1. LLED 7630E
CLASS 2: LANGUAGE
TEACHING IN CONTEXTS

2. Today’s agenda
 Lecture: Language teaching in contexts
 Some jargons from the readings
 Next week’s class
 Watching archived webinar? There are 11 questions
that you should respond in this webinar. Please
write down your answers in one word-document and
post your 11 answers as one entry on the class eLC.

3. Webinar question 1
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
Based on this week’s reading, what is context of
language teaching?

4. What is context?
 More than physical/geographical location and the
concrete factors that shape classroom practices
 Sociopolitical/ sociocultural aspects

5. Webinar question 2
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 How each layer in the following slide influences your
teaching?

6. National
State
City
District
School
Program
Classroom
Adapted from Sharkey (2004) p. 289

7. Situational Contexts of Education
 Linguistic context
 Economic context
 Social context
 Cultural context
 Political context
Brisk, Burgos, & Hamerla (2004)

8. Linguistic context of education
 The nature of languages
 Types of languages
 Types of writing systems
 Functions of language
 Language alternation

9. Linguistic context of education
 Types of language  Types of writing systems
- Spoken vs. written - Alphabetic
- BICS vs. CALP Ex) tree, 나무
: Basic Interpersonal - Logographic
Communication Skills Ex)木, 林, 森
Cognitive Academic
Language Proficiency
- Linguistic family of
language

10. Webinar question 3 & 4
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 Webinar Q3) What are the examples of BICS &
CALP?
 Webinar Q4) How BICS and CALP affect your
teaching?

11. BICS & CALP

12. Webinar question 5 & 6
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 Webinar Q 5) How can we teach BICS?
 Webinar Q6) How can we teach CALP?

13. Linguistic context of education
 Functions of language  Language alternation
- Official language - Code-switching
- FL/SL : intra-sentential
Inter-sentential

14. Kachru 1992
 Stratification of English (Language in general)
English as a Second Language
Expanding
circle English as a Foreign Language
English as a Lingua Franca
Outer circle
Inner circle

15. Webinar question 7 & 8
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 Webinar question 7) What are the learner
characteristics in each circle?
 Webinar question 8) What is medium of instruction in
each circle?

16. Economic context of education
 Financial resources of families and schools
 Economic impact of serving populations
 Economic mobility and career opportunities

17. Economic context of education
 Martin et al. 2000
Students with
- A high level of educational resources (e.g.,
technology equipment, desk, dictionary)
- 1 parent with college degree
- More than 100 books
Have a higher chance to be successful in achievements
in match & science

18. Webinar question 9
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 Think about the economic context of your teaching
setting and share with your group members how it
affects your teaching. Please use concrete examples.

19. Social context of education
 Demographic
 Connections with homeland
 Language and variety status
 Gender, ethnicity, race, and class
 Socio-historical events
 Supporting system

20. ELLs in Clarke county schools
Demographic: Middle
109
High
111
Clarke County
School District
Identified ELLs: 1125 Elementary
905
total, 905 elementary,
109 middle
school, 111 high school
Approximately 10% of the
total district population
are identified for ESOL
services
Approximately 90% of
the ELL population is
Hispanic
Students are monitored
for two years after exiting
the ESOL program
www.clarke.k12.ga.us/offices.cfm?subpage=39

21. Social context of education
 Connections with
 Supporting system
homeland
 Language and variety
status
- Standard (?) vs. dialect

22. Cultural context of education
 Families
 School
 Peers
 Media

23. Webinar question 10
 If you are watching archived webinar, please
stop the webinar, and answer the following
question;
 Think of classroom situation in which you felt uncomfortable
with the teaching and learning process. What made you feel
uncomfortable? What was it about the teacher that conflicted
with your beliefs about teaching and learning? What was it
about your classmates that conflicted with your beliefs about
teaching and learning? Did the teacher behave differently from
other teachers? Did some learners control the floor, not letting
anyone else participate? Did some learners seem bored?

24. Webinar question 11
 Think about an example of political context and its
influence on language education.
 If you are watching webinar, please stop this webinar
and answer the aforementioned question.

25. Political context
 Language use in education
 Incorporation of cultural perspectives in the
curriculum
 Accountability
 Government policies toward immigrants and
language-minority groups.
 Language and political unity

26. Influences of situational factors/contexts on
students’ learning

27. Jargons
Tasks
BICS vs. CALP
Ethnographic study
LEP-ELL-CLDL

28. Next Week
 Theoretical & Empirical perspectives on language
learning
 Reading discussion question – Group 2