Flashcards · IB Middle Years Programme Language Acquisition (MYP) · Topic 3

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What are the six MYP global contexts?: Identities and relationships; orientation in space and time; personal and cultural expression; scientific and technical innovation; globalization and sustainability; fairness and development.
Global context versus topic in language acquisition: A global context is a lens shared by every MYP subject. A topic is the actual subject matter of a task (food waste, festivals, online learning). One topic can sit under several contexts.
What makes a strong statement of inquiry in language acquisition?: A general, transferable statement (not a question or task description) joining a key concept, related concept(s) and a global context. Example: "Where and how people celebrate reflects the culture and history of a community."
Why is "In this unit we will learn about holidays in Spain" a weak statement of inquiry?: It is a task description about one topic, with no concept and no global context, so it does not transfer to another language or unit.
Receptive versus productive vocabulary: Receptive vocabulary: words you recognise when listening or reading. Productive vocabulary: words you can recall and use accurately when speaking or writing.
What is a chunk or collocation, and why learn them?: A group of words that normally go together ("take part in", "make a difference"). Learning them as units makes speech more fluent and writing more natural.