Saturday, August 6, 2011

Language Functions Resources (wiki post)

Topic
Name
Website or Activity
Description
How this supports Language acquisition
Phonemics
Melissa Stanton
Provides many links to activities and lesson plans for practicing phonemic awareness
The site provides sequenced and supplemental activities for ELL students to practice phonemic awareness and improve language proficiency.
Phonics
Melissa Stanton
Provides many links to activities and lesson plans for practicing phonological awareness (phonics)
“It teaches students to identify and manipulate the sounds in spoken words” (freereading.net, 2009).
Phonics
Melissa Stanton
Provides an explanation of phonics, teaching tips as well as games and activities that pertain to phonics
“This resource has been divided so that it follows a more logical progression that allows for easier game play” so students can have fun while practicing phonics skills (phonicsmonsters.com, 2007)
Morphology
Melissa Stanton
Provides students with activities and exercises that help build awareness of the most common prefixes and suffixes
The activities are categorized into three sections: introduce, reintroduce, and mastery.  Each level allows students to learn, practice, and expand their knowledge of morphology in the English language.
Semantics
Melissa Stanton
Provides students with links to extension activities and games that help introduce, reinforce, and master word meanings in context
The activities and games allow students to listen to a read-aloud of a passage where they will identify word meanings, use graphic organizers to refine their understanding of the word, and expand their vocabulary knowledge by playing games that reinforce the skill 
Syntax
Melissa Stanton
Provides an introduction to syntax in the English language and gives ample practice activities
The activities allow students to practice sentence structure skills and take a quiz at the end of the selection to assess their knowledge.
Syntax
Melissa Stanton
Provides simple present and  present progressive  games and activities for ESL students
The games and activities allow ESL students to practice their syntactical skills. It gives focused practice, usage activities, and provides many examples.
Socio-linguistics
Melissa Stanton
Provides teachers with a lesson plan for teaching compliments to ELLs
“It helps students practice an important social strategy that allows for meaningful social interaction by assisting learners in expressing themselves better through speech act sets” (CARLA, 2009).
Socio-linguistics
Melissa Stanton
Provides teachers with ESL “conversation practice” lessons
It helps students practice their conversational skills so that they can “converse meaningfully in English” (eslpartyland.com, 2011).
Pragmatics
Melissa Stanton
Provides teachers with many lesson plans and activities that teach students pragmatic and social skills
Students are able to work on interactive lessons that teach important social communication and behavior skills.

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