Discussion: Here I will briefly discuss these quotes. In the first quote about Bakhtin, I was trying to synthesize the main idea from the Bakhtin reading. I felt that he purports the use of tension when learning a new language to keep students on the edge of their seats. What this means to me is that if students are hand-fed each little part of learning a new language, then they will not reach acquisition of the language. They may be able to recite items from what has been taught, but they will not know it for later use in life.
Within the second quote, I am discussing a metaphor about critical framework. What I was trying to do was to make a synthesis for my own (and other's) learning in which I compared critical framework (a new topic) to an onion (prior knowledge). This sparked a conversation on Twitter about how we can utilize onions to bring about new dishes, etc. I feel that this was a useful way to categorize critical framework.
I tweeted the final comment in class. I was telling a classmate that I enjoyed her argumentative nature. I felt that this went along with the idea that Bakhtin supports about the presence of conflict, and how it helps to solidify language learning. I was trying to coax this classmate to continue arguing.
Bakhtin's thoughts - Tension and conflict are necessary for students to be able to learn languages.
#languathinking Critical framing is like an onion. You peel back so many layers, to get to the nucleus. Onion nuclei aren't useful though.
#languathinking @Sharagrau: You, my friend, are argumentative today. It is a good look on you...
Discussion: Here I will briefly discuss these quotes. In the first quote about Bakhtin, I was trying to synthesize the main idea from the Bakhtin reading. I felt that he purports the use of tension when learning a new language to keep students on the edge of their seats. What this means to me is that if students are hand-fed each little part of learning a new language, then they will not reach acquisition of the language. They may be able to recite items from what has been taught, but they will not know it for later use in life.
Within the second quote, I am discussing a metaphor about critical framework. What I was trying to do was to make a synthesis for my own (and other's) learning in which I compared critical framework (a new topic) to an onion (prior knowledge). This sparked a conversation on Twitter about how we can utilize onions to bring about new dishes, etc. I feel that this was a useful way to categorize critical framework.
I tweeted the final comment in class. I was telling a classmate that I enjoyed her argumentative nature. I felt that this went along with the idea that Bakhtin supports about the presence of conflict, and how it helps to solidify language learning. I was trying to coax this classmate to continue arguing.