Liliane Vannoy Dual Language

Immersion Special ist

TPS

NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM

My Name Means … Describe yourself to your group by using words that start with the letters of your name.

LoudInventive LivelyIndependent Active Nerdy Energetic

INTRODUCTION

My name means … is a great activity that can be done in the

native language.

Value the learner by treasuring the language.

REFLECTION

NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM

LEARNING THEORY

Krashen’s popular theory of second language acquisition (1994) :

Language is best acquired informally.

TEACHING IMPLICATIONS

Teachers should create warm, welcoming classroom environments.

Teachers should use strategies that motivate students to communicate with each other.

Teacher should promote social interaction and peer engagement.

TEACHING IMPLICATION

Teachers should incorporate activities that support social interaction, using strategies such as buddies, pair shares and cooperative grouping.

(Lily Wong Fillmore 1979)

COOPERATIVE LEARNING

It gives students the opportunity to interact in a social and academic level.

Cooperative activities stimulates vocabulary development.

NATIVE LANGUAGE PAIRS

Pair students based on their native language.Pair students with high proficiency level with middle

level and middle level with low level proficiency.

NATIVE LANGUAGE PAIRS

COOPERATIVE

COMMUNITY

High level

Middle

level

Low level

Middle

level

NATIVE LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES

PEER ENGAGEMENT

The desire to make friends motivates children and that friendship scaffolds their language acquisition.

(Lily Wong Fillmore 1979)

Learning is social.

How often do you use cooperative learning in your class?

How often do you let students help each other using their native language ?

REFLECTION

NATIVE LANGUAGE SPACE

It is a place designated for resources and material. Your

“ foreign” library. Dictionaries Translators Computers

NATIVE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER

It is a place in the classroom where the students can do activities in their native language.

Examples of activities: listen to music, read a book, work a cross word puzzle, play games.

Students can contribute to this center with their own materials and resources.

NATIVE LANGUAGE CENTER

It is a place that allows students to complete content related activities in their language.

Students can create content related activities.Students can create labels for class objects.Students can create a poster about a lesson topic.Students can write letters, poetry, journals. Students can translate certain things for teachers or

school.

NATIVE LANGUAGE WORK CENTER

Do you have any of these spaces in your class? Can you create any of these spaces in your

classroom?

REFLECTION

NATIVE LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES

Students would write any thoughts, concerns, or questions and place them in a box.

It can have a content or a lesson purpose.

THOUGHT BOX

Students write a letter or a card to a person at school or in the classroom that can read in their native language.

Students can exchange letters or cards.

FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE

Students can create an alphabet to represent the letters.

Students can create an alphabet related to a content area.

Students can create an alphabet related to a lesson topic.

Students can create an alphabet related to a book.Students can create an alphabet representing their

country.

NATIVE LANGUAGE ALPHABET

Students are invited to greet the classroom.Students can teach some simple commands, numbers,

food and other simple vocabulary words.Students can teach cognates.

NATIVE LANGUAGE DAY

Students bring their favorite music.Students can try to talk about the meaning of the

song.

NATIVE LANGUAGE MUSIC TIME

Words related to their culture.Words related to their country Words related to a theme, a holiday, a special

occasion.

FOREIGN WORD WALL

Words related to content or lesson objective. Choose words that are essential vocabulary for a

lesson.Ask students to translate the word in their language.Ask students to translate high frequency words.

TRANSLATION WORD WALL

Snake

Serpiente(Spanish)

Serpente(Portuguese)

ثعبان(Arabic)

Serpent(French)

ງູ(Lao)

Schlange(German)

TRANSLATION WORD WALL

What was you favorite activity? What activity can you incorporate in your class?

REFLECTION

List the reservations and concerns about using native language in the classroom.

List the benefits of using native language in the classroom.

ACTIVITY

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” ― Ludwig Wittgenstein

CONTACT INFORMATION

vannoli@tulsaschools.org