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Language Acquisition Is Not Linear. How do We Deal with So Many Different Blobs of Language in one Classroom? By Bryce Hedstrom. What we teach. What we teach. Our curriculum. What we teach. What we hope our students acquire Our curriculum. What we teach.
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Language Acquisition Is Not Linear How do We Deal with So Many Different Blobs of Language in one Classroom? By Bryce Hedstrom
What we teach Our curriculum
What we teach What we hope our students acquire Our curriculum
What we teach What we hope our students acquire Our curriculum What we have to teach
What we teach What we hope our students acquire What we have to test Our curriculum What we have to teach
Students don’t all acquire the same things at the same time in the same way
How do we get common ground? • By keeping in mind the differences between acquisition & learning. • By speaking and reading in the target language comprehensibly. • By using language that students all understand and find interesting.