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§2 3.Creating a supportive environment for learners to draw on their mother tongue resources
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- SET A FRIENDLY TONE FROM THE START the tone for the learning experience. SOME WAYS TO ESTABLISH A WARM AND WELCOMING TONE
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Learning a new language can be an intimidating and stressful experience. As a teacher or organizer of language learning events and classes, it’s important to create an environment that makes learners feel comfortable, motivated and engaged. Here are some tips for making your language learning space welcoming for all. SET A FRIENDLY TONE FROM THE START the tone for the learning experience. SOME WAYS TO ESTABLISH A WARM AND WELCOMING TONE: °Greet each person – a simple “Hello!” and a smile as they arrive can make people feel seen and cared for. Use their name if you know it. Introduce yourself – let learners know who you are and what your role is. °Explain what will happen during the class or event. °Learn and use learners’ names – this shows you care about getting to know each person as an individual. °°Speak slowly and clearly – this helps lower anxiety and aids comprehension. °Be patient and understanding – learning a language is hard! Reassure learners that mistakes are part of the process. °Use warm, inclusive language – say “we” and “us” instead of “you.” This promotes a sense of community. °Be enthusiastic and encouraging – your passion for language learning is contagious! ✓ADDITIONAL TIPS: °Play soft music as learners arrive and mingle °°Offer refreshments if possible °Smile frequently and make eye contact °Keep the atmosphere light with humor when appropriate. °Set a Friendly Tone for Your Classroom °First impressions matter. From the moment learners walk in the door, your words, actions and attitude can set. Improved literacy skills and critical thinking can be a direct product of a developing mother tongue. When a child transfers language skills from mother tongue to the academic language of school, this child is using the asset of a first language to make sense of the second language by speaking with both languages --what linguists call “translanguaging”. This is a learning process of overlapping languages which ultimately leads to multilingualism. Translanguaging in a classroom is a highly desired attribute in learning of any kind because it allows all students to contribute to a deeper conversation using the tools they have in their tool belt-the languages they bring to the classroom. It is the kind of learning that leads to the development of personal, social and cultural identity which makes this child grow up to be a successful global citizen.Language loss occurs for many reasons. Traumatic experiences through war or immigration can cause people to lose their mother tongue. Schmid, researcher of language attrition, found that German-Jewish wartime refugees in the UK and the US lost their language skills not because they had been abroad a long time or how old they were when they left, but because of the trauma they had experienced as victims of Nazi persecution. Language loss also occurs daily in the lives of children around the world who attend schools that teach in languages that are not the primary language of the student body. Monolingual schooling is perhaps the worst form of language loss. Mother Tongue Language Loss results the minute a child drops one language to start learning another language, primarily the language of school. The two systems start to compete with each other and up to age 12, a child’s language skills are vulnerable to change if the mother tongue is not activated at both a social and academic level. tải về 3.8 Mb. Chia sẻ với bạn bè của bạn:
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