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Comprehensible Input: Foreshadowing...2018 Summer Institute
By Lauren Rosen
The 2018 WAFLT Summer Institute is just around the corner. To help folks get charged for this year’s theme, “Digging Deep: Comprehensible Input, Authentic Resources and Growing Professionally,” it seemed appropriate to share a few definitions and current resources from the web that provide a range of thought on this topic.
First, What is CI?
Comprehensible Input is built off of Krashen’s Input Hypothesis whereby students need target language input just above their current level of linguistic competence. Krashen suggests that input at this level leads students to acquire language naturally rather than focusing on the memorization of grammatical rules. Read more. |
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Do bilinguals hear speech differently?
SOURCE: ACTFL SmartBrief
Learning a second language can change the way people integrate sight and hearing to make sense of speech, a Northwestern University study has found.
The study found that a bilingual person and a monolingual person listening to the same speaker can hear two different things.
According to the researchers, people who speak more than one language are more likely to experience what's known as the 'McGurk Effect,' which causes them to hear completely different sounds when speech conflicts with what they see. The Daily Mail (London)
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Engaging novice world language learners
SOURCE: Edutopia News
It’s no secret that teaching a world language creatively can be challenging, particularly at the novice level. Our novice learners are limited in terms of their communicative skills, which often dissuades us from taking risks when designing lessons and assessments.
As world language instructors, we can become so laser-focused on teaching the foundations of the language that we unintentionally neglect to infuse culturally rich, authentic materials into our lessons. This results in disengagement and lowered motivation on the students’ part, and frustration on ours. Edutopia |
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