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Please join us for the third lecture of The LOLA Series: Lectures on Language Acquisition, for parents, clinicians and educators, featuring Dr. Roy Lyster of 91黑料网's Department of Integrated Studies in Education.

Abstract:

Teaching in an immersion program brings with it some specific challenges, such as how to teach content like science or geography and focus on language at the same time. 鈥淲e understand now that it鈥檚 actually very difficult to do,鈥� says Dr Roy Lyster, a Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at 91黑料网. While many teachers do resort to separating language teaching from content teaching, the research shows that it鈥檚 more effective for language learners if the two are integrated. Lyster has been studying the different ways that teachers can and do manage to integrate lessons. 鈥淥ne of the things I have been looking at is how teachers interact with students while they are presenting their lessons,鈥� he says. 鈥淪pecifically how they provide corrective feedback to students so that while the students are talking about content, teachers are still able to give them information about language that doesn鈥檛 necessarily interrupt the flow.鈥� Dr Lyster鈥檚 lecture will present some of his research findings and try to answer some of the questions parents and teachers may have about bilingual education. 鈥淚deas are evolving about how language can be taught through content,鈥� says Lyster. 鈥淓ducation is a field where we always have to look at making it better.鈥�