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Constructivism

Published on Dec 03, 2015

Instructional tool for constructivism according to the book by Douglas Brown "Principles of Language Learning and Teaching"

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Constructivism

A Multidisciplinary Approach
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What is it?

  • It is a theory
  • It depicts (or tries) how people learn things in general and language in particular
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Two Types

  • Cognitive Constructivism
  • Social Constructivism
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Cognitive Constructivism

  • Is a theory championed by Jean Piaget
  • Students must own the concept they are learning
  • ex: How to teaching a color blind person about colors?
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Social Constructivism

  • A theory championed by Lev Vygotsky
  • Where students should be engaged into a social practice to learn a concept
  • We're talking about group projects for example.
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My L2 Experience

  • I experienced constructivism in the form of an extra curicular activity : School Theater
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My L2 experience

  • It is only when I acted the words that I truly started to understand them.
  • The nuances between the words in L2 made more sens.
  • The fluctuations and the use of intonation.
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