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2 thoughts on “Alisa on the Change”
I’m totally with you Alisa.
But I’m not sure teachers are flouting the research bc they seem to not know it in the first place. That’s at least my impression over here in Germany. There are still colleagues who don’t know the name of Krashen who has been around since the eighties or so, let alone BVP!!!
Teachers are so caught up in their preparation of lessons (questions on the text, grammar sheets, tests plus marking them) that they don’t read expert books on language aquisition.
What I’ve also come to notice is that language teachers love grammar and believe grammar has helped them a lot to learn the language themselves and although they realise that the majority of their students aren’t interested in grammar they just can’t let go of a grammar-focused teaching style. I should know bc I believed you had to do grammar regularly although I had a bad feeling about it, seeing that it never worked out satisfactorily for my students.
I’m wrapping up my SLA unit with students. I let them know that it is kinda like Plate Tectonic Theory. There is much concrete evidence but people can still deny it or write against it. I tell them simply that I am providing the information that the research and many researchers agree on. I am not saying one way is right and the other isn’t.
I see that many of my successful non-native speaker students are subscribing very nicely to these concepts. I also wrapped up my unit by saying that by teaching grammar and vocab lists, teachers are still providing INPUT during these activities. So it is that that helps them acquire languages. The rest “makes you feel good”.