Day 6
Thurs. Nov. 12
Speakers on Niemic and Ryan: autonomy, competence, relatedness, internalization
Effective notebook keeping: context and collocation
Homework
➤ Write response to Niemic and Ryan (~300 words)
Which of the ideas here (autonomy, competence, relatedness, "internalization") strikes you as most important for achieving long-term success in language learning? Make a brief argument for why you believe this idea is particularly important, supporting your points with specific details from your and your classmates' language-learner interviews and language-learning plans.
(I would suggest you use this as opportunity to read and/or listen to some more of your classmates’ interviews!)
Upload your response as a .doc or .docx file to Box.
➤ Upload your question words and phrases
Last class, for homework I asked you to come ready to share:
An English word that you see a lot in writing but don’t know how to use.
A Chinese word or phrase that you often wish you could express in English, but don’t know how to express, when you’re doing writing assignments. (Or: A Chinese word or phrase you recently wished you could express in English in a writing assignment, but didn’t know how.)
Since we didn’t have time to share these today, please type this information up in a Word document (.doc or .docx file) and upload it to the corresponding folder on Box. I would like to preview your questions so I can prepare to do an activity with them next class.
➤ Speakers:
Wu You, Catherine (Shanru):
Tell us what you said in your response (which of the four ideas in Niemic and Ryan’s paper strikes you as most important to long-term success in language-learning, and why?)
Rachael (Shiyu) and Tianji:
Explain your language-learning plan to us. What is your long-term goal, what habit are you trying to pick up, and why do think that habit will help you make progress toward that goal? Also, please give us a brief “progress report”: How is your plan going so far? Have you been able to keep up your habit? If not, why not? What are you learning from the process?
(Note that it’s important to be honest here! If you’re not succeeding in sticking to your plan, tell us! We can learn as much from an unsuccessful plan as from a successful plan.)
