Language Learning Theories

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Learning Language Theories

This is my latest video.

“What is the most important thing to achieve English fluency?”

http://fluencymc.com/speak-fluent-english/

 

http://fluencymc.com/speak-fluent-english/


Jason R. Levine

What does it take to become fluent?

The Internet is teeming with suggestions, instructions, and procedures for how to speak fluent English. It’s overwhelming for learners and teachers to try to make sense of it all.
It’s especially difficult to know if the source of information is a person you can trust, someone with extensive knowledge and experience in English language teaching.
To cut through the noise, I asked a number of the world’s leading language learning experts for their opinions. These are people I have been following, collaborating with, and learning from over the course of my 15-year career.
34 of them were kind enough to help me. I asked them to answer the following question in 140 or fewer characters.
“What is the most important thing to achieve English fluency?”
My objectives were (1) to provide direct advice from a diverse group of specialists in the field and (2) to create a short list of recommendations based on the responses I received.

Back to the Basics.Online or Not Online...

http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Technology-Will-Never-Fix/230185/


"How many of you have ever tried to take a free course on the Internet?" 
Over half the class raised their hands.
"And how many completed it?" 
All the hands went down.

Jack C. Richards on the Noticing Hypothesis

"The noticing hypothesis" (Schmidt, 1990). Listen carefully...

Songs to teach English: Footprints in the sand

Songs to teach English: Footprints in the sand
Music in English teaching.

Bruce Springsteen - When the saints go marching in

We are traveling in the footsteps
Of those who've gone before
But we'll all be reunited (but if we stand reunited)
On a new and sunlit shore (then a new world is in store)

Oh when the Saints go marching in
When the Saints go marching in
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

And when the sun begins to shine
And when the sun begins to shine
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

When the moon turns red with blood
When the moon turns red with blood
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

On that hallelujah day
On that hallelujah day
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

O when the trumpet sounds the call
O when the trumpet sounds the call
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

Some say this world of trouble
Is the only one we need
But I'm waiting for that morning
When the new world is revealed

When the revelation comes
When the revelation comes
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

When the rich go out and work
When the rich go out and work
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

When the air is pure and clean
When the air is pure and clean
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

When we all have food to eat
When we all have food to eat
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

When our leaders learn to cry
When our leaders learn to cry
O Lord, I want to be in that number
When the Saints go marching in

Songwriters

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Neil Young - Harvest Moon

webspelunker - My Travels Across Second Life: Life and Death in Second Life

 What do you think about Second Life?




webspelunker - My Travels Across Second Life: Life and Death in Second Life:  
Life is but a dream for the dead. Gerard Way           
 Recently, I came across an interesting and thought provoking article b...

Rihanna And Kanye West And Paul McCartney - FourFiveSeconds

 Listen and tell the story..

Learn Lead Grow: Apps for #Self-Regulation: Breathing Zone App

Learn Lead Grow: Apps for #Self-Regulation: Breathing Zone App:
In the world of educational technology, we often focus our attention on websites and apps that focus on creativity and  assessment; however,...

Although there are many different apps that teach breathing, I have come to like the Breathing Zone App on the iTunes and Google Play stores. It provides you with a simplistic interface makes it easy to utilize. This App combines customized voice commands (or vibration) with graphics, to help you focus on simple breathing techniques. Anyone can learn how to use it from elementary school to high school to even adults.

 

Learning to wing it: Improv used to teach business skills

Learning to wing it: Improv used to teach business skills

He said not listening is bad in improvisation, bad in personal relationships and bad in business.

The final exercise, called long-form improvisation, involved a large group of students, including some who just walked through the background or added sounds off-stage.

"You are not out there to make yourself look good," Noel said. "The idea is, you are supporting what they're doing."

It was like the role many will play in their first jobs.

Drum Roll Sound Effect

Hi everyone,
Halina is waiting for you...

Sheryl Crow Performing "All I Wanna Do" (Official Music Video '94)

The lyrics for the song are based on the poem "Fun" by Wyn Cooper. Crow's producer (Bottrell) discovered Cooper's poetry book "The Country of Here Below" in a Pasadena, California used bookstore. Crow adapted "Fun" into the lyrics for her song – earning Cooper considerable royalties, and helping to push his book, originally published in a run of only 500 copies in 1987, into multiple reprints.
The opening spoken line, "This ain't no disco", is a reference to the song "Life During Wartime" by Talking Heads.When played on radio or at live performances, the line is also commonly changed to refer to the local listening area (such as "This is VA" instead of "This is LA").

What Are My Needs As An English Language Teacher?

Students guided through learning module that asks and collects questions.
Instructor prepares lecture.	Instructor prepares learning opportunities.
Beginning of Class	Students have limited information about what to expect.	Students have specific questions in mind to guide their learning.
	Instructor makes general assumption about what is helpful.	Instructor can anticipate where students need the most help.
During Class	Students try to follow along.	Students practice performing the skills they are expected to learn.
	Instructor tries to get through all the material.	Instructor guides the process with feedback and mini-lectures.
After Class	Students attempt the homework, usually with delayed feedback.	Students continue applying their knowledge skills after clarificationa and feedback.
	Instructor grades past work.	Instructor posts any additional explanations and resources as necessary and grades higher quality work.
Office Hours	Students want confirmation about what to study.	Students are equipped to seek help where they know they need it.
	Instructor often repeats what was in lecture.	Instructor continues guiding students toward deeper understanding.

http://ctl.utexas.edu/teaching/flipping-a-class/different

Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom | Oxford University Press

Oxford Key Concepts for the Language Classroom | Oxford University Press

As teachers, we base our instructional activities on many kinds of knowledge, including our own experience—not only as teachers but also as learners. Whether intentionally or not, we often teach as we taught last year (or five years ago) or as we were taught when we were students. And when we do try to teach in a different way, it may be because we were dissatisfied with our experiences—on either side of the teacher’s desk.

http://oupeltglobalblog.com/2015/03/26/iatefl-research-and-teaching-bridging-the-gap/#respond

Competence in Communication

The presentation is about how to communicate efficiently and the ways of improving communication skills.

My online activity inspired me to get reverting to my earlier research about effective communication.

From my view, connecting with the use of the Internet seems to be creating new questions about the way people communicate.

I am working to present a theoretical backdrop to the principles of the process of communication, as well as communications skills models.

My approach is based on the well-known model of the functions of language introduced by  Roman Jakobson. Although it is recognizable that Jakobson’s theory can be challenged on numerous grounds from a theoretical perspective, I have always been linked with his theoretical explanation of the purposes of linguistic communication.

“Jakobson and Halle’s initial statement of the principles of linguistic organization should be made available to all future generations of linguists. It builds a solid foundation for Saussurean thinking about linguisic oppositions and establishes distinctive feature theory as the basis of their formal treatment.”

Prof. Dr. William Labov, University of Pennsylvania, Department of Linguistics

Along with Roman Jakobson’s  functions of the language model, we can formulate some basic queries.

·       What is Communication?

·       The Categories of Communication.

·       The Communication Process.

·       Communication Channels.

·       Principles of Communication.

·       Interpersonal Communication Skills.

·       What is an online communication?

·       The Benefits of Blogging.

https://www.academia.edu/11562219/Competence_in_Communication_And_Interpersonal_Skills
https://www.academia.edu/11562219/Competence_in_Communication_And_Interpersonal_Skills

https://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/928605-sbf15-halina-on-competence-in-communication-and-interpersonal-skillshttps://www.wiziq.com/tutorial/928605-sbf15-halina-on-competence-in-communication-and-interpersonal-skills

Teaching with Technology

Course Description

The course offers new, veteran, and future teachers theoretical and practical knowledge on how to teach and learn using technology. The course will include weekly synchronous live online classes, course material, and video tutorials.
Participants will learn about and apply:

• E-portfolios (blogs, websites, wikis)
• Learning theories
• Transformational learning
• Transformational teaching
• Teaching as a way to learn
• Project-based learning
• Collaborative learning
• Instructional design theories
• Assessment theories
• Reflective practice
• Blended learning
• Blended online learning
• Teaching in a live online class
• Course design
• Syllabus development
• Lesson plans
• Course and Learning Management System
• Micro teaching

Created by Dr. Nellie 

Dr. Nellie Deutsch

Teaching with Technology

 I am talking about my research.