- Cummins’s differentiation between social and academic language
Explaining BICS and CALP
Link: http://ells.wiki.farmington.k12.mi.us/Explaining+BICS+and+CALP
Link: http://ells.wiki.farmington.k12.mi.us/Explaining+BICS+and+CALP
- Krashen’s separate concepts of the affective filter and comprehensible input
Language Impact
Link: http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/krashenbk.htm
Link: http://www.languageimpact.com/articles/rw/krashenbk.htm
- Vygotsky’s zone of proximal development
Zone of Proximal Development
Link: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/5075
Link: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/5075
- Swain’s ideas about meaningful interaction
Meaningful Input and Output
Link: http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/referencematerials/bibliographyliteracy/swain1985.htm
Link: http://www.sil.org/lingualinks/literacy/referencematerials/bibliographyliteracy/swain1985.htm
- Brown’s principles of language teaching and language learning
Principles of Language Learning and Teaching
Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29480563/Principles-of-Language-Learning-and-Teaching
Link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/29480563/Principles-of-Language-Learning-and-Teaching
- Bloom’s taxonomy classifying levels of cognitive challenge
Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains
Link: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
Link: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
