Literacy

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Literacy

• Unlocking the Mystery
• of
• Language Acquisition

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The doors of language Learning

• Door 1 Listening
• Door 2 Speaking
• Door 3 Reading
• Door 4 Writing

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What is Literacy?

• Reading
• Writing

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Stages of Learning

• Grammar Stage K-4
• Collect, memorize, gather information
• Logic Stage 5-8
• Connect Facts Critical Thinking (Why?)
• Rhetoric Stage 9-12
• Expression with fluency, grace, eloquence,
  persuasiveness

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Areas of Language Study

• Academic English
• Vocabulary Building/Spelling
• Grammar Structure of Language
• Why Study a foreign language?

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Academic English

• The fabric of textbooks and manuals
• Highly organized though processes
• Specialized vocabularies
• More complex than pleasure reading
• Mostly grades 9-12

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Vocabulary Building

• Why the strong emphasis on vocabulary building?
• Quote from Johnson OConnor

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How do you build vocabulary?

• 40-60 repetitions of a word in context
• Study of root words derivatives
• Prefixes and Suffixes
• Read! Read! Read!
• The Sin of Silent Reading

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English Word Pyramid

• 10 words 25
• 50 words 50
• 100 words 60
• 1000 words 85
• 10,000 words 98

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10 Most Useful Words in English

• a an be
• for have in
• of that the
• to

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We Remember

• Reading
• Hearing Words
• Looking at Pictures
• Watching a Movie
• Looking at an Exhibit
• Watching a Demonstration
• Seeing it Actually Done
• Participating in a Discussion
• Giving a Talk
• Doing a Dramatic Presentation
• Simulating the Real Thing
• Doing the Real Thing

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Learning Grammar and Structure

• Bathed in the sounds of the language
• Patterns of grammar and Spelling
• Shurley Method for Grammar instruction
• Exceptions to the Rules
• Idioms

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Language Learning Games

• Bingo
• Tic-Tac-Toe
• Vocabulary Bees
• Spelling Bees
• Concentration Memory Match
• Chain Drills
• Foldables
• Drama

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Why Latin?

• Isnt Latin Dead?

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Fact 1

• 60 of English words have Latin Roots
• Most spelling has stayed the same or vary similar

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Fact 2

• 90 of all words 3 syllables or more come from
  Latin
• Large quantities of technical and specialized
  terms (medical, academic English, etc)

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Fact 3

• Romance Languages are spoken by
• 750 million people in 57 countries.

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Language and Logic

• Latin study provides
• Rules
• Order
• Structure
• that can be transferred to other areas of study.

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Resources

• English From the Roots Up Joegil Lundquist
• Vocabulary from Classical RootsNorma Fifer
  Nancy Flowers
• Victory Drill Book August C. Enderlin, editor
• Everyday Words from Classical Origins Perfection
  Learning
• Vocabulary Development Using Roots and Riddles
  Claudia Vurnakes
• Vocabulary Latin I Frode Jensen
• Ways Children Learn Geeta Rani Lall
• An ESL Teachers Handbook Don Edic for LEI
• A Natural History of Latin Tore Jensen
• www.memoriapress.com
• (source for Latin, logic and
  classical education materials)
• www.promotelatin.org
• (website of the National Committee for Latin
  and Greek)
• Also
• The Shurley Method Brenda Shurley and Ruth
  Wetsell
• The Well-Trained Mind Jessie Wise and Susan
  Wise Bauer

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Questions?

• Answers