First and Second Language Acquistion and Learning 

collaborative task-  unit 2

participants: 

Fanny Sepúlveda  

Carolina García 

Ronal Mauricio Ramos

tutor:

Julio Cesar Tulande

By: Ronal Mauricio Ramos Cubillos 

Task 1 A.

Definitions:

• Language: for me the language is the method of people communications. This can be written or spoken. Another definition can be that it is the use of the words making structural conversations through which you can transmit your ideas, thinking and feelings to other people.

• Learning: is the process whereby the people acquire new knowledge and can understand mew concepts and so we can improve our skills through practice, study and experience. The practice is very important in this process because when you put in practices your learning new things and you can have a better control of your activities.

• Teaching: Is the process whereby a person transmit his knowledge to other people through didactic techniques and teaching techniques enriching the teaching-learning process. The didactic materials are very important in the moment of to transmit and to teach this new knowledge.   

Task 1 B.

Vygotsky proposed socio-cultural theory (SCT) and give a new concept regarding the relationship between humans cognitive development and language learning but these studies limited both children and adults.

Vygotsky always though that this theory was the human cognitive and higher mental functions and these functions starts from social communications. When people are involve in social activities they develop mental and communicative function.

If we study the specific or a variety of types we are able to promote the relationship with other and improve our techniques to understand better the nature of private speech.

Examples:

1.One example for these theory is my opinion a political people, they are always promote and further their ideas to other people and they have the power of communication and they know how to transmit theses ideas and they have good speech according to that.

2. Other example that I think and it is important too, is the journalist. The journalist work to find out the true and to give the good news to the people. They obtain many knowledge and information. Due to their work they develop a serious of skills that can improve their speech and they can communicate better with the people.


Vocaroo link by Ronal M. Ramos C.: http://vocaroo.com/i/s1NTp7FsjQkg

By : Carolina García 

Task 1A

Language is the capacity that the human being has to communicate to him by means of signs, writings and orality, to establish communication between one or more persons. In addition, it allows him the human being to create, to change and to combine words to give meanings to each of them.

Learning is a process of acquisition of new knowledge that are understood and applied in different contexts, allowing modification of conducts or knowledge permanently.

Teaching is to transmit knowledge and ideas using different technologies and methods that knowledge allows to the apprentice to understand and to internalize.To have the aptitude to teach is a challenge that the human beings have and that as the years happen and the generations, the process is a more difficult. 

task 1B 

I consider that the thought of vigotky is aporpiado since the knowledge is not anything that is constructed only by means of to know of the teacher or in the classroom of class. The knowledge is a construction of the same one by means of the context and environment. With regard to the royal level of development, Vigotsky thinks that the same one says to functions that already they have matured, then, the ZDP " defines those functions that still have not matured, but that are situated in process of ripeness, functions that in a next tomorrow will reach his maturity and that now they find in embryonic condition. " (Vigotsky, 1988, p. 133).

For example, we are in class teaching to the students " the colors " the activity to develop it must not be only by means of the knowledge of the teacher but they can interact with other one out of the classroom of class as in the court, in the zone of sports and even when it goes out with his family of walk. This way, besides the practice the student internalizes, there socializes and interacts with the real world a topic that is not seen only in the classroom of class but in addition in his daily life.

patricipant: FANNY SEPULVEDDA 

task 1A

he language, is a capacity that the human being managed to develop through its biological evolution seeking to supply the need to communicate. With the passage of time man has perfected the use of language, expressing his ideas, thoughts and feelings through symbols that represent at the same time the history of humanity. The letters have also allowed to develop other abilities to the human being like reading, writing, to argue, to relate ... and perhaps or more important to relate with others, that is to say, Language is a strong foundation for society.

Learning is another capacity of the human being through which he has managed to know the world in which he lives, learning is the ability to understand and create knowledge, acquiring experience and foundation of a thought, thus defining each person behaviors , Values, attitudes, and even learning a trade or work.

Teaching: it is possible to define it as an action and at the same time as a capacity that a person can have, To be able the ability to transmit knowledge to others, teaching is also defined as a gift that only some people possess, by getting others to understand, Understand through appropriate instruction, explanation, the application of an activity, strategy or material that conveys meaningful knowledge to the learner.

TASK 1B

ygotsky's constructivism is a theory centered on how learning develops in a person, through this theory indicates that each individual learns for himself,  "In his conceptualisation of language and its role in mental development, Vygotsky acknowledges  immediate sensations and perceptions, but he does not dwell on them. His is a developmentoriented approach and philosophy" (Davydov, 1995)

learns through his relationship with the environment, ie a child can create his own concepts to Through their experiences with the environment, with other people, and with the situations that arise daily.

Vygotsky tries to explain learning through constructivism in two ways that at the same time go hand in hand these are "individual and social" said this the individual must be in a mental condition to condition his knowledge and restructure new concepts that allow him to understand his Reality but without leaving aside society, it is in the social environment where individuals acquire the experiences sufficient to form their knowledge.

At the same time, Vygotsky acknowledges sensation and perception, it is this language-mediated thinking that he calls the higher mental ability, for the transition from the immediate sensation to thinking is what differs man from animals. His object of investigation – not sounds, not syllables nor marks, but speech units with meanings – reflects an awareness of the living, holistic feature of human as social beings with our social lives.(2005) 

At the same time, the individual is able to contribute to his social environment, that is, he contributes his knowledge and different ways of seeing the reality in which he lives. This is how the theory could be seen as a cycle in which the student, the teacher and the environment actively participate in learning.

It is important to mention the role that language plays in learning and according to Vygotsky is a vital element through which people express thoughts, understand concepts, and facilitates interaction between learner, social environment and knowledge.

According to the above it is possible to say that in the classroom class examples of constructivist learning are:

-generally in the teaching of the English language it is necessary to know and acquire vocabularies, one of the ways to make this activity less complex is to relate the knowledge or experiences of the students in relation to the concepts that they already bring and the similarity with the new knowledge . Associate the blackberry cell phone brand and the name of the blackberry fruit.

- another example is the association of images that refer to the daily actions that are carried out, by flash cart students acquire vocabularies that will later allow them to learn more easily the grammatical structures of English.

Davydov, V. V., translated by Kerr, S. T. (1995). The influence of L. S. Vygotsky on educational theory, research, and practice. Educational Researcher, 24 (3), 12-21. 

(2005)  Charlotte,  Matthews. Vygotsky’s philosophy: Constructivism and its criticisms examined.