Liliane Vannoy Dual Language Immersion Specialist 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.  Loud  Inventive  Lively  Independent  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 WittgensteinLudwig Wittgenstein

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