Transcript 3. Psycholinguistic processes in language use and language

Introduction
Week 1
Kang, Nam-Joon
What we’ll do
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Theories of children learning: About
how children in different ages and
aptitudes learn
Types and genres of stories for
children
Effective use of these in language
learning
What is story?
a narrative, either true or fictitious,
in prose or verse, designed to
interest, amuse, or instruct the hearer or r
eader; tale.
 http://www.thefreedictionary.com/story
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Types and genres
Learning and instruction
Piaget
vs
Bruner
Piaget
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Piaget explains the evolution of mind
and intelligence in terms of the
development and realization of logic.
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Not many study of adult thinking
Bruner
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People do not utilize a single method or
logic in reasoning and problem solving:
instead they adopt one of a number of
strategies that differ in scope, power
and efficiency.
People take different processes and it
is differ from individual to individual
and from discipline to discipline.
Piaget
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Was interested primarily in the structure
of mature thinking
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Both equally interested in action and
problem-solving.
Both concerns abstract thinking grow
out from concrete thinking
Did not provide why.
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Bruner
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Logic is not the mature thinking rather
one of adaptive thinking
Put great emphasis on the role of
language, communication and
instruction in the development of
knowledge and understanding.
Vygotsky
and
Bruner
Interactionists
Vygotsky + Bruner
People learn from
communicating with
others.
Learn Language through
communication
Communication?
Scaffolding
ZPD
Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal
Development
Activities that children
can’t do even with help.
The zone of
proximal
development
Lev Vygotsky
1896-1934
Activities that children
can do with help.
Activities that children
can do without help.
Activities that children
can’t do, even with help.
Activities that children
can do with help.
Vs.
?
Activities that children
can do without help.
development
al stages
a zone of
proximal
development
Egocentric Conversations
19
So
How do these
theories
applied?
The Input Hypothesis
+1
the student’s
current
language
level
the student’s
current
language
level
What students
already know
What teachers
should provide
The Input Hypothesis
First
Second
…and so on
The Input Hypothesis
(Bad examples)
i+ 5
Not building on
previous experiences
Too much new content
(learner overload)
known
input + 1 overload
Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis
Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis
Language is
acquired best in an
environment where
anxiety and
defensiveness are
low.
Affective Filter
Langua
ge
learner
Book
s
I+1
Affective
Filter
Homework
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Read papers and summarize theory
write why we have to understand
theories of how children learn in order
to know what literature, how to use
them, and why use them.