Process language

PROCESS LANGUAGE: TO MAXIMIZE ENGLISH IN non-ENGLISH CLASSROOMS

presented by: Sarah Sahr

Oportunidades y Desafíos de la Enseñanza de Idiomas: Primer Congreso Internacional de Bilingüismo y Multilingüismo, Quito 2009

Universidad San Francisco de Quito Saturday, 12 September 2009 3:15 – 4:00pm

What is Process Language?

VOCABULARY AND Process language is the ________________ STRUCTURES ____________ that teachers and students use in the classroom specifically for the PURPOSE OF LEARNING _________________.

Process language provides both teachers and students with the LESSON’S OUTCOMES in tools to focus on the _______________ the most efficient and comprehensive way.

Activity!

libogiyo

oossstthhpneyi

lyarboorat

epocsorcim

Process Language is… 

…the language that is not necessarily the target skill for a particular activity, but the language that can and will be used by students negotiating around the target skill in an activity.

 …the

language that should be use to manage class. In this respect, it is classroom management language.

Using Process Language could… 

…easily double the language my students learn in any particular lesson by adding process language to the target skill.

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…provide my students with the Second Language tools to manage a new activity.

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…make my job easier and the classroom a more comfortable place for my students.

Two Types of Process Language: 1.

Classroom Management  .  .  .

2.

Activity Management  .  .  .

BET ME! (an activity)   

Divide the class into 2 teams Give them an amount of money to bet with Teams decide how much money they want to bet.

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If they get the question right, they get double the money.

If they are wrong they loose the money.

Teacher asks questions…

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