Pre-School Analysis

English AreaPre-School

2012

Assessment System

• Pre-Assessment • LSRW

• Observations while students work on activities and solve problems with peers.

• Observer takes notes and records student´s performance on how language is used to communicate.

• Two domains of language• Comprehension LR• Production SW

• Language Proficiency• Language Acquisition

Adjustments

• CEF• Needs Analysis

– Target – Learning

• TESOL Standards • Comprehensible Input LR Output SW

Needs AnalysisHerbolich

Target NeedsObjective Subjective

Neccessities HW, CW, text, IBO

Destination

Lacks Social SkillsStudy habitsMotivation

Starting point

Wants ?

Learning NeedsHow are we going to get from starting point to destination?

1. New to student2. Related to student3. Attainment of new lexis4. Would it operate5. Enjoyable and test

TESOL Standards• Goal 1, Standard 1

– To use English to communicate in social settings: Students will use English to participate in social interactions

• Goal 2, Standard 1 – To use English to achieve academically in all content areas: Students will

use English to interact in the classroom

• Goal 3, Standard 2 – To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use

nonverbal communication appropriate to audience, purpose, and setting

• Goal 3, Standard 3 – To use English in socially and culturally appropriate ways: Students will use

appropriate learning strategies to extend their sociolinguistic and socio-cultural competence

Language Acquisition vs Language Learning

Teacher LL• Grammar rules

for teachers proficiency

• Not communicative

• Direct instruction

• Talk about knowledge vs communication

Student LA• Oral “natural” communication

– Classroom talk– Teacher talk– Play talk

• Pre-reading• Vocabulary• Pre-Writing• Grammar at this age students are

unaware of rules

Cognitive Science Language Acquisition

• Modularity – "mental organ,” (Chomsky, 1975,

1991; Fodor, 1983)

• Human Uniqueness– Combinatorial rule system

• Language and Thought – Learning to think. Cognitive

psychology has shown that people think not just in words but in images.

• Learning and Innateness – The sensorimotor abilities– Laws of learning organism's

behavioral repertoire.

Finland’s success school reform

• T-L system• Well designed and

connected• Well-prepared teachers• High quality curriculum• Materials and

assessments• The system as a whole

learn and improve.

Strategies

• Systematic methods• Autonomy• Thinking curriculum• Cooperative learning• Would you be able to

learn Japanese by sitting in a Japanese classroom?

Learners

• Task- based learners• Phantom learner• Social learner• Dependent learner• Isolated learner

Reflexión

• Metodología– Whole Language– Communicative Approach

• Calificaciones vs Aprendizaje• Motores fríos• Leche con chocolate

Tips

• Preguntemos– ¿Cómo fue la explicación?– ¿Qué pasó?– ¿Cómo lo harías tu?

• Afirmaciones– “Quiero que …” – “Es importante que …”