Dear all,
Michaela got me thinking about "attitude" on Wednesday and here is what I have found. It is one out of the many stances on "attitude". Apparently most authors relate this concept to motivation and socio cultural issues.
"With regard to learning of languages, Ellis
(1986:293) refers to ‘attitudes’ as sets
of beliefs possessed by learners about such
factors as the target language
culture and the learners’ own culture. In
the case of classroom learning, the
attitudes would relate to their teacher and
the learning tasks they are given,
which influence language learning in a
number of ways. Spolsky (1989:149)
claims that “for Gardner and Lambert,
motivation comes from attitude”."
KANJIRA, T, (2008) Motivation And Attitudes Towards
English As A Second Language (Esl) Among Learners In Rural Kwazulu-Natal
High Schools. Master Thesis. Michigan, U.S.A), Dip. Ed Ling.
(Stellenbosch)
Gloria
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Doing some further research on attitude and motivation, I've found these links which I think are very interesting. I hope you like them, too!
http://socyberty.com/education/attitude-and-motivation-in-second-language-learning-introduction/
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Tsiplakides-PositiveAttitudes.html
http://coerll.utexas.edu/methods/modules/learners/
In Brown's book "Principles of Language Learning and Teaching", Chapter 6 -Personality Factors-,pg 147,it says as regards self-esteem: "... Andrés (1999:91) concurred and suggested classroom techniques that can help learners to "unfold their wings"..."
This made me eager to find out more about this author and her works. Although I wasn't able to find any pdf of her books (which I would love!), I found some links which are very interesting, and I would like to share them with you:
http://ar.linkedin.com/in/veronicadeandres
http://www.helblinglanguages.com/images/stories/book/seed/review.pdf
http://www.helblinglanguages.com/images/stories/book/seed/etp67.pdf
This is what I could find about the "id"!
* "It was not until some time around the First World War, most likely in 1916, that Georg Wilhelm Groddeck (1866–1934), a German medical doctor and head of his own sanatorium in Baden-Baden, started to use the term 'Es'. In 1921, in a letter to Groddeck, dated 17 April, Freud tentatively borrowed the term. He drew a little sketch of the topographical structure of the mental apparatus, in which both Es and Ich appeared. The drawing was included in slightly modified form in The Ego and the Id, published two years later, in 1923."
* Origin:
1920–25; < Latin id it, as a translation of German Es, special use of es it, as a psychoanalytic term.
* The id (Latin for “it”)
So, "id" seems to mean "it", what in Spanish we call the "Ello"
Interesting! :)
Diversity can be defined as the sum of the ways that people are both alike and different. The dimensions of diversity include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, culture, religion, mental and physical ability, class, and immigration status. While diversity itself is not a value-laden term, the way that people react to diversity is driven by values, attitudes, beliefs, and so on. Full acceptance of diversity is a major principle of social justice.
— Definition from NEA (National Education Association)
Thank you Candice for being so proactive in this subject. Very valuable contributions, indeed!
Candice shared this information with all of us. Very helpful information to review characteristics of young learners ata a glance. Interested... go to the link to the document published at University of Illinois.
http://es.scribd.com/share/upload/96736023/hjjji950t4o96dom174
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