[ola] Re: OWL support articles
- From: Eliza Pfeifer <epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:45:55 -0700
I agree with Harris!
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Call Daniel <dcall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Colin,
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> Here’s a blog by an adult language learner that occasionally posts
> user-friendly digested versions of theory. You may have to comb a little,
> but there’s some good stuff here.
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> http://www.languagesurfer.com/
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Harris Levinson
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 1:27 PM
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> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: OWL support articles
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> Colin:
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> I'd also say that the longer I teach and the more pedagogical approaches I
> experiment with and/or commit to, the more I recognize that there is not
> ONE approach that is best for all learners. I have made my peace with this,
> although it took some years to let go of the mission I had set for myself
> while in my ed program at UW, i.e., to reach and teach well every single
> student.
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> Atwell's Writing in the Middle introduced many Language Arts teachers to
> the reading and writing workshop approach and school districts and English
> teachers throughout the States adopted it. I loved it for its use of
> mini-lessons and fostering one-to-one relationships with students about
> their writing and the books they were reading. Yet, some students did not
> respond with the enthusiasm of their classmates; they preferred a class
> where everyone was writing on a similar topic and reading the same
> literature.
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> A number of us have experienced this same phenomenon with OLA and OWL. It
> helps us accomplish the goals we have for getting our students to feel
> comfortable taking risks in speaking the language. Many students feel
> empowered to use the language outside the classroom context and want to
> interact with Spanish-speaking people around the world. We have evidence of
> this and we share it joyfully....and still it is not the right fit for all
> our students. Some don't want to push or aren't yet comfortable taking
> risks or just really prefer sitting down doing activities from a text--it's
> what they know and it allows them to disappear.
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> To counter this, I believe one has to emphasize building community. That
> is one of Darcy's central tenets and I don't think we can overestimate its
> use when we encounter resistance. When we have buy-in from students because
> they feel they are part of an exciting organism that recognizes and values
> their humanity, one that lives and breathes in the target language (my own
> classroom is NOT always that way), then we find less resistance. And even
> still, with your best and most sincere efforts, there will be those who
> choose not to join us, who say nay, but they will not be the majority and
> they may even one day come to see that life is simply not as fun nor as
> gratifying without movement, community, and OWL.
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> Harris
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> 2014-11-12 11:47 GMT-08:00 Eliza Pfeifer <epfeifer@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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> Colin, I am not sure that I have any kid friendly articles, but know that
> you are not alone with push back. My first year I suffered from some.
> Most of the push back came as students realized that they had errors in
> their Spanish but didn´t know who to fix them. They wanted grammar rules
> for clarity.
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> How do you see the push back? (If and when you get a chance!)
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> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Colin Oriard <coriard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Tess, most of my students are freshmen and sophomores
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> Colin Oriard
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> Profesor de español 1/2 & 3/4
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> Grant High School
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> Room 112
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> Phone extension - 75612
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> *From:* ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <ola-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of
> Tess Siemer <tess.siemer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 12, 2014 7:59 AM
> *To:* ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [ola] Re: OWL support articles
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> What grade level Colin? I have several that I can share but they might not
> resonate with freshman or sophomores so much...
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> On Nov 12, 2014 6:48 AM, "Colin Oriard" <coriard@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> OWLers,
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> I wrote yesterday, but it was rushed so I'd like to follow up....
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> I'm still running into lots of student push-back and English use so in an
> effort to help that, I'm putting a few new changes in place. To support one
> of these, I was wondering if anybody had good foreign language immersion
> and/or language acquisition articles that our students would be able to
> follow (kid-friendly language)?
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> Any resources people have would be much appreciated!
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> Colin Oriard
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> Profesor de español 1/2 & 3/4
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> Grant High School
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> Room 112
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> Phone extension - 75612
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> *Eliza Pfeifer*
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> Spanish Instructor | St. Mary’s Academy
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> Harris Levinson
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> Vashon Island High School
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