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Title: Literacy


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Literacy
  • Unlocking the Mystery
  • of
  • Language Acquisition

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The doors of language Learning
  • Door 1 Listening
  • Door 2 Speaking
  • Door 3 Reading
  • Door 4 Writing

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What is Literacy?
  • Reading
  • Writing

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Stages of Learning
  • Grammar Stage K-4
  • Collect, memorize, gather information
  • Logic Stage 5-8
  • Connect Facts Critical Thinking (Why?)
  • Rhetoric Stage 9-12
  • Expression with fluency, grace, eloquence,
    persuasiveness

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Areas of Language Study
  • Academic English
  • Vocabulary Building/Spelling
  • Grammar Structure of Language
  • Why Study a foreign language?

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Academic English
  • The fabric of textbooks and manuals
  • Highly organized though processes
  • Specialized vocabularies
  • More complex than pleasure reading
  • Mostly grades 9-12

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Vocabulary Building
  • Why the strong emphasis on vocabulary building?
  • Quote from Johnson OConnor

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How do you build vocabulary?
  • 40-60 repetitions of a word in context
  • Study of root words derivatives
  • Prefixes and Suffixes
  • Read! Read! Read!
  • The Sin of Silent Reading

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English Word Pyramid
  • 10 words 25
  • 50 words 50
  • 100 words 60
  • 1000 words 85
  • 10,000 words 98

10
10 Most Useful Words in English
  • a an be
  • for have in
  • of that the
  • to

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We Remember
  • Reading
  • Hearing Words
  • Looking at Pictures
  • Watching a Movie
  • Looking at an Exhibit
  • Watching a Demonstration
  • Seeing it Actually Done
  • Participating in a Discussion
  • Giving a Talk
  • Doing a Dramatic Presentation
  • Simulating the Real Thing
  • Doing the Real Thing

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Learning Grammar and Structure
  • Bathed in the sounds of the language
  • Patterns of grammar and Spelling
  • Shurley Method for Grammar instruction
  • Exceptions to the Rules
  • Idioms

13
Language Learning Games
  • Bingo
  • Tic-Tac-Toe
  • Vocabulary Bees
  • Spelling Bees
  • Concentration Memory Match
  • Chain Drills
  • Foldables
  • Drama

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Why Latin?
  • Isnt Latin Dead?

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Fact 1
  • 60 of English words have Latin Roots
  • Most spelling has stayed the same or vary similar

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Fact 2
  • 90 of all words 3 syllables or more come from
    Latin
  • Large quantities of technical and specialized
    terms (medical, academic English, etc)

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Fact 3
  • Romance Languages are spoken by
  • 750 million people in 57 countries.

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Language and Logic
  • Latin study provides
  • Rules
  • Order
  • Structure
  • that can be transferred to other areas of study.

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Resources
  • English From the Roots Up Joegil Lundquist
  • Vocabulary from Classical RootsNorma Fifer
    Nancy Flowers
  • Victory Drill Book August C. Enderlin, editor
  • Everyday Words from Classical Origins Perfection
    Learning
  • Vocabulary Development Using Roots and Riddles
    Claudia Vurnakes
  • Vocabulary Latin I Frode Jensen
  • Ways Children Learn Geeta Rani Lall
  • An ESL Teachers Handbook Don Edic for LEI
  • A Natural History of Latin Tore Jensen
  • www.memoriapress.com
  • (source for Latin, logic and
    classical education materials)
  • www.promotelatin.org
  • (website of the National Committee for Latin
    and Greek)
  • Also
  • The Shurley Method Brenda Shurley and Ruth
    Wetsell
  • The Well-Trained Mind Jessie Wise and Susan
    Wise Bauer

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Questions?
  • Answers
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