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, Index
1. Linguistic life stories
2. Linguistic prejudices
- Classification by Isabel Rios
- Thurstone Scale
3. Myths
4. BICS and CALPS
5. Conditions for language learning
- Krashen
6. Definitions of linguistic abilities.
- Monolingualism and Bilingualism
- Plurilingualism and Multilingualism
- Plurilingualism VS Multilingualism
7. Key concepts
8. Translanguaging
9. CLIL and 4 C’s
10. Articles
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, Linguistic Life Stories
It is very important to know which is the linguistic repertoire of our students.
To know it we can use:
★ The flower of languages.
★ A detailed dossier of the child.
★ The linguistic life stories (oral, portraits, letters, etc)
Linguistic Prejudices
We talk about linguistic prejudice when we have preconceived opinions about an entire
category of individuals based on their use of language, or even about a language based on its
use or characteristics. Such opinions are irrational generalisations since they are not based
on actual experience of the individuals; they are just feelings and beliefs. Although we are
surrounded by linguistic prejudices, we don't usually notice them.
Classification by Isabel Rios
★ Easy Languages VS Difficult languages
There are languages of greater accessibility for speakers. When we have references
of other languages we can compare and it turns easier to learn.
★ Soft VS Rough
The characteristics of phonics of languages. What it sounds strange, we considered
rough and the most similar to one’s own language is considered soft.
★ Many speakers VS Few speakers
The main issue is relating numerical superiority with linguistic superiority.
Numbers can not show if some of the languages of more speakers are more useful or
interesting for the majority of people in the world or not.
★ Supporters of monolingualism
These people defend that it is impossible to speak well in more than one language.
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, Index
1. Linguistic life stories
2. Linguistic prejudices
- Classification by Isabel Rios
- Thurstone Scale
3. Myths
4. BICS and CALPS
5. Conditions for language learning
- Krashen
6. Definitions of linguistic abilities.
- Monolingualism and Bilingualism
- Plurilingualism and Multilingualism
- Plurilingualism VS Multilingualism
7. Key concepts
8. Translanguaging
9. CLIL and 4 C’s
10. Articles
1
, Linguistic Life Stories
It is very important to know which is the linguistic repertoire of our students.
To know it we can use:
★ The flower of languages.
★ A detailed dossier of the child.
★ The linguistic life stories (oral, portraits, letters, etc)
Linguistic Prejudices
We talk about linguistic prejudice when we have preconceived opinions about an entire
category of individuals based on their use of language, or even about a language based on its
use or characteristics. Such opinions are irrational generalisations since they are not based
on actual experience of the individuals; they are just feelings and beliefs. Although we are
surrounded by linguistic prejudices, we don't usually notice them.
Classification by Isabel Rios
★ Easy Languages VS Difficult languages
There are languages of greater accessibility for speakers. When we have references
of other languages we can compare and it turns easier to learn.
★ Soft VS Rough
The characteristics of phonics of languages. What it sounds strange, we considered
rough and the most similar to one’s own language is considered soft.
★ Many speakers VS Few speakers
The main issue is relating numerical superiority with linguistic superiority.
Numbers can not show if some of the languages of more speakers are more useful or
interesting for the majority of people in the world or not.
★ Supporters of monolingualism
These people defend that it is impossible to speak well in more than one language.
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