06.25.13 ~ VanPatten, Chapter 4
This chapter was all about output. I changed my own definition of it when I saw it defined as not just language someone produces, but language that has meaning and communicative purpose. Something else that was interesting to me was the hierarchy of the Processability Theory, especially the idea that if someone is learning English something like using the third person -s can only be mastered after all the skills before it all. This is why I, like the author of this book, disagree with heavily correcting students when teaching language. There is an order to everything and if you are doing your job correctly a firm grasp of the language will come to your students with time.
This chapter was all about output. I changed my own definition of it when I saw it defined as not just language someone produces, but language that has meaning and communicative purpose. Something else that was interesting to me was the hierarchy of the Processability Theory, especially the idea that if someone is learning English something like using the third person -s can only be mastered after all the skills before it all. This is why I, like the author of this book, disagree with heavily correcting students when teaching language. There is an order to everything and if you are doing your job correctly a firm grasp of the language will come to your students with time.
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