3 ideas for second language teaching

SLA for FL teaching3 key ideas about language learning & teaching

Interlanguage development•each learner reinvents their own mental grammar of the new language

interlanguage: not my first language

(L1)not my second language (L2)

a different, idiosyncratic representation of L2

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each learner reinvents their own mental grammar of the new language

• subconscious learning (acquisition)• innate developmental patterns• differential progress

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if learning occurs subconsciously, teachers should reduce

• grammar-translation• error correction • whole-class, lockstep teaching

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if learning occurs subconsciously, teachers should provide

• comprehensible input• opportunities for output• focus on form (reflection on grammar)

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•input•output•reflection

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Learning Technology“If, by a miracle of mechanical ingenuity, a book could be so arranged that only to him who had done what was directed on page one

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“... would page two become visible, and so on, much that now requires personal instruction could be managed by print.”

(Thorndike, 1923)

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Edward Thorndikedesign instructionnel

DESIGN INSTRUCTIONNEL

1923

“Si, par un miracle d’intelligence mécanique, un livre pouvait être agencé de telle manière que seul celui qui fait ce qui lui est demandé sur la première page . . .

Enseignement des langues Compétences de l’enseignant La formation des enseignants

Edward Thorndikedesign instructionnel

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN

1923

“... aura accès à la page suivante, et ainsi de suite, une bonne partie de ce que fait aujourd’hui l’enseignant pourrait être gérée par écrit.”

•décentrage de la classe•l’autonomie de l’apprenant•enrichir et étendre l’apprentissage avec les TICE

Enseignement des langues Compétences de l’enseignant La formation des enseignants

Language use•communicative competence•scaffolding•task-based learning

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Communicative competence

not just linguistic knowledge (vocabulary, grammar)

ability to use language

in real time; spontaneously

appropriately

in a meaningful context

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scaffolding

PROBLEM: learners need language support (pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar) for communicative activities

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feedback

PROBLEM: it is difficult to provide useful feedback to numerous groups of learners

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Interaction/communication

TASK-BASED LEARNING

•pre-task, tasks, reflection

•internet communication: mail, forums, social media

•class exchanges: tandem/twinning projects, videoconferencing

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and so?

interlanguage development

input, interaction, reflection

learning technology to foster learner autonomy

communication and task-based learning

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Further reading on

interlanguage

instructional design

communicative competence

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