Wednesday, February 10, 2010

The Realities of Learning Another Language

Here are a couple of semi-humorous videos I hurriedly put together to help our administration perceive what real language learning is and why the instructor is so important.  They challenge a few of the exaggerations of today’s metaphors of language learning.

 

1) How much language do we learn in classrooms whose format parallels that of Dora (The great English/Educational framework)?  (Video:  “How Much Spanish”)

 

2) How important are context and situation in Language Learning (the two principal dynamic elements that only an instructor can add to the classroom)?  (Video: “Language without Cultural Context”)

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