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    (IL) Language and Education

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    The document discusses the relationship between language and education by outlining three categories: (1) learning language, where children develop language skills; (2) learning through language, where classroom instruction primarily occurs through the use of language; and (3) learning about language, such as through the study of grammar and spelling.

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    The document discusses the relationship between language and education by outlining three categories: (1) learning language, where children develop language skills; (2) learning through language, where classroom instruction primarily occurs through the use of language; and (3) learning about language, such as through the study of grammar and spelling.

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    Language and Education

    ● Language can also be defined as a generic, communicative phenomenon, especially in


    descriptions of instruction. Teachers and students use spoken and written language to
    communicate with each other–to present tasks, engage in learning processes, present
    academic content, assess learning, display knowledge and skill, and build classroom life.
    In addition, much of what students learn is language. They learn to read and write
    (academic written language), and they learn the discourse of academic disciplines
    (sometimes called academic languages and literacies). Both definitions of language are
    important to understanding the relationship between language and education.

    ● As suggested by M. A. K. Halliday, the relationship between language and education


    can be divided into three heuristic categories: (1) learning language,(2) learning through
    language, and (3) learning about language.

    1. Learning Language

    ● In their early years, children are learning both spoken and written language. They are
    developing use of complex grammatical structures and vocabulary; communicative
    competence (rules for the appropriate and effective use of language in a variety of social
    situations); comprehension of spoken and written language; and ways to express
    themselves.

    ● With regard to spoken language, instructional programs may emphasize opportunities to


    comprehend a variety of genres from directions to narratives and opportunities to
    experiment with modes of expression. With regard to written language, classrooms for
    young children provide opportunities to learn alphabetic symbols, grapho-phonemic
    relationships (letter-sound relationships), basic sight vocabulary, and comprehension
    strategies; and also feature the reading of stories designed for young children. Young
    children may also have opportunities to learn how to express themselves through written
    language, including opportunities to form letters, words, sentences, and text structures,
    and opportunities to learn how to put together a written story.

    2. Learning through Language

    ● Learning in classrooms is primarily accomplished through language. Teachers lecture,


    ask questions, orchestrate discussions, and assign reading and writing tasks. Students
    engage in academic tasks through reading, writing, exploring the Internet, giving verbal
    answers to teacher questions, listening to teacher lectures and student presentations,
    participating in whole-class and instructional peer group discussions, memorizing written
    text and vocabulary, and so on. A major thrust of classroom research since the 1970s
    has focused on the following question: What forms of classroom language practice
    facilitate what kinds of learning?

    ● Another classroom language practice that has received a great deal of attention from
    educational researchers has been the teacher initiation—student response—teacher
    feedback/evaluation sequence (known as I-R-F). It is also referred to as the asking of
    known-information questions and recitation questioning.

    3. Learning about Language

    ● Perhaps the most obvious classroom practice for learning about language is through the
    study of grammar and spelling. As linguists point out, the grammar taught in school is a
    prescriptive grammar and is not what linguists mean by grammar (they mean a
    descriptive grammar). For those students who use Standard American English,
    prescriptive grammar is often very close to the language they speak. But for students
    who speak a variation of English other than Standard English or who speak African-
    American Language (which is also referred to as African-American English, Black
    Dialect, and Ebonics, among others), the teaching and learning of prescriptive grammar
    does not necessarily map onto the language they speak, and thus they are learning
    about a language different from the language they speak.

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