitiba BRAZ TESOL Chapter in October 2019.

3. Escher (1955) Three Worlds

4. Lier, V., (2010) “The ecology of language learning: Practice to
theory, theory to practice
“Thus, any utterance is layered in multiple ways, backward –
invoking history and background, forward – looking towards
the future, outward – relating to the world, and inward –
relating to identity and personal cognition and emotions. In
classrooms the types of interaction that predominate often
strip the multilayeredness away from the discourse, resulting
in utterances that do not allow the learners’ voices to develop
and diversify.”

5. Lier, V., (2010) “The ecology of language learning: Practice to
theory, theory to practice
QUALITY
RELATIONSHIPS
AGENCY

6. Lier, V., (2010) “The ecology of language learning: Practice to
theory, theory to practice
RELATIONSHIPS
Interaction between:
Physical
Social
Symbolic

7. Lier, V., (2010) “The ecology of language learning: Practice to
theory, theory to practice
QUALITY
Standards
Accountability
Testing System

8. Lier, V., (2010) “The ecology of language learning: Practice to
theory, theory to practice
AGENCY “All of these are examples of agency, of the
organism moving in order to live and grow.
Agency is therefore a central concept in
learning, at many levels an in many
manifestations. It is a more general and
more profound concept than the closely
related terms autonomy, motivation and
investment. “

13. Ars Poetica #100: I Believe
Poetry, I tell my students,
is idiosyncratic. Poetry
is where we are ourselves
(though Sterling Brown said
“Every ‘I’ is a dramatic ‘I’”),
digging in the clam flats
for the shell that snaps,
emptying the proverbial pocketbook.
Poetry is what you find
in the dirt in the corner,
overhear on the bus, God
in the details, the only way
to get from here to there.
Poetry (and now my voice is rising)
is not all love, love, love,
and I’m sorry the dog died.
Poetry (here I hear myself loudest)
is the human voice,
and are we not of interest to each
other?
Elizabeth Alexander, “Ars Poetica #100: I
Believe” from American Sublime.

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