Assignment:
For this discussion the idea is on how to seize opportunities of student knowledge in current language to build skills in targeted language:
1. How can you seize an ESL students language skills in their L1 language and their personal cultural histories to enhance their growth in their ESL Target?
2. How can you seize an EFL students language skills in their L1 language and their personal cultural histories to enhance their growth in their EFL Target?
Tie it to some of your instructional strategies.
Please go into detail on how it may work with a specific lesson as a general background discussion.
Readings:
Principles Language Learning And Teaching
By H. Douglas Brown