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Liliane Vannoy Dual Language
Immersion Special ist
TPS
NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM
My Name Means … Describe yourself to your group by using words that start with the letters of your name.
LoudInventive LivelyIndependent Active Nerdy Energetic
INTRODUCTION
My name means … is a great activity that can be done in the
native language.
Value the learner by treasuring the language.
REFLECTION
NATIVE LANGUAGE IN THE CLASSROOM
LEARNING THEORY
Krashen’s popular theory of second language acquisition (1994) :
Language is best acquired informally.
TEACHING IMPLICATIONS
Teachers should create warm, welcoming classroom environments.
Teachers should use strategies that motivate students to communicate with each other.
Teacher should promote social interaction and peer engagement.
TEACHING IMPLICATION
Teachers should incorporate activities that support social interaction, using strategies such as buddies, pair shares and cooperative grouping.
(Lily Wong Fillmore 1979)
COOPERATIVE LEARNING
It gives students the opportunity to interact in a social and academic level.
Cooperative activities stimulates vocabulary development.
NATIVE LANGUAGE PAIRS
Pair students based on their native language.Pair students with high proficiency level with middle
level and middle level with low level proficiency.
NATIVE LANGUAGE PAIRS
COOPERATIVE
COMMUNITY
High level
Middle
level
Low level
Middle
level
NATIVE LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES
PEER ENGAGEMENT
The desire to make friends motivates children and that friendship scaff olds their language acquisition.
(Lily Wong Fillmore 1979)
Learning is social.
How often do you use cooperative learning in your class?
How often do you let students help each other using their native language ?
REFLECTION
NATIVE LANGUAGE SPACE
It is a place designated for resources and material. Your
“ foreign” library. Dictionaries Translators Computers
NATIVE LANGUAGE RESOURCE CENTER
It is a place in the classroom where the students can do activities in their native language.
Examples of activities: listen to music, read a book, work a cross word puzzle, play games.
Students can contribute to this center with their own materials and resources.
NATIVE LANGUAGE CENTER
It is a place that allows students to complete content related activities in their language.
Students can create content related activities.Students can create labels for class objects.Students can create a poster about a lesson topic.Students can write letters, poetry, journals. Students can translate certain things for teachers or
school.
NATIVE LANGUAGE WORK CENTER
Do you have any of these spaces in your class? Can you create any of these spaces in your
classroom?
REFLECTION
NATIVE LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
Students would write any thoughts, concerns, or questions and place them in a box.
It can have a content or a lesson purpose.
THOUGHT BOX
Students write a letter or a card to a person at school or in the classroom that can read in their native language.
Students can exchange letters or cards.
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
Students can create an alphabet to represent the letters.
Students can create an alphabet related to a content area.
Students can create an alphabet related to a lesson topic.
Students can create an alphabet related to a book.Students can create an alphabet representing their
country.
NATIVE LANGUAGE ALPHABET
Students are invited to greet the classroom.Students can teach some simple commands, numbers,
food and other simple vocabulary words.Students can teach cognates.
NATIVE LANGUAGE DAY
Students bring their favorite music.Students can try to talk about the meaning of the
song.
NATIVE LANGUAGE MUSIC TIME
Words related to their culture.Words related to their country Words related to a theme, a holiday, a special
occasion.
FOREIGN WORD WALL
Words related to content or lesson objective. Choose words that are essential vocabulary for a
lesson.Ask students to translate the word in their language.Ask students to translate high frequency words.
TRANSLATION WORD WALL
Snake
Serpiente(Spanish)
Serpente(Portuguese)
ثعبان(Arabic)
Serpent(French)
ງູI(Lao)
Schlange(German)
TRANSLATION WORD WALL
What was you favorite activity? What activity can you incorporate in your class?
REFLECTION
List the reservations and concerns about using native language in the classroom.
List the benefits of using native language in the classroom.
ACTIVITY
“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” ― Ludwig Wittgenstein
