Sunday, December 8, 2019

Using Linguistically Appropriate Practice by Roma Chumak-Horbatsch, a Review

If you are an educator or childminder in a program where newcomer children are tasked with learning the school language, this book is for you. If you are a program director or school principal where even one child arrives needing to learn the school language, this book is for you.

Having read Chumak-Horbatsch's new book Using Linguistically Appropriate Practice: a Guide for Teaching in Multilingual Classrooms, I am left convinced that this book and the LAP approach are key to the wellbeing, healthy self-concept, happiness, sense of identity, and optimal development of newcomer children (emergent bilinguals) across Canada, the United States, and the globe.

Before watching my review, it will be helpful for you to first view the author's own introduction to the concept of LAP here. (https://youtu.be/wLod5d9mT98)

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14 comments:

  1. Kelly12/10/2019 7:13 PM

    Just found another good link: https://youtu.be/ARqzvwHcRcM

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  2. Cheryl Fretz1/14/2020 4:18 PM

    Kelly is the best. More people should read her blog and comment on it! :)

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    1. Kelly1/14/2020 4:27 PM

      Aw, sweet. You are hereby ENTERED into the draw. I'll give it about 48 hours and then put the names in the hat. Ready to get the extra copy of that book out of my living room. Ha!

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  3. Tiff1/14/2020 5:26 PM

    I think this would be very useful for me to help my students. Their #1 stressor is their kids & school

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    1. Kelly1/14/2020 5:35 PM

      Ah, so all I had to do was go out to Twitter. Wonderful to have some entries in this draw tonight. Good luck.

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  4. all things Gaby1/14/2020 5:34 PM

    Hi Joy!
    Great review. I listened to hers and yours. I don't teach kids but I have a feeling that some of her practice can be directed to Adult language learning. The Lap method does have a familiar ring as I think a lot of us are moving/or have towards accepting L2 as part of the learning process. I am intrigued, I want the book. Bonsoir
    Gaby

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    1. Kelly1/14/2020 5:36 PM

      I agree many of her ideas are applicable to the adult settlement classroom. Good luck in the draw!

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  5. Unknown1/14/2020 9:07 PM

    Count me in! I'm truly curious about the LAP approach and how it could help the children of the Adult ESL learners in my class. During class discussions these parents often voice concerns of how the language barrier could affect their child's grades.

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    1. Kelly1/15/2020 5:10 AM

      Okay, Anonymous, could you please give yourself a name so I can identify you in the draw? I'm thinking of doing the draw on Zoom with one of those spinner wheels so that everyone knows it was fair. I'll be offering a link to the Zoom meeting for anyone who wants to hop on and be there when I spin the wheel... assuming free Zoom version allows screen sharing. If not, I'll have to come up with something else. Anyway, I need a way to contact you and identify you. Thanks!

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  6. siddiqa1/15/2020 4:37 AM

    Living and teaching in a French province where there are so many struggling bilingual students, this book would be a amazing asset!

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    1. Kelly1/15/2020 5:10 AM

      Siddiqa, I think so, too. Good luck in the draw. K

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  7. Edith1/15/2020 2:26 PM

    Count me in! Edith

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    1. Kelly1/15/2020 3:10 PM

      Edith, you're in! Just to clarify... you're not the same person as the Anonymous above, right? So I'm still waiting for him/her to comment under an identity of some sort or privately email me. K

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    2. Kelly1/16/2020 5:40 PM

      You won, Edith. Congrats. Email or message me on Facebook your mailing address. The draw was held live on my FB page The Joy of ESL tonight. --KM

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