Monday, July 6, 2015

In chapter 7 the topic is on planning talk for learning and literacy. Talking with students is very important and correcting is also a process so that the students do not feel embarrassed of using the new language.  Language usage in the classroom is critical and it should be done without criticism.  ELLs need a lot of encouragement and they will continue using the new language if the environment is positive. 
Students need to use "Comprehensible Input" and "Comprehensible Output". Input is what is understood by use of a variety of literacy.  Input can include the use of the first language, body language, pictures, using prior knowledge and many others so the students understand what is being taught. Output is the language that is being used to get the information out.  The students need to use language that is understandable and makes sense so the output will make the students think about language use. "Using language that is beyond the learner's comfort zone us necessary at times if there is to be new learning." (p. 134)
There are five ways to support ELLs in talking.
  1. Classroom Talk
  2. Extending initiation response feedback exchange
  3. Giving students time to think 
  4. Borrowing and reformulating student language
  5. Building a bridge to written language
 Giving students time to talk that is supported with academic language is important.  talk can takes place between the teacher and students or students to students.  Discussions gives students the opportunity to understand the lesson and text being used.
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  1. insomniacJuly 9, 2015 at 8:01 PM

    Hi Merlinda, viewing your blog, I tried skimming over the outline to see if I could get the gist of it. What I see is that I think you did a good job of outlining the book you presented. I was not really able to grasp the meaning of the story, but I was able to understand the topic, and I knew the vocabulary. This resolves a suspicion of my own writing, like in the context of taking notes in a college class. For example, if you take notes in class and later read them, most times you should be able to look back and remember what was going in in the context of class and understand the meaning of the notes. Say you miss a day of class and borrow a friends notes, most likely you should be able to extract some kind of example and principal topics, but your missing the story that allows it to make sense. That is where in picking up a text book, reading and working on homework examples, you should be able to finish a problem set, if not there is always tutoring! So my point is, that if you were to just pick up somebody's notes from a random class, have no recent background, than your chances of knowing and understanding the new subject are slim. Of course it sounds like the author of the book you read went the other direction, and tried to overspeak about every point they wanted to make.

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