Learning a language

Personal language histories TITULO: HOW TO LEARN A LANGUAGE NIVEL EDUCATIVO: B1 INTERMEDIATE 2 EOI STUDENTS RECURSOS: VOCAB RELACIONADO CON LANGUAGE LEARNING, WORD, COMPUTER CONTIDOS: VOCAB CON LANGUAGE, USED TO/TO BE USED TO/PAST SIMPLE/PRESENT ALL TENSES PROCEDEMENTO: Dividirse entre grupos de catro Tomar turnos para preguntar e responder as preguntas.

Debese turnar para que todos pregunten, responden e escriben as repostas en turnos.

Despois subir o documento marcando claramente quen contesta a que pregunta.

Ao rematar hai que intentar subir el documento a este mismo sitio web.

his is an introductory exercise to get you thinking about your own experiences with language and to hear about the experiences of others. You do not have to write anything but you do need to listen and to contribute to your group’s discussion. Work in a group of three or four.

Babyhood 1)

What was your first word?

2)

How old were you when you said it?

3)

What was your favourite nursery rhyme?

4)

Write two lines of it here.

5)

Are you bilingual?

6)

If you are bilingual, which language did you learn to speak first?

7)

Did you mix up the two languages?

8)

Can you remember any sentences you used to say which used both your languages?

9)

What do you think of learning subjects through English?

Early Childhood 10) Do you remember learning to read?

11) Can you remember your first books?

12) Think back to kindergarten / nursery school. Did your coat peg have a name or picture on it?

13) Did you have name tags on your clothes?

Personal language histories 14) Could you read your name?

15) Did you learn to read letter by letter or did you learn whole words?

16) Think back to learning to write. Were you taught to use a particular style of handwriting?

17) Were you right or left-handed?

18) What type of comments did the teacher write on your work?

19) How do you say your name in other languages 20) Would you give your children a foreign name

Secondary School 21) How would you rate your oral skills during secondary school?

22) Did you talk a lot to your teachers? If not, can you remember why?

23) Did you talk a lot to your friends?

24) What sort of accent did you have at school?

25) Did your parents or teachers ever criticise or try to change the way you spoke?

26) How did your secondary school teachers speak?

27) Did you like their accents?

28) Did you ever move schools? If so, did you find that you spoke differently from the other children?

29) How did they, and you, react?

30) If you are bilingual, what was happening to your command of two languages at this time? Did you speak different languages to different people?

31) Did you see being bilingual as an advantage?

32) How did your language skills progress through secondary school? Can you remember any turning points?

Now

Personal language histories 33) How do you rate your language skills at present?

34) How would you describe your accent?

35) Do you feel you are judged by the way you speak?

36) Do you ever change the way you speak according to where you are and who you are speaking to?

37)

If you are bilingual, what factors influence your choice of language?

38) Why are you studying English now?

39) What do you expect to gain from the course?

40) When you finish English what language would you like to learn next 41) What’s most difficult about English?

42) How would you improve this language class?