TASK 1A: DEFINING CONCEPTS DEFINITION OF LEARNING
Humans are curious and that curiosity encourages us to acquire
new knowledge, which we acquired through learning.
Learning a second language helps us to know new cultures and to
become into gregarious humans, that can interact with people from
different cultures around the world and helps to enrich knowledge.
DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE
Language is a resource for communication that allows us to
communicate with our environment, when we teach a second
language we are facing a challenge of how to be understandable to
the language receptor, that is why the teacher must be able to
handle situations in which it committed to the teaching of the second
language (pronunciation, knowledge of concepts), but not only
commit to the different concepts of what communication is, as well
as our environment get on to the language and that is why we not
only need words to communicate, as is in the case of non-verbal
and body language, this being a very extensive and important in
acquiring a second language subject.
DEFINITION OF TEACHING
As future teachers we must face many challenges when we are
teaching a foreign language, we must awaken student interest,
knowing their characteristics, their linguistic factors, using reliable
tools for strategizing, with instructional variables and motivate
students in the importance of learning a new language.
Who teaches and instructs us can gives us the guide to acquire
knowledge, skills, retention, and practice of what we will learn using
methods and techniques that facilitate this process.
TASK 1B: UNDERSTAND LANGUAGE
The theory of Vygotsky is based primarily on the socio-cultural
learning of each individual and the environment in which it develops,
it highlights the importance of guided learning, his conception of
learning is conceived as a complete experience, encouraging
students to take up what they already know to discover themselves
individual, transforming information and interacting with other
students with the influence of mediators to help students develop
their cognitive abilities. The teacher is a facilitator who must respect
the strategies and knowledge of the student, accompanying him on
the building of their own knowledge as the most important.
Constructivism is not only the new knowledge itself, but is to acquire
a new competition, that allows the student to apply what is known in
a new situation.
The teacher is not only an expert who knows the subject, should
also plan what content can be constructed by identifying prior
knowledge of the student, which already built with the surrounding
environment, this construction is done all the time, all days and in all
contexts; in the learning process students construct personal
interpretations of the world based on experiences and interactions
giving great importance to the role of memory in learning, which lies
in the creation of cognitive tools, since memory is always under
construction, one does not learn to use a tool group following a list
of rules, something appropriate and effective occurs when the
student is confronted with the use of tools in a real situation.
Teaching is an activity that takes place in a sociocultural context,
where students and teachers build a shared medium.
. In the classroom you must learn to build
. Knowledge includes the individual and society
. Students are able to be themselves, they engage actively and
creatively
. Learning is for everyone.
Environments must be built to favour the union between knowledge
know, know-how and knowledge to be, environments where the
construction of knowledge is shared.
Hi Milena.
ResponderEliminarI present my audio comment about your contribution. You can listen to it in the next link: http://vocaroo.com/i/s0tQAocRHlJ7
Bye.
TASK 1 A
ResponderEliminarLanguage
Language is a system of communication. It is a process of communication. When a person is learning a second language, has to be prepared to know a new world where all is unknown. He has to open his mind to new knowledges. It means new words, new grammar, new language structures, new pronunciation. This process is a new way where your interest to know is the first step to get the domain of it. When a person acquires knowledges in one language has to be able to interact with the other, express what he thinks and feel and answer to stimuli. The adquisition of language means an interaction in double via.
Learning
It is a process where new knowledges do that person changes as result of them. This process gets that person acquires new skills and abilities, behaviours and values, new experiences to open his mind in order to find new ways according his interests. Learning is the door to new worlds where nothing is closed because with the increase of technology you have all possibilities to discover new things each day.
Teaching
Teaching and learning are as brothers. They are together. Teaching is one vital tool for learning. If the student doesn´t have replies by himself, in the process of teaching finds answers. Taking in account what kind of students I have, whom are their interests and whom are their conditions, give me the style, methods and techniques to use with them.
TASK 1 B
Constructivism – new school of thought. It is divided in two branches: cognitive and social. If we speak about cognitive part means that person should represent his reality. This means that each person interested to learn a new language has to include in his daily activities actions as read, write, think, speak and listen. In other words it is necessary to practice and include it in the life . In the case of students I consider that activities are managed to explore and live their lifes in the language that they are learning. Cognitive depends of each person, of his interest to learn and the time and activities that he wants to do in order to acquire more knowledges.
The other hand the social branch means that the interaction with the other person should be present in order to explore knowledges, share social activities. In the classroom I should promote discussions about a topic, do activities where students interchange experiences, act roles usual in the daily live but using the language that they are learning. For example students play to buy at the supermarket while others are buying, the visit at the doctor where one student is a a doctor and the other person is the patient and so with different roles.
I agree with this thought because when the practice is not present daily is very difficult to get the domain of the language. For that reason exists clubs where you can be in contact with others and practice with them your knowledges and doubts, virtual classes, platforms where you can practice. If one person lets his practice only for one class per week for example, it it very difficult to get the objective to domain that language.
I will implement activities out of the classroom where students have to be in other scenarios speaking in english all day. For example, one day in the city, visiting different places as tourists, going at the restaurant, at museums, taking the transport and all kind of activities only in english.
Some activities to develop are:
ResponderEliminarActivities
1. Activities where ablest companions help in learning to other students.
An important activity in teaching English as a foreign language is to work in pairs, giving them a conversation guide to each student, the guide is the same for both, they will have to imagine they are in that situation and read what it dialogue says, doing this with the help of your partner, they work on the pronunciation and both of them check the incorrect words, with teacher supervision as well.
2. The teacher asks questions on a particular subject and asks their students who know the answer, if none of the students know the answer, the teacher gives clues to the solution of the question.
Another case would be the realization of shared answers, it means that each of his students solve part of the answer.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0ZswUNapZNr
ResponderEliminarGood afternoon, I am sending my coment.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0pkQned5GO4
ResponderEliminarMilena one comment about your writing.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s0uLs2lIVRny
ResponderEliminar