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And my own results reflect this. On the most traditional grammar test you can imagine, my TCI/TPRS taught kids scored EQUALLY as well as the other 3 elementary schools in my district, each of which uses more “eclectic” methods. The school that did the best did in fact take the most traditional teaching approach, but those kids did not do that much better. And at what cost? I’m sure those kids can’t communicate at all. And note: my kids had never received a single traditional grammar class.
This is great information. I believe that amidst all the classroom CI our brains want to figure out the why questions. It is part of that language instinct to find, categorize, and ultimately figure out ways to use the language we understand.
I was discussing this with my admin today after an observation. He totally gets and supports that I create a classroom with “activities that let them focus on meaning as opposed to formal features.”
Thanks for sharing this…BTW…does anyone know Sandra Savignon or have any stories about her?
…does anyone know Sandra Savignon or have any stories about her?….
Michael, one of her biggest fans is Mark Knowles. He worked with her at Illinois.
To Michael Coxon’s point, and lest we should forget this very important quote, here it is again, to be repeated slowly, sentence by sentence, to parents and admin types. It is my creed: “Language is far more than a system to be explained. It us our most important link to the world around us. Language is culture in motion. It is people interacting with people.” (Savignon (1983), Chapter 5, Communicative Competence: Theory and Classroom Practice, p. 187). The second sentence is the money, the one that upends all the prioritization given to STEM (love you STEM guys, but you don’t provide us our most important link to the world around us. Sorry about that.). It is that one I would say really slowly and my pause after it would be the longest.
I could use help from Eric, Mark, and anyone else who really knows SLA research. I am looking to do an action research project for a class I am taking. The class is not any sort of SLA class, but an education class. I was hoping to focus primarily on practical methods to increase speech output from those students who are reluctant to speak in semi-unstructured activities (communicative) in L2 for reasons of internal anxieties, perfectionism, etc. Maybe you don’t have any of those students, but I do. They respond to simple questions, but seem very attached to English at times compared to those who are more willing to make errors, but just choose to communicate. I also think they are more capable than they realize. I need to do a literature review and then the plan is to choose and implement a strategy or strategies and see how effective they are. I have found some sources, but am hoping that those of you who do a lot of this can help me hone in on what might be most helpful to me. Also, on an unrelated to this project note, any suggestions to improve this even if not research- based would be welcomed. The class that I want to improve is a level 3 class. I honestly do not think level 1 students have enough ability to produce for me to think that willingness and anxiety are decreasing out chances to stay in L2. (I have occasionally felt that way with some students in German II as well)
I neglected to type the word “use” in the first sentence. I could “use” help. Links or titles to studies would be fine. If you don’t want to send to everyone, please send them to me at espindler@gmail.com. Again, I can look for the titles, but any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
MANDATORY READING FOR THE PLC AND ALL FL/SL TEACHERS:
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED135245.pdf
This article is incredible! It could have been written today and be just as relevant as it was when it was written 40 YEARS AGO!!! (Savignon, 1976). This could have been written by a TPRS teacher!
I couldn’t even begin to give the spark notes on this article, because every line is worth reading!