FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND LEARNING

COLLABORATIVE WORK 1

NEYDA MARITZA ESLAVA

CRISTIAN JAVIER REALPE

RAPHAEL MASSIEL MARTINEZ

CLAUDIA VERONICA VALLEJO

CHRISTIAN GONZALO TABLA

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

in a fictional setting. Players take

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.