L'apprentissage d'un nouveau langage

Thèmes abordés

anglais, LLCE Langues Littératures et Civilisations Étrangères, langue

Résumé du document

Le document est une suite d'exercices corrigés, en anglais, sur le thème de l'apprentissage d'une langue étrangère.

Extraits

[...] What images are in your mind when you hear the word 'language'? 2. Which article or video did you find the most interesting? 3. Are you surprised at anything you read in the articles or saw in the video? 4. What other languages would you like to learn? 5. Do you agree with the Slovak proverb that says: "The number of languages you speak is the number of times you are human"? 6. What are your feelings toward your own language? [...]

[...] L'apprentissage d'un nouveau langage I. True or False ? 1. The research came from an institute of linguistics. FALSE 2. The researchers' said people aren't adept at learning grammar after 10. FALSE 3. Language-learning ability declines after we reach late teens. TRUE 4. Researchers said it's not easy for children to become bilingual. FALSE 5. Over half-a-million people took an online grammar quiz TRUE 6. Quiz questions were designed to confuse non-native speakers. TRUE 7. A researcher said adults are never too busy to learn a language. [...]

[...] Do you think British people have problems because they are not bilingual? 9. Do you think everyone in the world should study English? 10. What other world languages are important and why? 11. Do you think the world should learn your language? 12. Would your life be different if you spoke English fluently? 13. What do you think of language lessons in kindergartens? 14. What are the benefits of being multilingual? 15. How difficult is your language to learn? 16. How important is grammar? [...]

[...] Struggle to articulate ideas. Giving tools for pronunciation practice and feedback. ORAL COMPREHENSION (LISTEN) Differentiating between words that sound almost the same. When people speak too fast, or when they use informal words and expressions Speaking slowly and distinctly. Teaching listening strategies (focusing on transparent words for example) WRITTING EXPRESSION (WRITE) Difficulties with grammar, verbs' conjugation, feminine and masculine? Giving clear instructions to guide the student. Giving them useful vocabulary. WRITTING COMPREHENSION (READ) Difficult vocabulary and homonyms Teaching reading strategies ORAL INTERACTION (exchange, discuss) Same as in listening and speaking. [...]

[...] Compound bilinguals (when you learn two languages at the same time) Coordinate bilinguals (working with two concepts) Subordinate bilinguals (when filter the foreign language through your own language) Which hemisphere is more dominant in analytical and logical processes? The left hemisphere Which hemisphere is more dominant in emotional and social processes? The right hemisphere What's the critical period hypothesis? Children learn language more efficiently because their developing brain can use both hemispheres in language acquisition What are the physiological advantages of being bilingual? Higher density of the grey matter and more activity in certain regions of the brain when speaking another language. It can also delay diseases like Alzheimer's and dementia. [...]