Automaticity
Posted on April 10, 2008
Last semester in Second Language Acquisition class we learned about a concept called automaticity. IIRC it means when a person is learning a new language, there comes a point when certain things are understood automatically, without having to translate back into the person’s first language. I’m getting a bit of this in French class. At least, it’s getting to the point where I don’t have to mentally translate words or phrases back into English. I still rely heavily on translating back into English, but it’s less often than before. This may be because some phrases are used throughout the class. Setting up verb conjugation tables in a spreadsheet probably helps, too.
Three weeks left in the semester, including Finals week. We had our last Oral exam in French this evening. I have a final paper and presentation due in each class in the next couple of weeks. Sociolinguistics is a 15 – 30 page paper with an approximately 20 minute presentation. French has a two to three page paper with about a five minute presentation. The presentation in Sociolinguistics is due in two weeks, while the paper is actually due May 1st. In French class, the presentation and paper is due in our last class session. Each class also has a final exam. In Sociolinguistics it’s a take home exam, but it is due next week because we will be doing presentations the last two class sessions.
No classes for me during the summer, because the ones they offer that I’m interested in are only offered during the day.
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