Language Development Webquest

TESOL NCATE STANDARDS

Domain 1. Language

Candidates know, understand, and use the major theories and research related to the structure and acquisition of language to help English language learners(ELLs) develop language and literacy and achieve in the content areas.

Issues of language structure and language acquisition development are interrelated. The divisions of the standards into 1.a. language as a system, and 1.b. language acquisition andd evelopment do not prescribe an order.

Standard 1.b. Language Acquisition and Development

Candidates understand and apply theories and research in language acquisition and development to support their ELLs English language and literacy learning and content-area achievement.

 

Resource: http://www.tesol.org/docs/books/the-revised-tesol-ncate-standards-for-the-recognition-of-initial-tesol-programs-in-p-12-esl-teacher-education-(2010-pdf).pdf?sfvrsn=2

Ultimately, you need to be able to answer these questions:  How does studying language in greater depth and detail impact my role in a school wide setting? Am I a "provider" of language or Is language and the study of language not my concern? What key pieces of information should others in my profession know and be able to comprehend with respect to first and second language development and acquisition?

Objectives:

1. Candidates will integrate prior learning from past modules to make connections to new learning in this webquest.
2. Candidates will explain first language and second language development in their own words and with visual imagery.
3. Candidates will describe what being bilingual means in their own words and with visual imagery
4. Candidates will summarize the similarities and differences between first and second language development in their own words and with visual imagery
5. Candidates will be able define the difference between learning and acquisition in their own words and provide examples both visually and orally.
6. Candidates will evaluate and then choose 1 theory of human language development that captures their idea of how language is learned.
7. Candidates will orally defend and justify their chosen theory of human language development.
8. Candidates  will synthesize information learned to create a mini-professional development project using glogster (an online poster). 

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