Starting class with Krashen's theory of second language acquistion was great. For me, this theory encompasses so many elements of L2 acquisition in the five hypothesis. I am glad that i already have a good understanding of these hypotheses so the group exercises were just review. I was hoping that we would be able to talk about the first chapter in Finegan's book Language: Its structure and use, but there was not enough time.
The American tongues movie was amazing. I love hearing different accents and languages. So for me just learning about them and hearing them speak in such a different way even though the distance between dialects maybe not be that far but the way people communicate is completely different in terms of accents, phrasing and wording.
The transitions with the microphones seems to be helping my dislike or online course. So as soon as i buy one maybe things will get even better.
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Krashen's theories are meaningful for me to. Especially the learning/acquisition hypothesis is worth to go into details.
ReplyDeleteAre you liking the synchronous online aspect better? I get a little frustrated at times, but I think the class has a great chemistry already. I enjoy Thursday afternoons.
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