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The Language Acquisition Kitchen – 4
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2 thoughts on “The Language Acquisition Kitchen – 4”
This post and Tina’s post is so timely.
Here’s Tina’s
https://benslavic.com/blog/teach-the-message/
I realize that during reading, I do not do translation. Around this time of the year, I am pointing out some spelling endings for my 8th graders who will go on to French 2 or 3 in High School. I am pointing out that a change in the ending is a change in meaning. However, I am sticking to not translating word for word just looking for meaning.
Today, it dawned on me that because this soup is happening in the subconscious mind, language acquisition as well as how we feel about language resides deep within our emotional and survival parts of our brain. At least that is how I am seeing it. Our L1 process is deep and during L2 acquisition we go through a fundamentally similar process… just later. This is why the affective filter is so important. This is why we have to build bridges instead of burning them. This is why cold calling is not fun. This is why forced output is not torture.
I remember going to a French Camp last year. A young man, in French 2 went to raise his grade. The language was incomprehensible to him. He couldn’t advocate for himself because the camp has a strict policy of French only. He said that he was dumb. I felt for him. In English (breaking the rules) I told them that they were “Babies in French.” He later thanked me for being there as he felt excluded his whole time there. Now, how can this camp become more CI friendly?
…forced output really IS tortue