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TEACHING ENGLISH FOR PRIMARY EDUCATION
1.2.Children´s creative use of limited language
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Cecilia Maller, 2014
In early stages of mother tongue development
Children (=ch.). very creative with:
1. Concepts
2. Grammatical forms.
Ex.
1.Don´t unring? (= wait, hold on) ( knowledge of
UN, as a negative prefix).
2. Switch off the dark.
FUNDAMENTAL PHENOMENON TO LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.
A. Creation of words by analogy.
B. Invention of new words.
It´s also present in people who are learning a L2.
IF T H E Y U N D E R S TA N D M E S S A G E …T H E Y U N D E R S TA N D L A N G UA G E
To maintain this first source of understanding is
fundamental part of human communication.
Highly developed ability in primary for this, but difficult
for them to follow purely verbal instructions and info.
How do we know it´s not working? They get it wrong.
Ch. have interpreting skills ability to
understand messages.
That´s how they learn new words ,concepts and
expressions in L1.
How do they learn a new lg.?
Ch. call on same skills to interpret new:
sounds, words and
structures.
WHAT TO DO TO SUPPORT AND DEVELOP THIS?
Use: gestures, intonation, demonstration, actions,
facial expressions.
What for?
To convey meaning of what said.
Ch. abilities:
Perceive meaning
Have great skill in producing meaningful lg. from
limited sources.
WHAT IF A ? GRAMMATICAL STRUCTURE IS ?
Different ways to convey meaning:
Make up new words-
Say words from their mother tongue in a foreign
accent.
May produce temporarily inexact and inept lg.
manage to communicate
WHAT´S THIS?
A way to build up our grasp (= ability to
understand a complicated idea or situation, to take
sth. and hold it firmly) of the lg.
We are building up our grasp of the lg.
Why?
We are actively recombining and constructing it for
ourselves.
WHEN DOES THE PHENOMENON APPEAR?
Always and naturally, when there´s need to
communicate..
To make the most of the creative lg. Skill, we
should provide occasions where:
1. the urge to communicate makes ch. find some
way of expressing themselves.
2. The lg. demanded by the activity is
impredictable, it´s not only asking to repeat set
phrases, but is encouraging kids/ learners to
construct lg. Actively for themselves.
What can we do, then?
GAMES
Use
WHY GAMES?
They are fun
Create desire to
communicate
Create unpredictability
Fun eleme
nts
WHAT NOT TO FORGET…
Close T´s guidance should not be avoided, it´s also
an important partof learning.
Freer activities: give the chance to make mistakes.
Ch. are impatient to communicate, so…more not
fewer mistakes.
WHAT DOES THE DESIRE TO
COMMUNICATE BRING?
Brings next capacity….
Which one?
Their aptitude for indirect
learning
HOMEWORK
Read and summarize ( study)
1.3. Children´s capacity for indirect
learning
Pgs. 5 and 6, Chapter 1. Teaching
English in the Primary Classroom