[EDLING:456] Re: Online SLA Intro Activity

[Francis M Hult]

I came across this the other day.  I can't vouch for the content since I
haven't read it.  It seems like the Association for Supervision and
Curriculum Development (ASCD) has published something about language
learning and diversity which is aimed at folks in educational leadership
in general.  You can see it here:

http://www.ascd.org/

There is also a nice UNESCO publication called 'Education in a
Multilingual World' that is available online in pdf format:

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001297/129728e.pdf

You can also get a free copy by writing to UNESCO.  This is a great
introduction to the principles of multilingual education which aims
at general audience.

It would be nice to put together a listing of items that present the core
knowledge of educational linguistics to the public.  Perhaps we could
generate something together as a group.  Does anyone else have links?

Francis


On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 01:34:28PM -0500, Shannon Sauro wrote:
>
> I stumbled across this by accident and thought it would make a fabulous
> introductory activity if I were ever to teach an TESL certificate course.  It's
> boiled down and simplified enough for any student new to SLA.
>
> http://www.everythingesl.net/downloads/myths_SLA02.pdf#search='second%
> 20language%20acquisition%20jobs'
>
> I'd be curious to know if others on this list have come across resources like
> this one that can be used to introduce research and theory to those outside the
> field.
>
> Shannon Sauro