Etienne and ESL

Hi everyone, For this unit, I made a short quiz going over the various teaching methods that have been proposed for ESL. Feel free to try it out and let me know what you think! Methodology Quiz

TESL 0100 Unit 5 Reflection: Favourite Approaches to Language Teaching                                                                        (Source: https://videnskab.dk/kultur-samfund/saadan-kan-indvandrere-faa-langt-stoerre-viden-om-sundhedsvaesnet)  After having read about all the various methods and approaches that are out there for ESL education, I’d like to go over three of them that I quite like for this week’s blogpost. Task-Based Language Teaching: This is one variant of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) that is built around learning language in order to accomplish a goal or a task (Brown & Lee, 2015). These goals can range from something simple like learning how to fill out a form with personal information all the way to planning a complex itinerary for an overs...

Hi everyone,  Below is a sketch I did of how I envision my future classroom. I have put the students in the centre of the drawing because I hope to create a learner-centered environment. Aside from that, I think the rest is pretty straightforward. Anyway, feel free to let me know what you think! What would you do differently? 

TESL 0100 Unit 4 Reflection: Languaculture and English                         (Source: https://pixabay.com/en/international-world-flags-countries-1751293/ ) For this week’s blogpost, I’d like to discuss the term “languaculture” and some questions that came to me regarding this concept. Brown and Lee (2015) refer to this term as on of their eight principles behind second language acquisition (SLA). According to them (2015) “language and culture are intricately intertwined, and often an L2 is so deeply rooted in a culture that it is not quickly and easily discerned or internalized by a learner.” (Brown & Lee, 2015, p.81) This essentially is what languaculture is all about. It’s the idea that language and culture are essentially inseparable, meaning that in order to learn a language and fully understand it, one must also learn about the culture from where the language originates. Personally, I have expe...

Area of Need Action to be Taken When Become familiar with stress patterns in English words. Read up on literature around stress patterns and familiarize myself with them. (ex: Where does stress fall in a compound word?) January 2019 Expand my knowledge of grammatical terms. Read up on grammar rules and take note of any terms that are unfamiliar. Practice explaining these terms to become familiar with them. Ongoing! Become more comfortable with utilising inductive teaching strategies. Look up lesson plans that include inductive teaching strategies; prepare activities which incorporate these. January 2019

TESL 0100 Unit 3 Reflection: Everything in Moderation                                                                                                                        (Source:https://www.flickr.com/photos/61056899@N06/5751301741)  As I went over this week’s assigned readings, I was interested to learn a little about the history of grammar instruction over the past hundred years. What especially stood out to me was how language education went through several “fads”, where views shifted from one extreme to another. During the first half of the 20 th century, two methods were particularly popular; the Grammar Translation Method and the Audiolingual Method (Brown & ...

Below, my partner Kathy and I worked to create 3 learner personas that we may find in our classrooms one day. In addition, we analyzed each learner persona with ideas for what we could do for them in the classroom. The first persona was given as an example, however we analyzed that one too. Anyway, I hope you find these learner personas and our analyses of each interesting!  Persona 1 When discussing this profile with your partners, identify how you can use this information in your planning. An Image of the Person Name: Maya Age: 65 Newcomer to Canada (arrived within the last 3 years). Originally from Afghanistan. Lived as a refugee in Pakistan for 10 years. 4 children (adults, the youngest is in college, the oldest is a mechanic in a car shop). Loves cooking. Worked as tailor, continues to provide tailoring services from home. Multilingual. Education and Experience First free classes of formal education in first lan...