National Geographic Learning Michael Joseph Cahill Senior Regional Director
The world is an amazing place, filled with exciting and inspiring people, places, and stories: stories that have the power to engage and motivate learners, and stories that have the power to transform lives. Learning is an emotional and a social process. Your role in your child’s attitudes and beliefs towards learning cannot be overstated.
Preparing children for this amazing and ever-changing world can be a parent’s and an educator’s biggest challenge. An expert who shares that challenge and can offer useful practical advice is invaluable. For parents and educators especially interested in preparing a child to thrive in an ever more connected and competitive world, I can think of no greater expert than Daphne Liu, your guide to 「親子閱讀趣 – 悅讀真有趣」.
With over twenty years of experience in language learning, teaching, research and material development, Ms. Liu is uniquely prepared to assist parents interested in developing a child’s love of language, stories, culture, and learning.
With children of her own, Ms. Liu understands that motivating a child to learn pays a dividend that goes beyond a score, a test, or even subject knowledge. Through the activities and guidance suggested in「親子閱讀趣 – 悅讀真有趣」, Ms. Liu supports parents with the inspiration and the tools to tap into a child’s sense of adventure and exploration.
Why is this important?
Language learning has changed and evolved over the past twenty to thirty years. Driven by changes in the workplace, and as reflected in the most recent national curricula, today’s language learning is focused on communicative competence. First introduced in 1966 the concept of language competence was introduced in reaction to perceived inadequacies in the distinction between language knowledge and language performance. The four components of communicative competence can be broken down as follows: linguistic competence, the knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, syntax; sociolinguistic competence, knowing when and with whom to use language appropriately; discourse competence, the ability to comprehend and create a variety of text types, both spoken and written; and strategic competence, the ability to overcome gaps in communication.
While none of these competences are new, the need to actively address each of them more holistically has taken on increasing importance with the greater focus on the so-called soft skills, otherwise known as 21st century skills, higher order thinking skills, or sometimes si
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