Principles of learning and teaching foreign language: Seminar 3 FLGR.01.088 Natalja Zagura natalja.zagura@ut.ee
Aptitude for language learning “prediction of how well, relative to other individuals, an individual can learn a foreign language in a given amount of time and under given conditions” (Carroll and Sapon) phonetic coding ability grammatical sensitivity rote learning ability inductive learning ability 25.09.2009
Motivation Integrative vs instrumental Intrinsic vs extrinsic 25.09.2009
Motivation: determining factors attitude towards the language, culture, nation aims self-esteem group dynamics teacher attitudes (Piret Kärtner) 25.09.2009
The 10 commandments for creating and maintaining motivation (Dörnyei, Csizer 1999) Serve as a model Create a pleasant learning atmosphere Provide clear directions for completing exercises Maintain good relations with learners Support learners’ linguistic self-confedence Make your lessons interesting Support learner autonomy Personalise the learning process Keep learners aware of the aims Introduce the target culture 25.09.2009
Critical period hypothesis a long-standing debate in linguistics and language acquisition over the extent to which the ability to acquire language is biologically linked to age the hypothesis claims that there is an ideal 'window' of time to acquire language in a linguistically rich environment, after which this is no longer possible 25.09.2009