Building Language Awareness: Module 2 Video

I chose to watch this video because I thought it was very important to language awareness because if you don't build upon it, the children won't understand what your trying to teach them. For this to be successful the video tells us that the language input must be in context, the context should reflect the language that the learners use, and language practice in context should be accompanied by a conscious effort and a learner reflection on that action. The video shows the students putting on an all class skit about the pilgrims and their journey to the new land,then an all class guided discussion relating the topic of traveling to a new land to their own experiences about coming to this country, and then they worked in groups to make their own travel plans of where they were going, what they would have to bring and how far away it was. This I thought was very important because the children should build upon something dealing with language, and by giving them these opportunities they are making better connections between what they are learning and whats going on in their lives to make a more meaningful lesson where they grasp the information better.