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SLA and ELLs
SLA and ELLs
• Consequently, every
prospective teacher
needs to know about
teaching ELLs
What Teachers Need to Know about Language
TODAY’S PRESENTATION
I. Theoretical Overview
II.Wong-Fillmore and Snow
III.Additional Thoughts
Language Acquisition and Language Learning
• Chomsky and
Language Acquisition
– Innatist view
– Language development
follows genetic cues
– Input cannot explain
complexity of young
children’s language production
Language Acquisition and Language Learning
• Stephen Krashen
– Agrees with Chomsky
acquisition fundamental
in L1 and L2
– ‘Comprehensible input’ key
to acquisition
– ‘Learning’ distinct from
‘acquisition’
– Affective filter
Interaction of L1 and L2
• Jim Cummins and SLA
– Common Underlying
Proficiency Hypothesis
– Basic interpersonal
communication skills (BICS),
typically 3-5 years
– Cognitive Academic Language
Proficiency(CALP),
typically 7-10 years
Sociocultural Theory and SLA
• ‘Conscientization’
(Freire, 1987)
• ‘Critical Language Awareness ’
(Fairclough, 1999)
• Language of power
(Delpit, 1995)
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