#LangChat is dedicated to the discussion of topics associated with issues and trends in world language instruction and learning. Educators, administrators, learners, and aficionados of world languages are encouraged to participate and share their experiences and input on various topics such as new ways to teach vocabulary, using music in the language classroom, and making standards-based grading valid. This chat is also unique in that it brings together language educators worldwide and from different contexts (elementary, secondary, higher education, etc.) and languages.
A1 I even recall my college LINGUISTICS professor who also taught French- was Grammar, Grammar, Grammar, even though he had a PhD in linguistics. #langchat
A2 at the intermediate level...well, I have no idea how to transition from parroted statements to spontaneous language production without structures. halp! #langbook
"Grammar geeks"--I like that one. I think it most helps those who do not have a native-speaker in their life. Gives them support and structure. #langchat
My kids journal every week-end, using mainly vocab/verbs that they know. The journaling allows them to put building blocks of lang together to express their thoughts that spontaneous language doesn’t allow. They turn their journals in, then we discuss the weekend. #langchat
They can write about anything they like, why the color blue is dumb, whatever they want. It’s play / ranting for them. And writing allows them the time to check notes/vocab, which doesn’t happen in the spontaneity of conversation.
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Shamelessly posting my best Back to School Nite ever thanks to a #langchat post which suggested asking P to write a congrats note to their K. I added a grit (growth mindset) note and P wrote amazing stuff. Keeper! Can’t wait to start sticking these on assessments.
To help kids jump from parrot to creator i also to take the vocab phrases in textbook, or cheesy song lyrics, and tweak them. We change tenses, make them negative/evil, switch out subjects or object pronouns. They see the building blocks and how lang works.
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