4. Affective Factors
A common myth is that children are relatively unaffected by the inhibitions that adults find to be a block to learning. Children are often innovative in language forms but still have a great many inhibitions.Teachers need to help them to overcome such potential barriers to learning.
Ø Help your students to laugh with each other at various mistakes that they all make.
Ø Be patient and supportive to build self-esteem, yet at the same time be firm in your expectations of students.
Ø Elicit as much oral participation as possible from students, especially the quieter ones, to give them plenty of opportunities for trying things out.
5. Authentic, Meaningful Language
Children are focused on what this new language can actually be used for here and now. Your classes can ill afford to have an overload of language that is neither authentic nor meaningful.
Ø Children are good at sensing language that is not authentic; therefore “canned” or stilted language will likely be rejected.
Ø Language needs to be firmly context embedded. Story lines, familiar situations and characters, real-life conversations, meaningful purposes in using language-these will establish a context within which language can be received and sent and thereby improve attention and retention. Context-reduced language in abstract, isolated, unconnected sentences will be much less readily tolerated by children’s minds.
Ø A whole language approach is essential. If language is broken into too many bits and pieces, students won’t see the relationship to the whole. And stress the interrelationships among the various skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), or they won’t see important connections.
4. Affective FactorsA common myth is that children are relatively unaffected by the inhibitions that adults find to be a block to learning. Children are often innovative in language forms but still have a great many inhibitions.Teachers need to help them to overcome such potential barriers to learning.Ø Help your students to laugh with each other at various mistakes that they all make.Ø Be patient and supportive to build self-esteem, yet at the same time be firm in your expectations of students.Ø Elicit as much oral participation as possible from students, especially the quieter ones, to give them plenty of opportunities for trying things out.5. Authentic, Meaningful LanguageChildren are focused on what this new language can actually be used for here and now. Your classes can ill afford to have an overload of language that is neither authentic nor meaningful.Ø Children are good at sensing language that is not authentic; therefore “canned” or stilted language will likely be rejected.Ø Language needs to be firmly context embedded. Story lines, familiar situations and characters, real-life conversations, meaningful purposes in using language-these will establish a context within which language can be received and sent and thereby improve attention and retention. Context-reduced language in abstract, isolated, unconnected sentences will be much less readily tolerated by children’s minds.Ø A whole language approach is essential. If language is broken into too many bits and pieces, students won’t see the relationship to the whole. And stress the interrelationships among the various skills (listening, speaking, reading, and writing), or they won’t see important connections.
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