Talkin' L2: Implicit Teaching
What was most salient to you in this episode? Was there anything that you feel like will influence your teaching, or could / would influence other language teachers?
Words to Get Rid Of (Talkin L2 with BVP)
Susan mentioned the word foreign among words that we should get rid of in the world of Language learning and reiterated that " BVP also notes that millions of people in the US speak two languages at home, so there is nothing “foreign” about the 2nd language they already speak at home." Did that part resonate with you as well? What else stood out to you?
For me, there were a few things that stood out:
ReplyDeleteSimply saying what learners are "expected" to know really called my attention. In SLA, I feel like we need to throw out expectations and trust the process -- super hard when we aren't used to it. or we're the early levels, so it feels like the next teacher will think that the kids aren't ready.
What stood out even more was Bill's declaration that "we are so focused on what teachers are doing that we keep ignoring how learners organize, store, and process." In other words, we worry so much about being sure that there is teaching happening that we ignore Second Language Acquisition.
This weeks episode of Talkin L2 with BVP was thought-provoking. According to the data, the majority of assessments do follow grammar and explicit learning but unfortunately these studies do not provide us much on language acquisition or how it is learned implicitly. As a teacher, I prefer the implicit strategy because being explicit does take time from your lesson because you have to explain and sometimes that leads to an explanation that is not in the target language. I know it is important to model and explain why we are doing this to the world language students but a step by step explanation takes time away from pacing and the students are smart and able to solve problems on their own through collaboration. The biggest takeaway from the podcast is that implicit teaching does not imply implicit learning. The learners engage in explicit learning because they are explaining the information to each other by cautiously learning and through collaboration of the natural approach of language acquisition.
ReplyDeleteMy name is Preston Hill and I posted the previous message on 03/01/2020 at 9:43 a.m. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteTo follow up to all of you, WHAT DOES IMPLICIT TEACHING LOOK LIKE? WHAT DOES EXPLICIT TEACHING LOOK LIKE?
ReplyDelete