Jerusalem's World

Describe activities that you did in the early days of the class that illustrate (1) a behavioral perspective on second language acquisition, (2) a cognitive perspective, and (3) a constructivist perspective.          During the process of acquiring second language, the behavioral perspective that I have experienced is when my teacher told us to do an activity where he said to the class that if ever a certain group will win on the given activity, he will give extra points and he will give an exception to the upcoming examination. We did everything and we exerted our time and efforts so that we can win on that activity but the luck did not allow us to win. Hence, we are very happy for our opponents because they deserve that chance for giving their best shots. They received their rewards and we are very happy for their triumph.           Another one is the cognitive perspective whe...

Hello Readers! I was tasked by my language teacher to answer these questions in line with my experience during my foreign language class few years ago. Hope you like it. <3 How do you feel about your classmates? The class spirit or mood? Is the class "spirit" upbeat and motivating, or boring and tedious? What are the root causes of this general mood? Is it your own attitude, or the teacher's style, or the makeup of the class? Well, during my foreign language class, my classmates are very active yet so much friendly. I really feel comfortable when I am with them the whole time my teacher discusses his lessons. The mood of the class is very happy to the point that you're just on the cloud9 while learning. It is very motivating despite the tiredness I feel because I know that everyone in the class are trying their bests to make the learning process be convenient to every learner - including me. I think the teacher's style causes this general mood be...

FOREIGN LANGUAGE : PREPARATION TO FACE THE WORLD            Curiosity helps human to find answers, formulate questions and explore the world. When I started learning foreign languages like English and attending Arabic class, my overall emotional feeling is nothing but amazement and happiness. I was amazed in such way where I learned a lot about differences in the meanings of words from one language to another. I am really overwhelmed because I got to know how to translate an English word to an Arabic word, translation of both language to my spoken dialect and even weighing their uses according to their function in a sentence. I was scared firstly, there is an hesitation but because I am open to new discoveries, I eventually enjoyed it. Learning foreign language is a great experience.             On the other hand, I am really challenged due to the fact that I had dilemma to construct a sentence using those ...