Language Acquisition Is Not Linear How do We Deal with So Many Different Blobs of Language in one...

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Language Acquisition Is Not Linear

How do We Deal with So Many Different Blobs of Language

in one Classroom?

By Bryce Hedstrom

What we teach

What we teach

Our curriculum

What we teach

What we hope our students acquire

Our curriculum

What we teach

What we hope our students acquire

Our curriculum What we have to teach

What we teach

What we hope our students acquire

What we have to test

Our curriculum What we have to teach

What students actually acquire

What students actually acquire

What students actually acquire

What students actually acquire

What students actually acquire

Hay un problema…

Students don’t all acquire the same things

Students don’t all acquire the same things at the same time

Students don’t all acquire the same things at the same time in the same way

How do we get common ground?

How do we get common ground?

• By keeping in mind the differences between acquisition & learning.

• By speaking and reading in the target language comprehensibly.

• By using language that students all understand and find interesting.

We have to make it comprehensible

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