Language Acquisition
Is Not Linear
How do We Deal with
So Many Different Blobs of Language
in one Classroom?
By Bryce Hedstrom
What we teach
What we teach
Our curriculum
What we teach
What we hope our students acquire
Our curriculum
What we teach
What we hope our students acquire
Our curriculum
What we have to teach
What we teach
What we hope our students acquire
What we have to test
Our curriculum
What we have to teach
What students actually acquire
What students actually acquire
What students actually acquire
What students actually acquire
What students actually acquire
Hay un problema…
Students don’t all acquire
the same things
Students don’t all acquire
the same things
at the same time
Students don’t all acquire
the same things
at the same time
in the same way
How do we get common ground?
How do we get common ground?
• By keeping in mind the differences between
acquisition & learning.
• By speaking and reading in the target
language comprehensibly.
• By using language that students all
understand and find interesting.
We have to make it comprehensible
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