tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post7435964065825169159..comments2023-11-02T18:31:23.248+03:00Comments on SLA: Project LENATuncer Canhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01135630242770051177noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-53532197672928393332008-06-21T18:40:00.000+03:002008-06-21T18:40:00.000+03:00according to the lena project the aim is "to help ...according to the lena project the aim is "to help parents easily monitor and measure their child's language environment and development.to help them to track their child's language developmental age compared to his or her chronological age.to report the number of adult words and conversational turns between the parent and their child to help give clarity to conversations with their clinician or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-39914411195455734392008-06-21T18:38:00.000+03:002008-06-21T18:38:00.000+03:00according to the lena project the aim is "to help ...according to the lena project the aim is "to help parents easily monitor and measure their child's language environment and development.to help them to track their child's language developmental age compared to his or her chronological age.to report the number of adult words and conversational turns between the parent and their child to help give clarity to conversations with their clinician or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-9212711457314522712008-06-16T14:51:00.000+03:002008-06-16T14:51:00.000+03:00As Russian scientist Lev Vgotsky said, the influen...As Russian scientist Lev Vgotsky said, the influence with the environment has a huge role in acquiring a language. In fact, it is probably the most important component for it. However, it is difficult to have a healty measurement like in the project Lena in foreign language classes. Therefore, teachers have to speak in the target language when they are with their students, developing Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-35363356218932480442008-06-06T23:41:00.000+03:002008-06-06T23:41:00.000+03:00LENA is system which monitoring language Assessmen...LENA is system which monitoring language Assessment in a Natural Environment. Parents that have been desperately searching for answers and a way to measure and improve their child's language development can have LENA (Language ENvironment Analysis).It is good example for using more and differently words in classroom. Using LENA child’s IQ and theirs vocabulary size can be changed a lot.You can Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-29971000450799757462008-05-27T19:40:00.000+03:002008-05-27T19:40:00.000+03:00The awareness of parents on their child’s acquisit...The awareness of parents on their child’s acquisition of languge has a great importance on the child’s future life,I think.As their language and their pesonality with their IQ level are shaped between the years 1 and 4 .Their parents’ awareness and their attitudes according to this will raise the inputs and this will cause more positive outputs.In my opinion LENA Project is a great chance of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-89300723717931067282008-05-27T13:04:00.000+03:002008-05-27T13:04:00.000+03:00LENA (Language Environment Analysis) is a kind of ...LENA (Language Environment Analysis) is a kind of project that focus on the importance of environment when acquaring/learning language.Its basis is imitation and enivironmental effects.It says the more vocabulary a child hears, the more (S)he will learn.It also teaches "turn taking" in the conversation.<BR/> In my opinion,the methods of LENA can be used in classrooms very effectivly.I mean if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-53006782009176042352008-05-26T20:09:00.000+03:002008-05-26T20:09:00.000+03:00lena project is helpful for child's language devel...lena project is helpful for child's language development by providing reports of child's ability on language. Meanwhile parents and their children will be in a real communication. parents should consider that the more they talk the more their children will comprehend the language that they hear. the lena project tries to work on babies abilities while they are growin up. their IQ will be effectedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-16699178737153155342008-05-18T14:22:00.000+03:002008-05-18T14:22:00.000+03:00The aim of lena is to monitoring ,examining the ch...The aim of lena is to monitoring ,examining the child's language environment.I think the most attracting feature is to analyze the language age as chronologically and report them.At the end, we can get true results.Also by using it at home is very confortable and confidental.Ithink we should subscribe to Lena immediately to aware of ourselves .Ilooked this site and saw some comment about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-85344221748598117182008-05-16T22:18:00.000+03:002008-05-16T22:18:00.000+03:00LENA project aims parents to make aware of the imp...LENA project aims parents to make aware of the importance of using the language around the child in developmental stage and exposure the child to the target language as possible as it is.<BR/>in my opinion,it is a great chance to take parents attention to their child's language development and become aware of whether he is in correct order to produce the sound,the word.etc or whether they are Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-20720010764069278902008-05-13T19:59:00.002+03:002008-05-13T19:59:00.002+03:00there are two important key words here: an exact a...there are two important key words here: an exact age and more input. child's input level effect his IQ level. more input more intalligent! moreover there is time limit, 4 age. that project is especially for L1 acquisition but we can also make use of it in our class. our students will be older than 4:-) but we can give more input to our students. before taking this lesson I was thinking that it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-11740000917084420302008-05-13T19:59:00.001+03:002008-05-13T19:59:00.001+03:00there are two important key words here: an exact a...there are two important key words here: an exact age and more input. child's input level effect his IQ level. more input more intalligent! moreover there is time limit, 4 age. that project is especially for L1 acquisition but we can also make use of it in our class. our students will be older than 4:-) but we can give more input to our students. before taking this lesson I was thinking that it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-88343051442473083592008-05-13T19:59:00.000+03:002008-05-13T19:59:00.000+03:00there are two important key words here: an exact a...there are two important key words here: an exact age and more input. child's input level effect his IQ level. more input more intalligent! moreover there is time limit, 4 age. that project is especially for L1 acquisition but we can also make use of it in our class. our students will be older than 4:-) but we can give more input to our students. before taking this lesson I was thinking that it isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-24300254247992244532008-05-12T23:34:00.000+03:002008-05-12T23:34:00.000+03:00LENA project is about the importance of the enviro...LENA project is about the importance of the environment on babies'acquısıtıon of language.it supports that if a baby hears more vocabulary from birth to the age of 4,his/her IQ will be higher.<BR/> ıt is also the same in foreign language learning.the theacher should use real objects such as a tape recorder or a video in the class.so,students will hear the correct pronouncıatıons of the target Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-32716846669434075582008-05-12T17:35:00.000+03:002008-05-12T17:35:00.000+03:00LENA is a project which deals with the effects of ...LENA is a project which deals with the effects of environment on language development of babies.ıt says that if a child expose to more vocabulary in his/her critical period,he/she will have higher IQ than the other children.ın other words,quantity of words the child hears until the age of 4 is very important for language development.<BR/>in foreign language learning,the basic concept is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-50511911880843593052008-05-10T22:12:00.000+03:002008-05-10T22:12:00.000+03:00LENA PROJECT focuses on the importance of imitatio...LENA PROJECT focuses on the importance of imitation and conversation.Even english parents' babies cannot speak without being spoken so how we can expect our students to speak english while they dont hear any english words from their teachers.You may think that grammar is more important and people around the students want u to teach grammar rules to students inorder to make them to be ready forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-59498974612568274952008-05-08T14:15:00.000+03:002008-05-08T14:15:00.000+03:00what ı understood from LENA ıs that however much p...what ı understood from LENA ıs that however much parent speak wıth theır chıldren especıally when they are learnıng language new,chıldren can acquıre language as same as the lımıt theır parents talk wıth them.so ın that case when ı speak only ın englısh ın my classroom and encourage my students to speak ın englısh,theır language acquısıtıon wıll develope accordıng to ıt,an they canlearn more Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-83404975526658379952008-05-08T00:56:00.000+03:002008-05-08T00:56:00.000+03:00Language acquisition course basically deals with n...Language acquisition course basically deals with natural language environment. That environment surrounds child whether we intentionally form it or not. In that point, Lenababy project helps parents to take professional support.Statistics show that the more word used in the environment of child, the more intellectual development is supplied. That scientific fact is the aim of Lenababy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-84996008521559136242008-05-07T21:08:00.000+03:002008-05-07T21:08:00.000+03:00As i understood, LENA project helps parents monito...As i understood, LENA project helps parents monitor the developmantal stages of their children and gives chance to bring them up as creative individuals. It is very useful because children grow up in healthy way. In this programme, children are exposed to language and they acquire the competence in that language. So, it can be said that children who grow up by this programme can manage the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-72128740814801209182008-05-05T16:11:00.000+03:002008-05-05T16:11:00.000+03:00If a child gets a lot of language input in her ear...If a child gets a lot of language input in her early ages,she will get more successful in academic life and her IQ level will be higher than the child who gets less input.That is the starting point of LENA project.When a parent always talks to her child with same words,then the child will learn only these words.However,when a mother uses very different words while speaking to her child,then the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-60401024780492602612008-05-04T17:59:00.000+03:002008-05-04T17:59:00.000+03:003233050007 (ÇAP) LENA is a project emphasizes ...3233050007 (ÇAP)<BR/><BR/> LENA is a project emphasizes that the more the children are exposed to language, the more efficient they learn. Contrary to Piaget, who gives importance to the child’s cognitive development and thus concludes that children learn in stages and that all stages present certain activities that the children can do only in those stages, LENA Project stresses child’s Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-64431166445358726742008-05-04T16:25:00.000+03:002008-05-04T16:25:00.000+03:00The LENA project gives a chance to parents to eval...The LENA project gives a chance to parents to evaluate their children's language development. As İt can be understood by its name LENA_Language ENvironment Analysis, Children languge use is recorded thanks to a tool and the findings are anayzed. After the analysis, parents have the chance to see their children's language use, word use. So they can see the frequency and amount of words their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-58125622021934338012008-04-30T21:51:00.000+03:002008-04-30T21:51:00.000+03:00As i have learned,"Lena" is a project used in nati...As i have learned,"Lena" is a project used in native language acquisition and it gives parents a chance to observe the develeopment of their child’s languge and to see how they are “as parents” are involved in this process. It is good for the acquisition of L1 but why not to use some of the underlying principles of this Project in our future classes, as foreign language teachers? Keeping in mind Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-54209706060979201742008-04-29T23:05:00.000+03:002008-04-29T23:05:00.000+03:00According to lena,parents’ usage of words and word...According to lena,parents’ usage of words and words’ frequency determine childrens’ IQs and their success in their school-life.and also this study emphazises that the environment around children is very important for learning language.considering foreign language teaching,parents are replaced with teachers so teachers are the only ones who can create this environment.teacher is so important thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-23112901591529830702008-04-29T15:43:00.000+03:002008-04-29T15:43:00.000+03:00we all witness english langage teachers talking in...we all witness english langage teachers talking in turkish,not english in our school life right?they supports the idea that without knowing some vocabulay and grammar of the target language students cant understand what teacher says so they ignore L2 speaking actually it s what easy for them..however they want students to speak in target language,they even charge for a turkish word uttered..what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13990727.post-36324774321732661532008-04-29T14:44:00.000+03:002008-04-29T14:44:00.000+03:00The LENA Project or programme closely deals with t...The LENA Project or programme closely deals with the process and activities during the babies grow up,and also feedback fort his.According to LENA sheer quantity of words your child hears every day from birth to age 4 directly impacts his or her language development and academic success and also IQ is closely related to the vocabulary children have.This Project also deals with the possible Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com