Young Learners English Skills and Theoretical Stances for

Young Learners, English Skills, and Theoretical Stances for Filipino English Teachers in Gwangju For Gwangju Filipino English Teachers April 16, 2019 Maria Lisak Koreamaria. typepad. com/gwangju

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Theory Behaviorist -> behaviors Universal Grammar ->Chomsky Krashen’s Monitor -> acquire through practice (natural) Cognitivist -> measure knowledge Conversation ->through discussion/conversation; natural; a social theory Schumann’s Acculturation ->learn language to be part of a culture Constructivist -> creating meaning and knowledge socially

Main Theoretical Camps Nativist Social Interactionist Chomsky Vygotsky Learning & re- Learning is social enforcement British Council on language acquisition & Chomsky socio-cultural theory On Vygotsky’s social interaction

SLA Theory Semantic theory Sociocultural theory Universal grammar Input hypothesis Monitor model Interaction hypothesis Output hypothesis Competition model Connectionism and second-language acquisition Noticing hypothesis Processability Automaticity Declarative/procedural model Memory and second-language acquisition Dynamic systems theory Second Language Acquisition

Canagarajah World Englishes English as an International Language English as a Lingua Franca English as a form of translingual practice Canagarajah, S. (2012). Translingual practice: Global Englishes and cosmopolitan relations. Routledge.

Gee Discourse/discourse Discourse Communities Situated Language Discourse Analysis New Literacies Games Good Learning Principles in Video Games Identity Theory Gee, J. P. (2012). Situated language and learning: A critique of traditional schooling. Routledge. Online.

Four Skills Cabrera, M. P. , & Bazo, P. (2002). Teaching the four skills in the primary EFL classroom. The Internet TESL Journal, 8(12). http: //iteslj. org/Techniques/Bazo. Four. Skills. html Gives a short list of how best to teach the four skills to young learners Hinkel, E. (2006). Current perspectives on teaching the four skills. Tesol Quarterly, 40(1), 109 -131.

Four Skills: to integrate or separate? Listening Reading Speaking Writing

Listening Prepare Anticipate Concentration Storybooks on Youtube: https: //www. youtube. com/results? search_quer y=young+children+storybooks Randall’s Listening Lab: https: //www. esllab. com/ WANG, S. Y. , & MIAO, X. W. (2003). Teaching EFL Listening: From Theory to Practice [J]. Media in Foreign Language Instruction, 4, 1 -5. http: //en. cnki. com. cn/Article_en/CJFDTotal-WYDH 200304000. htm

Reading Each of the "four skills" is itself composed of component sub-skills. Grabe (1992: 50 -3) notes six in Mc. Carthy, C. (1999). particular in the case of reading. Reading theory as a These are: • the perceptual automatic microcosm of the four recognition skill; skills. The Internet • linguistic skills; TESL Journal, 5(5), 1 -6. • knowledge and skills of Graphic Organizers for discourse structure and storybooks organisation; • knowledge of the world; KONA Storybook • synthetic and critical evaluation Center method: skills; mindmapping • metalinguistic knowledge and skills. Wray, D. , & Medwell, J. (Eds. ). (2013). Teaching Primary English. Routledge.

Speaking Songs Chants: Video of Carol Grahm introducing Jazz. Chants Poems Games Pair work Game examples: Seoul presentation: tinyurl. com/stewart-gamepresentation Other games: tinyurl. com/generic-speaking-games How to explain games to students: tinyurl. com/games 4 Skills or 5 C’s? The 4 Skills in Learning a Foreign Language; More Efficient Than the 5 C’s ahb by Bright Hub Education

Writing Gap fills: automatic generator Models: British Council on writing theories for young learners Transcribing Sentence starters Extensive Reading into Storybook Making

4 Skills Integrate Separate

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