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=__Theme 2 :Develop oral skills__= To a great extent, the language used by teachers and students in classrooms determines what is learned and how learning takes place.  Some have argued strongly that students should have significant opportunities to integrate oral and written language in the classroom, because these experiences support and encourage the development of literacy.  **__Vygotsky’s__** social constructivist theory, which views learning as both socially based and integrated, has played a major role in guiding the research in this area.  Studies of classroom language and literacy learning generally assume the following: - Learning is a social activity: interpersonal behaviors are the basis for new conceptual understandings. - Learning is integrated: strong interrelationships exist between oral and written language learning. -Learning requires student interaction and engagement in classroom activities: engaged students are motivated to learn and have the best chance of achieving full communicative competence across the broad spectrum of language and literacy skills. media type="youtube" key="9_c3pnoiqdE" width="425" height="350"

This page is a good resource to the children, they can practise phonology by a lot of activities: [] Phonetic transcription: []  __**Chomsky:**__      The Language Acquisition Device (LAD) is a hypothetical brain mechanism that Noam Chomsky postulated to explain human acquisition of the syntactic structure of language. This mechanism endows children with the capacity to derive the syntactic structure and rules of their native language rapidly and accurately from the impoverished input provided by adult language users. The device is comprised of a finite set of dimensions along which languages vary, which are set at different levels for different languages on the basis of language exposure. The LAD reflects Chomsky's underlying assumption that many aspects of language are universal (common to all languages and cultures) and constrained by innate core knowledge about language called Universal Grammar. This theoretical account of syntax acquisition contrasts sharply with the views of B. F. Skinner, Jean Piaget, and other cognitive and social-learning theorists who emphasize the role of experience and general knowledge and abilities in language adquisition.  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Students develop oral language skills by following directions from the song they sing. <span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> [] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">
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To practise pronunciation: