Grammar and Constructivist Learning

Notes for 3/2/10 class

• Your beliefs about grammar acquisition?
• Participation metaphor vs acquisition metaphor for SLA
• a priori vs emergent grammar/ langue vs parole
• organic dynamism (micro change --> macro change)
• creative construction hypothesis
• "noticing" input/Inductive strategies
• consciousness raising
• metalinguistic knowledge
• discovering rules/negotiated meaning

Explore one or more of the following online grammar activities to determine if and to what extent they are constructivist. Tweet your findings.


http://a4esl.org/q/f/x/xz38mvt.htm

http://www.marks-english-school.com/games/g_presperf.html