Understanding Language Learning: VYL, YL, and Communicative Approach
Very Young Learners (VYL)
- Lack of awareness that they are learning (no metalanguage, no explanations related to grammar)
- Still learning to read and write in their first language (L1)
- Not able to organize their learning
- Grammar will develop on its own; intuitive knowledge of grammar rules
- Not able to distinguish between what is real and what is fiction
Young Learners (YL)
- Start of awareness that they are learning and what they are learning
- Can plan and organize how best to carry out an activity
- Can read and
Mastering Written English: Strategies for Language Learners
**Unit 8: The Written Foreign Language**
Approximation, Maturing, and Perfection of the Reading-Writing Process
This essay aims to study the processes of learning to read and write in both first and foreign languages. For this purpose, the topic will be divided into three different parts. First, a distinction between writing and speech will be made. Second, I will consider how to read and write the first language. Finally, I will also underline how to read and write in a foreign language. To conclude,
Read MoreUnderstanding Communicative Competence and Language Skills
To relate communicative competence with communicative skills, we first have to define and clarify what communicative competence is and what its major characteristics are. It occurs when functional or social linguistics are related to traditions such as pragmatics, text linguistics, and discourse analysis. This offers us a theory of social processes involved in language use. Functional linguistics has developed the notion of communicative competence. This involves, apart from linguistic competence
Read MoreCLIL Methodology: Integrating Language and Content
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Culture
Content-Culture
Ensures there isn’t a black hole in the learning environment. Achieved through appropriate target language input, such as:
- Authentic materials
- Documents
- First language materials
This allows learners to compare different cultural perspectives on a specific topic.
Language-Culture
Allows the learner to acquire and use a broad range of registers in the target language. The cultural background is responsible for these developments. CLIL
Orthographic Codes in English: Sound-Spelling Links
Unit 10: Orthographic Codes in the English Language: Sound-Spelling Correspondences
This essay aims to study the writing system in the English language. For this purpose, the topic will be divided into five parts. The first part will deal with the alphabetical writing system in the English language. The second part will consider English spelling from a diachronic and synchronic point of view. Next, I will introduce the sound-spelling correspondences of the English language. Then, I will point out
Read MoreEffective Strategies for Teaching Mixed-Level English Classes in Rural Primary Education
Teaching Mixed-Level English Classes in Rural Areas
This essay addresses the challenge of teaching English to students with varying proficiency levels in rural primary education settings in Castilla y Leon. It explores strategies to foster communicative competence within diverse classrooms.
Legal Framework
The Spanish Organic Law 2/2006 of Education, modified by the Organic Law 8/2013, emphasizes the importance of second and third language acquisition due to globalization. The Royal Decree 126/2014
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