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Written and Second Language Acquisition

Written and Second Language Acquisition. Is written language acquired naturally or learned consciously? Can people acquire a second language? By: Amy Barnes.

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Written and Second Language Acquisition

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  1. Written and Second Language Acquisition Is written language acquired naturally or learned consciously? Can people acquire a second language? By: Amy Barnes

  2. In the movie, Matilda, Mrs. Honey is a perfect example of using both traditional teaching strategies while incorporating the Acquisition View. [click image to see more on Matilda]

  3. Methods, Strategies & Views • Word Recognition View- The belief that written language must be learned and that the main task during reading is to identify words. • Recoding- Changing the marks on the paper into words already known in an oral vocabulary to identify words

  4. Methods, Strategies & Views continued.. • Decoding- The various skills used to change a printed word into an understandable meaning. • Structural Analysis- To identify longer words by breaking them down into component parts • Sight Words- Words that are commonly used, but may not follow phonetic spelling rules, and as a result are frequently learned through memorization

  5. Quotes for Thought “…The reader’s focus must always be on constructing meaning, using his or her knowledge in transaction with the published text.  The reader’s proficiency in constructing meaning occurs as a natural consequence of using written language for real (authentic) purposes.  Teachers who understand the importance of how readers become proficient organize a literate environment for students so that the natural reading process is nurtured.” -Reading Strategies: Focus on Comprehension by Yetta Goodman, Dorothy Watson, Carolyn Burke “Real competence in writing must stem at least in part from the learner's reading a large volume of texts that model the types of prose they will eventually create. Reading allows an individual to acquire a sense of how a given text is forged and presented to a reader.” -Transactional Idiom Analysis: Theory and Practice, John I. Liontas   “Language acquisition…requires meaningful interaction in the target language…in which speakers are concerned not with the form of their utterances but with the messages they are conveying and understanding. Error correction and explicit teaching of rules are not relevant to language acquisition….” -Stephen D Krashen Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning

  6. Acquisition vs. Learning Hypothesis from Krashen

  7. Matilda Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFdrYxYIdDI

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