Comments for Just Learned http://heatherv.edublogs.org Connecting to Lifelong Learning Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on About Me by David Martin http://heatherv.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-13 David Martin Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:30:06 +0000 #comment-13 Heather, Would love to learn more about this. Looks like you have done well for yourself. Nastrovia! Heather,
Would love to learn more about this. Looks like you have done well for yourself.

Nastrovia!

]]> Comment on International Mother Language Day by Brian Barker http://heatherv.edublogs.org/2009/02/22/international-mother-language-day/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Brian Barker Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:33:19 +0000 http://heatherv.edublogs.org/?p=21#comment-11 Although International Mother Language Day is now over, you may be interested in the contribution, made by the World Esperanto Association, to UNESCO's campaign for the protection of endangered languages. The following declaration was made in favour of Esperanto, by UNESCO at its Paris HQ in December 2008. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38420&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html The commitment to the campaign to save endangered languages was made, by the World Esperanto Association at the United Nations' Geneva HQ in September. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7vD9kChBA&feature=related or http://www.lernu.net Although International Mother Language Day is now over, you may be interested in the contribution, made by the World Esperanto Association, to UNESCO’s campaign for the protection of endangered languages.

The following declaration was made in favour of Esperanto, by UNESCO at its Paris HQ in December 2008. http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=38420&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html

The commitment to the campaign to save endangered languages was made, by the World Esperanto Association at the United Nations’ Geneva HQ in September.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eR7vD9kChBA&feature=related or http://www.lernu.net

]]> Comment on About Me by hvlach http://heatherv.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-9 hvlach Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:25:59 +0000 #comment-9 Hi Larry. Thank you - I would absolutely LOVE to be a part of this. I will submit prior to the Nov. 28th due date. Thanks so much!! -heather Hi Larry. Thank you – I would absolutely LOVE to be a part of this. I will submit prior to the Nov. 28th due date. Thanks so much!!
-heather

]]> Comment on About Me by Larry Ferlazzo http://heatherv.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Larry Ferlazzo Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:09:14 +0000 #comment-8 Heather, Welcome to the world of blogging. I'd like to invite you to submit a blog post to the next ELL/ESL/EFL Blog Carnival: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/one-month-until-the-next-esleflell-blog-carnival/ Larry Heather,

Welcome to the world of blogging. I’d like to invite you to submit a blog post to the next ELL/ESL/EFL Blog Carnival:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/10/26/one-month-until-the-next-esleflell-blog-carnival/

Larry

]]> Comment on Linguistically Diverse Education by Langwitches » Just Learned About Just Learned http://heatherv.edublogs.org/2008/11/02/linguistically-diverse-education/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Langwitches » Just Learned About Just Learned Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:31:44 +0000 http://heatherv.edublogs.org/?p=11#comment-7 [...] Her current post immediately caught my attention. “Linguistically Diverse Education” [...] [...] Her current post immediately caught my attention. “Linguistically Diverse Education” [...]

]]> Comment on Linguistically Diverse Education by Silvia Tolisano http://heatherv.edublogs.org/2008/11/02/linguistically-diverse-education/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Silvia Tolisano Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:14:26 +0000 http://heatherv.edublogs.org/?p=11#comment-6 I agree with Dennis, that technology can be inserted for "language" in many places. I speak 3 languages to communicate with friends, family and at work. I consider technology to be my 4th language to be able to communicate. I blogged about this a while back on <a href="http://langwitches.org/blog/2008/02/09/technology-as-another-language/" rel="nofollow">Technology as another language </a> Having lived in three different continents/countries/culture/languages, I do appreciate your sensitivity when teaching your students NOT only the grammatical structures of the language but recognize that language is CONNECTED to experiences and expression of all senses. Heather, this is a very interesting subject that I am very interested in learning more about from you as an international educator. I agree with Dennis, that technology can be inserted for “language” in many places. I speak 3 languages to communicate with friends, family and at work. I consider technology to be my 4th language to be able to communicate.
I blogged about this a while back on Technology as another language
Having lived in three different continents/countries/culture/languages, I do appreciate your sensitivity when teaching your students NOT only the grammatical structures of the language but recognize that language is CONNECTED to experiences and expression of all senses.

Heather, this is a very interesting subject that I am very interested in learning more about from you as an international educator.

]]> Comment on Linguistically Diverse Education by Dennis Harter http://heatherv.edublogs.org/2008/11/02/linguistically-diverse-education/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Dennis Harter Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:05:36 +0000 http://heatherv.edublogs.org/?p=11#comment-3 Consider me converted. You are LDE's to me from now on. What struck me was your point on the necessity of LDE's to understand how students use language at home and outside of schooling. This is a powerful piece that I am guessing not all ESL teachers are on board with (or is it not all other teachers are on board with?). As an outsider, I think of your jobs as teaching English, but instead you are teaching "de-coding" of an English environment. To do this well, you have to understand a child's ability to de-code in their own language. At what depth do they think and communicate in their native languages? How is this reflected/demonstrated in their ability to do so in English? On a side note, I found your description particularly cool because all I have to do is substitute technology for language and it's suddenly my job description! "It entails understanding each individual child’s <strike>language</strike>technology use; how they communicate with their friends and families, in addition to how and what <strike>languages</strike>technologies they use to navigate both their academic and daily lives." How we define our jobs is fundamentally important. It speaks to how we wish to be valued and what we think is important. I wrote on this idea in the context of teaching <a>here</a> in the context of the use of a term "anti-teaching." Consider me converted. You are LDE’s to me from now on.

What struck me was your point on the necessity of LDE’s to understand how students use language at home and outside of schooling. This is a powerful piece that I am guessing not all ESL teachers are on board with (or is it not all other teachers are on board with?).

As an outsider, I think of your jobs as teaching English, but instead you are teaching “de-coding” of an English environment. To do this well, you have to understand a child’s ability to de-code in their own language. At what depth do they think and communicate in their native languages? How is this reflected/demonstrated in their ability to do so in English?

On a side note, I found your description particularly cool because all I have to do is substitute technology for language and it’s suddenly my job description!

“It entails understanding each individual child’s languagetechnology use; how they communicate with their friends and families, in addition to how and what languagestechnologies they use to navigate both their academic and daily lives.”

How we define our jobs is fundamentally important. It speaks to how we wish to be valued and what we think is important. I wrote on this idea in the context of teaching here in the context of the use of a term “anti-teaching.”

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