《实用英语教学法教程》课件Chapter 1 Language views and language learning theories

ObjectivesunderstandmoredeeplytheconceptandfeaturesoflanguageoutlinemajorviewsonlanguageunderstanddifferenttheoriesoflanguagelearningUponcompletionofthischapter,youshouldbeableto:PART/01实用英语教学法教程Chapter11.1ViewsonlanguageWhatislanguage?Definelanguageinyourownwords.Youcanturntodefinitionsoflanguagefromdictionaries,booksortheInternetforreference.Symbols?Toolsforcommunication?Writtenorspoken?Systematicorarbitrary?PART/011.1ViewsonlanguageStudythefollowingdefinitionsoflanguageanddiscussinpairswhatyoucanlearnfromthem.Languageisasystemofarbitrary,vocalsymbolswhichpermitallpeopleinagivenculture,orotherpeoplewhohavelearnedthesystemofthatculture,tocommunicateortointeract.(Finocchiaro,1964)Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.(Wardhaugh,1972)Whatcanwelearnaboutthenature,functionandusersoflanguagefromthesedefinitions?实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/011.1ViewsonlanguageLanguageisacomplex,specializedskill,whichdevelopsinthechildspontaneously,withoutconsciouseffortorformalinstruction,isdeployedwithoutawarenessofitsunderlyinglogic,isqualitativelythesameineveryindividual,andisdistinctfrommoregeneralabilitiestoprocessinformationorbehaveintelligently.(Pinker,1994)Languageismerelyasystemofconventionsdevelopedbyvariousgroupstocommunicateamongthemselves.(Geyser,2006)Studythefollowingdefinitionsoflanguageanddiscussinpairswhatyoucanlearnfromthem.实用英语教学法教程Chapter1Whatcanwelearnaboutthenature,functionandusersoflanguagefromthesedefinitions?PART/011.1ViewsonlanguageStructuralviewoflanguage

TargetoflanguagelearningTomasterthoseelementsincludingphonologicalunits,grammaticalunits,grammaticaloperations,andlexicalitems.NatureoflanguageAstructuralandlinguisticsystemofformsorelements.TeachingfocusLinguisticpatterns.SummarizethekeypointsofthethreedifferentviewsoflanguagebasedonChapter1.实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/011.1Viewsonlanguage

TargetoflanguagelearningToknowhowtousethelanguagetoperformfunctions.NatureoflanguageAninstrumenttofulfillcommunicativefunctionsinsocialinteraction.TeachingfocusCommunicativefunctionsoflanguageandlearners’communicativecompetence.Functionalviewoflanguage实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/011.1Viewsonlanguage

TargetoflanguagelearningTograspthepatternsandrulesofacts,negotiation,andinteractionincommunication.NatureoflanguageAtooltocreateandmaintainsocialrelations.TeachingfocusTheinteractionaldimensionoflanguage.Interactionalviewoflanguage实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningDoyouconsiderthefollowingbehaviorsaslearning?Whatdotheyshareincommon?1)Learningisacquisitionor“getting”.2)Learningisretentionofknowledge,information,orskill.3)Retentionimpliesstoragesystems,memory,andcognitiveorganization.4)Learninginvolvesactive,consciousfocusonandactinguponevents

outsideorinsidetheorganism.5)Learningisrelativelypermanent,butsubjecttoforgetting.6)Learninginvolvessomeformofpractice,perhapsreinforcedpractice.7)Learningisachangeinbehavior.实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningWorkinpairs.Discussthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenlearningofyourmothertongueandforeignlanguageacquisition.01Similarities02Differences实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningWatchthevideoandsummarizethekeynotionsofthebehavioristtheoryoflanguagelearning.实用英语教学法教程Chapter1BehavioristTheoryofSecondLanguageAcquisition/watch?v=VvOIbDI2froPART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningDecidewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrue(T)orfalse(F)aboutthecognitivetheoryoflanguagelearning.Accordingtothecognitivetheoryoflanguage,secondlanguageacquisition(SLA)isaprocessofhabitformation.Thecognitivetheoryoflanguagelearningholdsthattoacquirealanguageismainlyaboutlearningthesystemofgrammaticalrules.

Teacherswhoapproachlanguagelearningfromthecognitiveperspectiverelyheavilyonrepeatedtraining.Languageisaninternalizedsystemofrulesandchildrenarebornwithcertainpropertytolearnlanguage.()()()()TFTF实用英语教学法教程Chapter1PART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningWatchthefollowingvideoabout“assimilation”and“accommodation”anddiscusshowthesetwoconceptsarerelatedtolanguagelearning.实用英语教学法教程Chapter1Development:Schemas,Assimilation,&Accommodation/watch?v=Xj0CUeyucJwPART/021.2TheoriesoflanguagelearningBelowisthedescriptionofalanguagelearningactivityfollowingSocioculturaltheory.Discusshowthistheoryisappliedtothelearningpractice.ActivitiesforSocioculturalTheory:ASecondLanguageAcquisitionTheoryModule/teaching-tips-foreign-languages/97396-using-the-sociocultural-theory-module-in-your-classroom/LanguageDateArrangeadayinwhichstudentscanmeetupwithnativespeakerswhowillserveastheircompanyfortheday.Thelearnerandthenativespeakermustarrangesomeactivitiestheycandotogetherlikediningout,shopping,playingsomesports.Thenativ