BME 637
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BME637 : The Class : Second Language Acquisition : Acquisition : Assignment 1

Reading Assignment 1: Reflect on the Readings

To complete this assignment successfully, you should:

  1. Study the assignment carefully.
  2. Post your response in the Portfolio area of the VCC.

Can you answer the following questions and post your answers in the VCC---in your Portfolio.

Please use the VCC button below to go into Virtual Conference Center. You should post your response in your Portfolio area. Remember to begin your posting with the title of the assignment, in this case, "Reflect on the Readings."

1. Now that you have read Barry McLaughlin's MYTHS AND MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING and Carrasco's Ethnographic Issues and Insights in Multicultural Classrooms, please comment on their relationship. (Hint: Review Myth #4). How do the descriptive stories by Carrasco relate to McLaughlin's theories?

2. What myth (s) did you unlearn about second language acquisition in the classroom? Explain briefly.

 

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