Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Thursday, 9 June 2011
maybe further inquiry
After today's meeting, I had a thought about what we want to do and how we are going to get there. At today's meeting we voiced the opinion that we needed to improve and target oral development. I wonder why. I believe that this view is proglemated because teachers believe that students should have near native competence in English by the end of their time in the PYP. As the current language situation stands in the school, I believe this is unrealistic. I believe that unless the school becomes a English immersion school, students are unlikely to reach this level of competence, and have that expectation is unrealistic.
The reason for this is that studies have show that elective bilinguals studying in a bilingual setting are unlikely to obtain near native competence, there just isn't enough time and resources.
The reason for this is that studies have show that elective bilinguals studying in a bilingual setting are unlikely to obtain near native competence, there just isn't enough time and resources.
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