Arming Students for a World of Incomprehensible Input
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ARMING STUDENTS FOR A
WORLD OF
INCOMPREHENSIBLE
INPUTSara-Elizabeth Cottrell
MUSICUENTOS.COM
What do you
call this stuff?
WHY?because you went to study abroad and stepped off the
plane in Buenos Aires and heard this…
TWO NEEDS, SAME
SOLUTION
• novice: stuff I don’t know
(it’s a lot)
• intermediate: words that
change when I go
somewhere different (it’s
a lot)
HOW DO YOU CHOOSE?• by specific region (for whatever reason)
• by widespread use
• by what I learned
• textbook picks for me
CC-BY-NC-SA Lauren Macdonald
https://www.flickr.com/photos/42386632@N00/
TEACH
NEUTRAL
WORDS
whenever possible.
CC-BY Davi Sommerfield
https://www.flickr.com/photos/davisomme
rfeld/
CIRCUMLOCUTION:
it’s that thing that you do
when you can’t think of or
don’t know the word or
phrase
AND
PROFICIENCY
• not spelled out below
intermediate mid
• possible below
intermediate mid?
CC-BY Geraint Rowland
https://www.flickr.com/photos/geezawee
zer/
IF IT’S ABOUT THE INPUT…
• Can novices be taught it?
• Should novices be taught
it?
• Should we require it?
SCIENTISTS SAY…
• Ellis: When students
actively negotiate
meaning, they
comprehend more.
• Gass: students use
negotiation strategies to
make incomprehensible
input comprehended
CC-BY-NC-SA Bryan Jones
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bwjones/
HOW IT EMPOWERS
The majority of
communication problems
happen because of
vocabulary, not because
of grammar.
CC-BY Vinamwa Agrawal
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bwjones/
HOW HARD IT IS TO SPEAK
SPANISH!side note: Try EdPuzzle
CONTENT: NOUNS
• person
• place
• food
• animal
• plant
CONTENT: VERBS
• has
• is
• uses
• makes
• does
Thomas Berg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/decafinata/
THESE GUYS AGAINside note: Try EdPuzzle
CONTENT: MORE
• subordination: who, that
• descriptors (colors, etc.)
• opposite of / same as
CC-BY-NC-SA Bethan
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beth19/
agraffe
IN A LESSON PLAN
• “it’s” + categories
• task: categorize pictures
• descriptors
• task: describe pictures
• verbs
• task: identify verbs
• game: “Speak”tionary
• interpersonal: what’s the regional variation? (grid)
ONE MORE TIMEside note: Try EdPuzzle
Deborah Arteaga
University of Las Vegas
Lucía Llorente
Berry College
Research credit:
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CIRCUMLOCUTION
IN THE SPANISH
LANGUAGE CLASSROOM