Developing Oral Proficiency

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Developing Oral Proficiency

• The Theoretical Bases

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The Notion of Interlanguage(Omaggio Chapter 6)

• How is the learners competence characterized by
  Selinker (1972)?
• What do the following characterizations have in
  common
• - Approximative system.
• - Transitional competence.
• - Intermediate system between the learners
  native language and the target.

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Fossilization

• What is the definition of fossilization provided
  by Selinker?
• Is ultimate attainment in second language
  acquisition measured against ultimate attainment
  in a first language?

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Variability in Language Acquisition

• What is the role of variability in SLA?
• What are the main factors creating variation?

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Activity 1

• Analyze activities in samples 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7.
• Determine whether they are appropriate in terms
  of.
• Context.
• Content.
• Accuracy.
• Text.
• How do these activities differ from real life
  interaction?

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Activity 2

• Analyze the activity in illustration 6.6.
• Are the targeted standards properly addressed?

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Sources of Errors in Interlanguage

• Define the following processes
• Language transfer
• Transfer of training
• Strategies of second language learning
• Strategies of second language communication
• Overgeneralization of target language rules

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Activity 3

• Recall the strategies for error correction that
  you use or would use in your class.
• Analyze them from the perspective of the types of
  errors proposed by Selinker.
• Do the strategies that you use take into account
  the different nature of errors?

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Student Anxiety (Tsui)

• According to Tsui, what are successful strategies
  to deal with student anxiety? Is there research
  supporting this?

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• Lengthening waiting time
• Improving questioning technique
• Accepting a variety of answers
• Peer support and group work
• Focus on content

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Teaching the Spoken Language (Kramsch P.86-94)

• Analyze case study 5.
• How does the teaching technique of each
  instructor differ in terms of
• Context
• Setting
• Participants
• Ends
• Sequence
• Key