Read blogs I wrote during my studies in language acquisition and teaching English as a foreign language
Michael Byram’s Model of Intercultural Communicative Competence is an effective tool to use when teaching, especially with a multicultural classroom. In my experience, I have always felt it is important to be a culturally responsive teacher. This is something that is encouraged through Byram’s ICC model. You as the teacher need to be aware of various cultural aspects in order to support students…
Swedish Curriculum Although trained in the United States, I currently live and work in Stockholm, Sweden with a completely different education system and grading criteria. I am also living in a much more diverse and multicultural place than where I lived and completed my practicum in the United States. One aspect of schools in Sweden (that can be beneficial or detrimental depending on the school…
One of the first things Potowski brings up is the fact that in the US, assimilation was not only used, but expected among society and schools. Her example she used was about her grandparents being fluent in Lithuanian but never passing that on because of the pressures to only speak English. Even though that was in the 1950s, there still isn’t a lot of encouragement for immigrants to keep their…
First I will tackle the first question above: Should teaching be used to achieve communicative competence or for more detailed accuracy? It would depend on my classroom and the goals of the students I am teaching.
For example, if I were to consider my students right now, who are roughly ages 9-11 and mostly speak languages other than English at home and at school, I would focus on teaching for…
Data Collection and Results Research was gathered at this specific school setting from Year 4 students (roughly aged 9-11) and the staff working there. Both groups were asked the same questions which are as followed. What is your mother tongue? What language(s) do you use at school? What language(s) do you use at home? What language(s) do you use with your friends? At what age did you start…
