566+Agenda+-+5.31.12

9:00 - 9:05 - Welcome
 * Who will take notes?

9:05 - 9:30 - Review of SLA - Study
 * NOTES:**


 * __Review of Second Language Acquisition (seed metaphor)__**
 * **Comprehensible Input (sunlight):** L2 input that can be at least partially understood; meaningful
 * **Interaction (soil):** communicating or interacting in the L2 (active, purposeful engagement)
 * **Negotiated Output (water):** production of L2 with opportunities for feedback and negotiation of meaning
 * __Other Variables that Affect SLA…__**
 * **Time:** It can’t be avoided; it takes 5-12 years for a ELL to become fluent
 * **Contextual Variables:** Context of the ELL experience (purpose for learning L2, formal vs. informal, access to L2 speakers/resources, amount and nature of feedback and support, and length of time learning L2, **culture**)
 * **Individual Variables:** Variables that affect the learner (L1 and relationship to L2, personality, engagement socially, L1 literacy, prior education, family, education level of parents, age, culture, motivation, learning style, learning resources, time, life experience/demand)
 * **Linguistic Variables:** The nature of English (L1 à L2, oral, written, level of formality, genre, academic vs. social, topic of communication, dialects & group varieties of language, comprehension vs. production)
 * __Implications for Teaching?__**
 * Input
 * Interaction
 * Output
 * Individual Variables
 * Linguistic Variables
 * Contextual Variables

9:30 - 10:00 - Discuss Readings -Bring in realia -Keep a journal -Relate education back to their original culture -Use technology -Work together with the ELL student to write a letter -Contact a designated translator -Use Skype with a virtual translator -Learn a few words from that culture -Culture unit in class (cultural awareness) -Making connections -Pull out important points -Teach main ideas or key vocabulary (breaking down concepts and then building them back up) -Start small and build up
 * Sarah - Discussion Leader
 * NOTES:**
 * __Discuss Reading__**
 * What activities can teachers use to build their understanding of background knowledge?
 * What ways can the teacher communicate with the parents of an ELL student?
 * How can you make an ELL families feel welcome?
 * What types of scaffolding could you provide for ELL students?

10:00 - 10:05 - Break

10:05 - 10:45 - Interactive Literacy Model; Stages of Literacy Development; Case Studies Top down: Background knowledge; context; interence - What the reader already knows
 * NOTES:**
 * __Model of Interactive Literacy (pg. 15)__**

Knowledge of how the English language works Knowledge of phrase and sentence structure Knowledge of words and word structure Prior literacy experiences in other language and English

Bottom Up: Sound/symbol relationship; decoding

10:45 - 11:00 - Closure
 * Update on tutoring
 * Friday Quiz - Look for an email this afternoon!

To do:
 * Finish the case study analysis (just one student - answer the questions) [[file:case studies.docx]]
 * Module 1 - due on Monday
 * Chapter 2 - Tuesday - Stefoni