VBlog #2
The person I interviewed is my mom. She was born and raised in Taiwan. She started learning English in middle school which was required. She explained to me that the teachers weren't the best at teaching English since it was not their native language. The audiobooks had an American-speaking person, but her classroom teacher taught reading and writing in Taiwan. Later on in life, both of my parents came to the United States for graduate school, and that is when they started to learn English formally. I agree with the monitor hypothesis because when learning a new language, there will be mistakes being made. However, we learn from our mistakes and monitor what we acquire and then correct the mistakes.
"Lightbown and Spada (2013) identify four major perspectives from which theories about second language acquisition (SLA) have emerged: behaviorism, the innatist perspective, the cognitive/developmental perspective (psychological theories), and the sociocultural perspective" (Wright, 2019, p. 51). The interview goes back to this second language acquisition theory because it hits on all the four major perspectives, which incorporate each other to provide for people acquiring a second language. This theory can help my practice by learning and understanding their capabilities and abilities to learn how to obtain a second language. A cognitive/developmental perspective will give me a view of what is happening inside the language learner's brain. The sociocultural perspective gives me the context of the surrounding environment of the learner that facilitates the learning process. Behaviorism is to see how interaction takes place in the classroom. The innatist perspective is the natural abilities the student instills in themselves.
Hey Jasmine!
ReplyDeleteI loved watching you interview your mom as it was so cute and interesting! Considering we have all of these theories to work with, I find it really interesting that you pointed out the 'monitor hypothesis' as I connected this hypothesis with my mom heavily. Wright states, "we can use learned language to monitor or inspect what we acquire and then correct errors", meaning we make mistakes and we learn from them. I know that all hypothesis and theories can be used interchangeably, but it's nice to make the connection that both of our mom's learned English with that one theory.
Hey Adelaide!
DeleteThanks, that's a cool connection made between our mom's. "Thus, critical pedagogy is often a key component of sociocultural approaches to teaching and learning" (Wright, 2019, p. 65). The sociocultural approach is a huge environment factor for student's based off their communities. Gives teachers an understanding of exploring new knowledge and opening themselves to new experiences and perceiving the world.
Hello Jasmine,
ReplyDeleteI like how it was mentioned that learning English for your mom was required in middle school. Because as a person who grew up in America I took for granted the fact that I learned English. Many people have to learn English because it has the most people that speak the English language. Like I saw with some other vblogs learning English for many English Language Learners was not a choice but a requirement. In order to thrive and make a living in America learning English is something people must do. I also like how you stated that monitor hypothesis is what help your mom learn English. Because in order to learn anything and become better at anything we have to learn from our mistakes and take them as learning opportunities. Great post!
Hey Amber!
DeleteThank you for your thoughtful comment. Like you said English is a popular language to learn which makes other countries required to learn the English language in schools. It is nice that school offer languages for students to learn. Even now there are immersion schools integrating classes where its taught half in English and half in another language. I think for students to learn a different language can benefit them in the future job wise.
hi Your mother's English learning process is very similar to mine, only we started learning earlier.it was amazing that combine the theory with real learning, which can help understand better. I think that innate sense of language and acquired effort are very important in learning a language. A good locale in the acquired efforts I think is very important for pronunciation.If you can get a good language environment, go for it, if you can speak more, you can speak more，because practice makes perfect
ReplyDeleteGosh this interviewing with your mom was fascinating. I wish I could ask her what she thinks about what is going on in Taiwan currently!
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