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Common Ground
Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom
Chapter 1 Resources
Contents: Articles & books, blog posts, podcasts, webinars & presentations, videocasts, databases & other resources.
- Brown, S. & Larson-Hall, J. (2012). Second Language Acquisition Myths. Michigan University Press.
- Cutshall, S. (2012) More Than a Decade of Standards: Integrating “Communication” in Your Language Instruction. The Language Educator, 7(2). 34-39. Available here.
- Gaab, C. (2020). Language Teacher vs. Acquisition Facilitator. Language Magazine. Available here.
- VanPatten, B. (2010). The two faces of SLA: Mental representation and skill. International Journal of English Studies, 10(1), 1-18,167.
- Wicking, P. (2010). Transforming textbook activities into successful tasks. In A. M. Stoke (Ed.), JALT 2009 Conference Proceedings. Tokyo: JALT. Available here.
- “A checklist: Adapt, incorporate, or ditch a textbook activity?” by Sara-Elizabeth Cottrell.
- “Moving from Exercises to Activities to Tasks” by Leslie Grahn.
- "Stations in the World Language Classroom" by Maris Hawkins.
- “BVP Style Task Talk for La Lotería Navideña” by Kara Jacobs.
- "How World Language Teaching Has Evolved" by Jennifer Gonzales & Rebecca Blouwolff
Recorded Webinars & Presentations:
- Q&A session with Dr. Bill VanPatten on input, output, grammar instruction, and other aspects of language teaching and learning.
- Dr. Florencia Henshaw’s keynote speech: “Separating Facts from Fads: Research-informed Pedagogy to Foster Proficiency Development.”
- The Motivated Classroom podcast: "Finding the common ground between language acquisition research and classroom practice with Dr. Florencia Henshaw"
- Tea With BVP podcast: “The Context of Communication”
- Unpacking Language Pedagogy podcast: "SLA Research in/ for the classroom"
- We Teach Languages podcast: “The Role of the Teacher and the PD Facilitator” with Florencia Henshaw and Maris Hawkins
- The World Language Classroom podcast: "Unpack the 5 C's" with Catherine Ritz
- Black Box Videocast 1: Methodological Principles for Language Teaching
- Black Box Videocast 2: Mental Representation and Skill
- World Readiness Standards Overview (video summary created by ACTFL)
- The ACTFL Modes of Communication (video summary created by the Center for Applied Second Language Studies)
- Unpacking (SLA) articles - Episode 19: Principles for selecting and creating materials
- Unpacking (SLA) articles - Episode 17: "Communicative" Textbooks
- Unpacking (SLA) articles - Episode 8: Communicative Language Teaching
- Unpacking (SLA) articles - Episode 14: "Acquisition vs. Development"
- Unpacking terms: Implicit vs. Explicit knowledge
- Unpacking terms: Acquisition
- Unpacking terms: Developmental Sequences
- Unpacking activities: "Communicative grammar drill"
- Unpacking terms: Dictogloss (another alternative to traditional dictation activities)
- Unpacking terms: Drills
- Unpacking terms: Fundamental Difference Hypothesis
- Unpacking terms: Communicative Competence
- Unpacking activities: "Dictation"
- Poster summary of the World-Readiness Standards for Learning Languages.
- 21st Century Skills Map developed by ACTFL.
- A website compiling information and a video demonstration of different methods, created by Brigham Young University.
- Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices, created by Annenberg Learner.
- Two sample tasks created by Bill VanPatten: the first one is input-based, and the second one is a scaffolded interpersonal activity.