CONNECTING LANGUAGE LEARNING TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
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CONNECTING LANGUAGE LEARNING
TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM
A Good Story!Interpretive Listening and Reading
Pictures as Prompts
Pictures scaffold learning
Today’s learners are “imageators”
Check that the story is….
• age and culturally appropriate. (familiar)
• Is repetitive or highly predictable
• Can be dramatized or (not abstract)
• Lends itself to the use of visuals
TPR / Comprehension before production / Oller’s Episode Hypothesis / Folktales /
Learning Centers /
A Narrative Framework
Identify importanceFind binary oppositesOrganize the content in story
formConclusion Evaluation
The language experience chart approach
Teacher provides target inputTeacher checks comprehensionStudents retell with teacher helpStudents copy version into their
notebooksPermanent record is used in other
activities
Co-operative Learning
Assign roles
Decide on –
Target Vocabulary
The End Product
Scaffolding (How?)
Student evaluation
Follow up and Extension
Group dynamics
Learning Through Culture
Possible Approaches….
• Cultural products (folktales, legends, artists, celebrities, songs…..)
• Use of realia, real things.
• Cultural Practices / Customs (greetings, school/home life, families, holidays)
*** Using the students’ own cultural knowledge to facilitate learning is also a valid approach and highly motivating for young learners.
Contextualized Performance Assessment
It’s all about PERFORMANCE!Use formative assessment instruments - rubrics, checklists, peer/self forms
Possible “end products” -- storybooks and summaries, posters, booklets,
presentations, plays, short compositions
Assessment should be focused not just on the end product but the whole process.
SOPA / ELLOPA / IPA
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