tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83461692011-04-21T16:29:29.637-05:00My reflections on language learning and teachingLilia Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601455879929169107noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346169.post-1105985351127592832005-01-17T13:09:00.000-06:002005-01-17T12:11:36.446-06:00

Notes of a Wanna-Be Linguist Hi! I am Lilia Joy, a Russian immigrant living and teaching in the U.S. with an "unhealthy" interest in linguistics, language acquisition, and acculturation. :) Currently I am teaching college writing in Western Kentucky. It is challenging and exciting at the same time.

Lilia Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601455879929169107noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346169.post-1096769282434572862004-10-02T20:58:00.000-05:002005-01-17T12:10:40.166-06:00

Mark wrote: There also seems to be an underlying assumption that everyone is as open and honest and as trustworthy as everyone else - all at the level of honesty and integrity of Mr. Downes. Hello! I don't think I need to take this one any further. Mr. Downes has some wonderful ideas, and some wonderful ideals. They work - to a point. But we have to figure out what that point is." My response:

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Constructivism is a theory of knowledge originated from the works of Piaget. As far as I understood, constructivists believe that humans must construct theories in their minds and reflect on their experiences in order to truly understand the world around them. Also, in the constructivist point of view, new knowledge is not acquired bit by bit but rather constructed into "knowledge structures"

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Here is a definition of "multiliteracy" I found at http://intel.si.umich.edu/news/news-detail.cfm?NewsItemID=136 . I thought it was simple and comprehensive. Multimedia literacy includes "nontext writing," such as new approaches to learning that place production technology in the hands of the learner. This makes various forms of technology an instrumental part of the learning process. "We really

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