1. E NGLISH L ANGUAGE A CQUISITION & T HE R OLE OF ICT Charles Cornelius ICT

2. E NGLISH L ANGUAGE A CQUISITION & T HE R OLE OF ICT Charles Cornelius ICT Information Communication Technology How do children develop the ability to communicate in a foreign language? How can ICT help?

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6. Professor Stephen Heppell Emerging Technologies

9. Stephen Krashen Monitor Theory

11. Acquisition-Learning Hypothesis Two separate processes LEARNING ACQUISITION Subconscious Similar to first language Communication not correctness Fluency Conscious Structured teaching Knowledge (eg grammatical rules) Accuracy

12. Monitor Hypothesis Learning can support acquisition by checking and correcting communication ACQUISITION LEARNING

13. Natural Order Hypothesis -ing endings he is play ing football Simple plurals two cat s Linking verb “to be” Zuzka is a teacher Auxiliary verbs she is talking Article the , a Irregular past tense he went Regular past she looked 3rd person singular she runs Possessives Josef ’s nose

14. Input Hypothesis “ The single most important concept in foreign language acquisition theory today.”

15. Optimal Input “ The main function of the foreign language teacher is to help make input comprehensible. ” Comprehensible Interesting Relevant Not grammatically sequenced In sufficient quantity

16. Comprehensible Input For acquisition to take place, the input needs to be a little bit beyond what the student already knows. Krashen: i+1 How? Background knowledge Contextual clues Graphic clues Non-linguistic clues Scaffolding

17. Comprehensible Input i + 1 input i + 1 input i + 1 input i + 1 input i + 1 input i + 1 input i + 1 input In Sufficient Quantity

18. Affective Filter Hypothesis COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT WORRY

19. Affective Filter Hypothesis COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT STRESSED

20. Affective Filter Hypothesis COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT EMBARRASSED

21. Affective Filter Hypothesis COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT HAPPY

22. Affective Filter Hypothesis Don’t put student on the defensive Allow student to be silent Don’t do too much error correction

23. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER

25. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER CHARLIE’S TOP TEN WAYS

26. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 10 CHAT ROOMS

30. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 9 EMAIL

37. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 8 BLOGGING

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47. Noam Chomsky

48. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 6 DICTIONARIES

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58. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 4 ONLINE VIDEO

65. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 3 VIDEO CONFERENCING

66. Ardleigh Green Junior School

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73. Second Life

74. OPTIMAL INPUT LOW AFFECTIVE FILTER N UMBER 1 LANGUAGE QUESTS