The Language Arts (2) 091947

EDUC 315
Teaching English in Elementary Grades (Language

Arts)
The
Language Arts
Prepared by:
TRIXIE HYACINTH L. PELICANO,
MAEd
EDUC 315
Teaching English In Elementary Grades (Language
Arts)
DEFINITION
LANGUAGE
OF
ARTS
This is also known as English The Four Modes of Language
Language Arts (ELA)
The study and improvement of the • Listening
arts of language.
2. Speaking
The term used by educators to 3. Reading
describe the curriculum area which 4. Writing
includes the four modes of
language.
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First Language
VS
Second Language
VS
Third Language
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First Language (L1)

The language in which learners are competent
when starting a new language.
The language you learn from your parents as you

are growing up.
Technically known as the Mother Tongue

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Second Language
(L2)
This is an another language that is being learned
or has been learned to an adequate level.
This is usually learned at school for national or

international use.
This is generally defined as a language studied in
a setting where that language is the main vehicle
of everyday communication.
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Foreign Language (L3)

A language studied in an environment where it is
not the primary tool for daily interaction and
where input in that language restricted.
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The
Second Language
Acquisition (SLA)
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DEFINITION
Second Language
OF
Acquisition (SLA)
SLA is the process by which people develop
Acquisition is the act of acquiring.
proficiency in a second or foreign language.
Teaching language arts in English to

It is the acquisition of another language or
elementary students is teaching students
language after the first language acquisition
the skills in speaking a second language.
that is under way or completed.
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The
Theories Behind
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Theories Behind
Language Acquisition
Behaviorists Interactionists
Innatists
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Theories Behind
Behaviorists
Language learning is viewed as a learned behavior
through habit formation, conditioned by the presence of
stimuli and strengthens through practices and
reinforcements.
Infants learn oral language from other human role models

through a process involving imitation, rewards, and
practice.
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Theories Behind
Innatist Theory
Concerned with first language acquisition. It asserts that

the principles of language are inborn not learned.
Language is a hardwired bioprogram that develops when

infants are exposed to it.
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Theories Behind
Noam Chomsky’s Language
Acquisition Device (LAD)
LAD provides humans with innate “rules” that enable
language acquisition.
This device contains the main rules for all possible

human languages. Chomsky called this set of common
rules Universal Grammar (UG).
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Theories Behind
Interactionist Theory
This is also known as the sociocultural theory which is a
combination of ideas from Sociology and Biology to
explain how language develops.
Children learn language out of a desire to communicate

with the world around them.
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Theories Behind
Interactionist Theory
Our language ability develops out of a desire to

communicate, then language is dependent upon whom we
want to communicate with.
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The
Factors affecting
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Factors Affecting SLA

Motivation Aptitude
Attitude Learning Style
Age Personality
Intelligence
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Motivation
Gives reasons for people’s actions, desires, and needs.
As a factor, it determines a person’s desire to do

something.
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Attitude
Language attitudes are the attitude that speakers of
different languages have toward other’s languages or to
their own language.
It is an expression of either negative or positive feelings

toward a language.
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Age
It is generally believed that children are better at language

acquisition than adults.
According to Lenneberg, there is a critical period where

children acquire language easily which lasts until puberty.
The brain lacks the ability and adaptation after puberty.

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Intelligence
It is the general ability to master academic skills. It is
define and measured in term of linguistic and logical-
mathematical abilities.
Learners with high IQ achieve better results on language tests.

It is proved that intelligence can predict the rate and success of
SLA in the formal language classroom,
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The Theory of Multiple Intelligences by
Howard Gardner
Linguistic Interpersonal
Logical-mathematical Intrapersonal
Spatial
Naturalistic
Musical
Bodily-Kinesthetic
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Aptitude
The specific ability a learner has for learning a second

language. It is the natural ability to learn a language.
The four factors of language aptitude – phonemic coding

ability, grammatical sensitivity, inductive language learning,
and rote learning.
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Learning Style
This is also called the cognitive style. It is a particular

way in which a learner tries to learn something.

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EDUC 315

Teaching English in Elementary Grades (Language

First Language (L1)

The language you learn from your parents as you

Technically known as the Mother Tongue

This is usually learned at school for national or

Foreign Language (L3)

Teaching language arts in English to

Infants learn oral language from other human role models

Concerned with first language acquisition. It asserts that

Language is a hardwired bioprogram that develops when

This device contains the main rules for all possible

Children learn language out of a desire to communicate

Our language ability develops out of a desire to

Factors Affecting SLA

Attitude Learning Style

Factors Affecting SLA

Gives reasons for people’s actions, desires, and needs.

As a factor, it determines a person’s desire to do

Factors Affecting SLA

It is an expression of either negative or positive feelings

Factors Affecting SLA

It is generally believed that children are better at language

According to Lenneberg, there is a critical period where

The brain lacks the ability and adaptation after puberty.

Factors Affecting SLA

Learners with high IQ achieve better results on language tests.

Factors Affecting SLA

Factors Affecting SLA

The specific ability a learner has for learning a second

The four factors of language aptitude – phonemic coding

Factors Affecting SLA

This is also called the cognitive style. It is a particular

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