FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
AND LEARNING
COLLABORATIVE WORK 1
NEYDA MARITZA ESLAVA
CRISTIAN JAVIER REALPE
RAPHAEL MASSIEL MARTINEZ
CLAUDIA VERONICA VALLEJO
GROUP: 551018_12
TUTOR:
JULIO CESAR TULANDE RENGIFO
OPEN AND DISTANCE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY
(UNAD)
September, 2015
Neyda Eslava
1.
Write
your own definition of these three concepts in about 50 words for each one:
Learning: As we read in unit 1 learning, acquires new, or modifies
and reinforces existing knowledge, behaviors, skills, values, or preferences and may involve synthesizing
different types of information. Learning produces changes in the organism and
the changes produced are permanent.
Language learning is not something that you can not do faster, this is a slow process in human being
that takes everything is in the environment.
Language: This
is a complex skill not only because we use our mouth or tongue to expres
something, also because we use our body to express many things. That is why it is the most important
aspect in the life of all beings, because human beings can communicate with
each other, able to exchange knowledge, beliefs, opinions, wishes, threats,
commands, thanks, promises, declarations, feelings, etc.
Teaching: Teaching is the way people can help some one to do something and
learn how to do it. This is a method
teachers or a leader can give instructions and be a guide and make suggestions
about the best ways to acquire that knowledge. There
is something important between learning and teaching because learning can occur without a teacher,
but teaching in the absence of learners is an activity without justification
and is very necesary teachers or people who is going to guide something have
people who is interested to learn.
2.
Talk
about constructivism as a school of thought. Restate Vygotsky’s philosophy in
your own words
CONSTRUCTIVISM
Constructivism is about how people learn. It says
that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world,
through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences. When we found
something new, we have to reconcile it with our previous ideas and experience,
maybe changing what we believe, or maybe discarding the new information as
irrelevant. In any case, we are active creators of our own knowledge. To do
this, we must ask questions, explore, and assess what we know. That is the most important thing in
constructivism.
In the classroom, the constructivist view of
learning can point towards a number of different teaching practices. In the
most general sense, it usually means encouraging students to use active
techniques.
In
Vygotsky's theories both teachers and older or more experienced children play
very important roles in learning. Vygotsky argued, "learning is a
necessary and universal aspect of the process of developing culturally
organized, specifically human psychological function". Vygotsky's
constructivist theory, is often called social constructivism, and imply an
active and involved teacher, he emphasized the critical importance of culture
and the importance of the social context for cognitive development.
3.
Offer
some classrooms examples of his theories in action. Make sure to describe the
examples according to your experience as a language teacher and learner
Because I work with kids as an english teacher, i use other ways to make they can construct a
concept they are learning in another language.
Examples:
1. Group activities: this is a way to
Students with more experience or
knowledge to share it with peers
and give the opportunity for the
other with less to get on fidence.
2.Role games: are games in which
players assume the roles of characters
responsibility for acting out these roles
within a narrative, either through literal
acting or through a process of structured
decision-making
or character development.
3.Enter variety of materials. Recognizes
the learning style
each student by offering
different
teaching techniques,which helps
long
retention from the material.
