Group A_Week 14

Here are comprehension questions.
1) There are two information-processing models of second language learning, what are they and how are they simillar and different?

2) What are three stages of moving from declarative to procedural knowledge?

3) There are a number of key ideas current in comtemporary interpretations or discussions of Vygotsky, introduce 2 of them and define them.

Here is question for discussion.
As a teacher, how can we apply socio-cultural theory into SLL class?

Week 14: Group_B_ACT, Vygotsky, SCT Theory

Hello, Tei, Emily, Eunjoo.
There are my questions.

Comprehension Qs
1. According to Anderson's Act Model, why someone who got great score on test about third person singular present tense can not use in real situation?

2. According to social-cultural theory, how does children's early learning arise?

3. What is the different concept about private speech from the point of view of classic Piagetian theory of child development and from Vygotsky?

Discussion Q

How can we adapt the socio-cultural theory in our classroom?
(regulation, scaffolding, and the zone of proximal development)

Week 14: Group_B_ACT, Vygotsky, SCT Theory

Hi Mia, Ellie and Esther!

 

Here are the comprehension questions.

1. What is the Mclaughlin's information-processing model? Explain with controlled processing, automatic processing, Learning and restructuring.

2. According to Anderson, what are the three stages of moving declarative to procedural knowledge?

3. What is the Zone of Proximal Development?

 

* Discussion question - What is the implications of ACT model and Vygotsky's idea? How can we apply the ZPD theory to teaching?

Chapter 3 ; How the Brain processes Information

Dear Eunjoo, Tei and Chelsea,

Really sorry for my late posting, please see my questions and discussion topic for this week.

Comprehension Questions ;
1. What are behavior of the two tempoary memories and how it works?
2. Please explain how working memories connect to long-term storage in the classroom.
3. How does self-concept works on learing process?

Discussion Topic :
As a teacher, I'd like to discuss how we should deal with Time Limits of Working Memory to achieve the terminal objective in real classroom.

Thanks.

Week 12. How the Brain Processes Information

Hello, Haeyun and Sunyoung.

These are three comprehension checks.

1. What are the two kinds of short-term memory?

2.  What are some characteristics of long-term storage?

3.  What are the two conditions in which information is stored?

This is a discussion question.

4. How can teachers make students open the sensory register?

Week 12_Group D_How the Brain Processes Information

Hi. Hannah and Lena.
I hope you have a great day! :)

- Comprehension Checks

1. Can you describe the procedure of the Information Processing Model?

2. Do you think that an enthusiastic elementary teacher might have a difficult time to let students remember eight rules in one lesson plan?
Please explain it considering the concept of 'working memory'.

3. Why is it necessary for teachers to contain students' past experience in a curriculum, not in teacher's?


- Discussion Question

As a teacher, how do you encourage students to keep a positive self-concept in a class while accepting new learning?

Week 12. How the brain processes information

Week 12. How the Brain Processes Information

Hi Gruop1 !!

These are  comprehension questions about 'how the brain processes information'.

Please find all answers from text book.

1) As we are teachers, what type of students could be effected by time limits?

  Which factor is significant in time limits for processing new information?

2) Why meaning is more important and how can teachers use it for students?

3) Please define what cognitive belief system is.

DQ:

After reading this chapter, what is your opinions about teachers's responsibility(or role)

to help students to be interested in learning English or have motivation?