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FLE 4360 FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTIONAL ANALYSIS
Omaggio Reading I
TOPIC: LANGUAGE AS HUMAN
BEHAVIOR / COURSE INTRODUCTION
Chapter I. [Orientation of text.]
In Re Change of language behavior:
competence & performance
A. Proficiency defined [Implications for youth L2 ?]
Question: What is it like to know a
foreign language?
1. Definitions & Theorists
2. Communicative competence
3. ACFTL Provision Guidelines
4. Research findings
Chapter II. Theoretical Perspectives
A. Theorists/Theories: Empiricism to rationalism
1. Universal Grammar
2. Krashen (see below)
3. Cognitive Theory
4. Connectionism
B. Krashen's model / hypotheses & other views
1. Principles
2. Implications
3. Opposing views
a. Munsell & Carr (questions) b. McLaughlin (in re
processing)
C. Review & discussion (in re FLE 3063 Introduction)
Chapter III. PRINCIPLES AND PRIORITIES
A. Introduction in re views
of learning process and needed method.
1. Differing positions and methods
2. Proficiency as organizing principle
3. Proficiency oriented hypotheses
a. Key points
b. Corollaries
B. Methodology and proficiency /
hypotheses
1. Definitions
2. Working
hypotheses / corollaries
C. Proficiency in existing methodologies
1. Method: Type, Name, background [Objectives?] / Characteristics / Sample
lesson plan
/ Proficiency orientation / potential drawbacks [value?]
2. Types
a. Grammar-Translation
b. Direct
c. Audiolingual
d. Cognitive
e. Functional Approach
f. Total Physical response
g. Natural Approach
h. Humanistic 1) Community LL 2) Silent Way
3) Suggestopedia
3. [Discussion]: in re class topics / Review & Discussion
Chapter IV. ROLE OF CONTEXT IN COMPREHENSION AND LEARNING
See Omaggio Reading II
Excerpts by David W. Gurney, Associate Professor
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