Foreign Language is Indispensable | Jillian Axelrod | TEDxUpperDublinED
Summary
TLDREl guion narra la experiencia educativa del autor en un aula de séptimo grado donde se aprendía español y se establecía comunicación con alumnos de Honduras. Destaca los beneficios cognitivos y laborales del bilingüismo, como la mejora en el control ejecutivo y la adquisición de vocabulario. Critica la falta de énfasis en el aprendizaje de idiomas en EE. UU. y propone cambiar la metodología de enseñanza, priorizando el uso de la conversación y la conexión con la realidad mundial, para mejorar el rendimiento y la importancia del aprendizaje de idiomas.
Takeaways
- 🏫 La clase de español del orador fue inusual y transformadora, donde su experiencia fue fundamental para su educación.
- 🌎 El intercambio cultural con estudiantes de Honduras y Israel amplió su perspectiva y le permitió entender la importancia del aprendizaje de idiomas.
- 🧠 Los estudios de Ellen Bialystok y Kathy Price demuestran que el aprendizaje de idiomas mejora el rendimiento cognitivo y la adquisición de vocabulario.
- 💼 El conocimiento de idiomas es crítico para el éxito en el mercado laboral globalizado, con un aumento en la remuneración de hasta el 15% para quienes son bilingües.
- 📉 A pesar de su importancia, el número de estudiantes inscritos en cursos de idiomas en educación superior disminuyó significativamente entre 2009 y 2013.
- 📚 La falta de priorización de los estudios de idiomas en las aulas de EE. UU. se evidencia en la baja proporción de adultos que siguen siendo proficientes en el idioma aprendido.
- 🚫 El miedo al error es un enemigo del aprendizaje, y el sistema educativo actual promueve esta temor, lo que inhibe el crecimiento y la adquisición de idiomas.
- 🌐 La escuela a menudo se aísla del mundo real, y el aprendizaje de idiomas podría mejorar esta desconexión y fomentar la empatía y el entendimiento global.
- 🔄 La necesidad de cambiar la forma en que se enseñan los idiomas, priorizando el uso de la conversación y la interacción en lugar de la memorización.
- 📈 La priorización de los estudios de idiomas y el cambio en la metodología de enseñanza podrían mejorar significativamente el aprendizaje y la retención de idiomas.
- 🛠 La tecnología y las aplicaciones como Duolingo ofrecen herramientas que pueden revivir y mejorar el aprendizaje de idiomas, haciéndolo más accesible y práctico.
Q & A
¿Qué evento importante ocurrió en la clase de español de séptimo grado del orador?
-El orador y sus compañeros de clase se conectaron con un grupo de estudiantes de Honduras a través de una videollamada, lo que marcó el inicio de una interacción cultural y de aprendizaje del idioma.
¿Cómo describiría el orador su experiencia con un pen pal de Israel?
-El orador mantuvo correspondencia con un pen pal de Israel, aprendiendo hebreo y finalmente visitando Israel para conocerlo en persona, viviendo experiencias culturales únicas como dormir en tiendas beduinas y celebrar fiestas con los lugareños.
Según el estudio de Ellen Bialystok, ¿qué ventaja tienen los bilingües sobre los monolinguas en tareas que implican el uso del 'CEO network' del cerebro?
-Los bilingües superaron a los monolinguas en todas las tareas cognitivas examinadas, especialmente en aquellas que implicaban multitarea, lo que indica una mejora en la función del 'CEO network' o centros de control ejecutivo del cerebro.
¿Qué hallazgo sorprendente hizo Kathy Price en el cerebro de los hablantes bilingües?
-Kathy Price descubrió que los hablantes bilingües tienen más materia gris en las áreas del cerebro asociadas con la adquisición del vocabulario, lo que sugiere un entrenamiento adicional en estas áreas durante el aprendizaje de un segundo idioma.
De acuerdo con el discurso, ¿qué impacto tiene el conocimiento de un segundo idioma en el mercado laboral actual?
-El conocimiento de un segundo idioma es crítico para el éxito en el mercado laboral moderno, con un estudio que indica que el 90% de los cazatalentos en América Latina, Asia y Europa consideran que es fundamental, y puede resultar en un aumento del 10-15% en la remuneración.
¿Cuál es la razón principal que el orador ofrece para la disminución de la matrícula en cursos de idiomas entre 2009 y 2013 en la educación superior?
-El orador sugiere que la falta de priorización de los estudios de idiomas y la forma en que se enseñan en las escuelas públicas podrían ser factores contribuyentes a esta disminución.
Según el orador, ¿qué dos desafíos clave identificó en el sistema educativo actual que afectan el aprendizaje de idiomas?
-El orador identificó el miedo a cometer errores y la desconexión entre el mundo real y el aula como dos desafíos clave que afectan el aprendizaje de idiomas en el sistema educativo actual.
¿Qué solución propone el orador para mejorar la enseñanza de los idiomas en las escuelas públicas?
-El orador propone priorizar el aprendizaje de idiomas, cambiar la forma en que se enseñan, fomentar la conversación en lugar de la memorización, y utilizar tecnología y recursos actuales para involucrar a los estudiantes en el aprendizaje.
¿Por qué es importante, según el orador, que los estudiantes aprendan un segundo idioma más allá del aula?
-El orador argumenta que el aprendizaje de un segundo idioma es importante porque abre oportunidades en el mundo real, permite hacer conexiones significativas y es accesible a todos, mejorando la comprensión y la inclusión en contextos multiculturales.
¿Qué ejemplos da el orador de situaciones del mundo real donde el conocimiento de un segundo idioma es crucial?
-El orador menciona situaciones como ayudar a dos mujeres españolas a no perder su vuelo y la inclusión de inmigrantes etíopes en Israel en conversaciones, demostrando la importancia del segundo idioma en contextos reales.
¿Qué papel sugiere el orador que pueden desempeñar las aplicaciones y la tecnología en el aprendizaje de idiomas?
-El orador sugiere que las aplicaciones como Duolingo y recursos como noticias en español lento pueden ser herramientas valiosas para el aprendizaje de idiomas, fomentando la práctica y la exposición constante al idioma.
Outlines
🌏 Experiencias educativas internacionales
El primer párrafo relata la experiencia del narrador en su clase de español de séptimo grado, donde se conectó con estudiantes de Honduras a través de una videollamada. Luego, describe cómo en el año siguiente se estableció una correspondencia con estudiantes israelíes y eventualmente visitaron Israel. Estas experiencias mostraron los beneficios de la comunicación intercultural y la importancia de aprender idiomas, ya que mejoran habilidades cognitivas y son valiosas en el mercado laboral globalizado. Se menciona un estudio de la psicóloga Ellen Bialystok que demuestra que los bilingües tienen un rendimiento superior en tareas que involucran el uso del 'CEO network' del cerebro, y la investigadora Kathy Price encontró que los bilingües tienen más materia gris en áreas relacionadas con la adquisición del vocabulario.
📉 Disminución en la matrícula de idiomas y desafíos educativos
El segundo párrafo destaca la disminución en la matrícula de idiomas en educación superior y cuestiona por qué tan pocos estudiantes universitarios estadounidenses toman cursos de idiomas, a pesar de los beneficios que traen. El narrador reflexiona sobre su experiencia en el sistema educativo público y señala dos desafíos principales: el miedo a cometer errores y la desconexión entre la escuela y el mundo real. Sugiere que el aprendizaje de idiomas podría mejorar estos problemas, promoviendo un enfoque menos centrado en la memorización y más en la conversación y la conexión con la realidad global. También critica la falta de preparación de los estudiantes para ser futuros profesores de idiomas.
🛠 Soluciones y la importancia del aprendizaje de idiomas
El tercer párrafo presenta ideas para mejorar el aprendizaje de idiomas en las aulas, como priorizar el estudio de idiomas, cambiar las metodologías de enseñanza y utilizar la tecnología para facilitar el aprendizaje. El narrador insta a los estudiantes a no tener miedo de cometer errores y a practicar la conversación en idiomas. Propone que los profesores deberían liberarse de la expectativa de la perfección y enfocarse en la conversación y el engagement con los estudiantes. Finalmente, el narrador comparte historias personales que demuestran la relevancia del aprendizaje de idiomas en situaciones del mundo real y concluye con una llamada a la acción para que tanto estudiantes como profesores cambien el enfoque en el aprendizaje de idiomas.
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Keywords
💡Educación bilingüe
💡Ejecutivo control
💡Materia gris
💡Mercado laboral globalizado
💡Desempeño cognitivo
💡Asignaturas de idiomas
💡Competencia lingüística
💡Miedo al error
💡Memorización
💡Inclusión social
💡Tecnología educativa
Highlights
Seventh-grade classroom experiences with Spanish and international students.
Meeting a class from rural Honduras via computer screen and bonding over common interests.
The benefits of bilingualism on executive control centers of the brain as per Ellen Bialystok's study.
Bilinguals outperforming monolinguals in cognitive tasks involving multitasking.
Neuroimaging research by Kathy Price revealing more gray matter in bilinguals' brains for vocabulary acquisition.
The importance of language learning in the globalized workforce and its impact on job opportunities.
Statistics showing the decline in language enrollments in higher education from 2009 to 2013.
Only 7% of college students in America are enrolled in a language course.
The speaker's personal experience with language learning and its impact on their worldview.
Challenges in the current U.S. education system regarding language learning.
Fear of being wrong as a barrier to language learning in classrooms.
The disconnect between school and the real world in language education.
Proposing language learning as a means to improve the current education system.
The need to prioritize language studies and change the approach to teaching languages.
Current U.S. language classrooms' focus on memorization over conversation.
Encouraging students to embrace mistakes as part of the language learning process.
The potential of technology in aiding language learning through apps and online resources.
Suggestions for teachers to foster a more engaging and conversational approach to language teaching.
The real-world importance of language learning exemplified through personal anecdotes.
A call to action for teachers and students to reshape the future of language education in America.
Transcripts
hi everyone I want to take you back on a
little trip to a seventh grade classroom
my seventh grade classroom was not your
typical seventh grade classroom and I'm
gonna talk to you about my Spanish class
now we only had about ten kids in our
Spanish class but one day we were all
gathered around the computer screen to
make sure we were all on the camera and
looking on the screen I saw about a
dozen faces that looked very different
from ours and they were all waving and
shouting hola como estas and with six
months of Spanish under our belts the
class from suburban Philadelphia met the
one from rural Honduras for the next 45
minutes we talked about music movies
school and food we bonded with these
kids then the next year we each got a
pen pal from Israel we would correspond
back and forth with them every couple of
months writing in Hebrew and then in
eighth grade we got the chance to go to
Israel to meet our pen pals we bargained
in the shook we slept in Bedouin tents
and we even celebrated holidays with the
locals today I still keep in touch with
my pen pal on Facebook watching as all
of them join the army and trek through
desert mountains watching from the
safety of my home these experiences
talking with people thousands of miles
away have been some of the most valuable
moments of my education as a whole well
I was having a great time but what I
didn't realize was that my brain and my
future were reaping incredible benefits
that no one could see in 2009
psychologist Ellen Bialystok conducted a
study comparing bilinguals and
monolinguals performance on a variety of
different tasks involving the executive
control centers of the brain these
control centres are called the CEO
networks because they deal with judgment
and analysis memory and achievement and
what she found was that the bilinguals
outperformed the monolingual on every
single one of these cognitive tasks
especially the ones involving
multitask and then there was
neuroimaging researcher Kathy Price who
found something incredible in the brains
of bilinguals she found that they had
more gray matter in the parts of the
brain that are associated with
vocabulary acquisition now why did this
happen she explains that these areas of
the brain actually get a workout while
learning another language just like any
other muscle in the body that you could
go and workout at the YMCA right now the
difference is that gray matter in this
part of the brain makes this area of the
brain work more efficiently and function
faster now of course all of this science
is very important but I would say that
the most overwhelming amount of data
exists for what knowing another language
can do for us in today's globalized
workforce the Department of Education z'
language IDI arm found that one in five
jobs today are somehow linked to
international trade and recruiter Korn
ferry international took a survey that
found that nine out of ten headhunters
in Europe Latin America and Asia say
that knowing another language is
critical for success in today's job
market and finally Ryan McMunn the CEO
of Bri C language systems says that in
2014 those who entered the workforce
with dual language fluency could expect
up to ten to fifteen percent increase in
pay so learning one just one other
language can make us more efficient help
us learn vocabulary faster make us more
valuable in the workforce along with a
host of other benefits so with all of
these incredible outcomes I want to ask
you a question
how how could it possibly be that
between the years of 2009 and 2013
language enrollments in higher education
dropped by 111 thousand spots and why
why are only 7 percent of college
students in America
currently enrolled in a language course
when I moved to public high school I was
exposed to many shocking realities that
most of our country considers normal and
my old school learning another language
took priority over almost anything else
but what I found is that in the majority
of the country this is not the case now
less than 1% of adults who learned a
language in a u.s. classroom would say
that they're still proficient in that
language now now here in the audience
today can you please do a show of hands
if you learned a language in a u.s.
classroom in middle school or high
school raise your hand raise your hand
all right that's a nice showing now I
want you to keep your hands up if you
would still call yourself proficient in
that language today okay pretty much
everyone's hands went down so what we
see here and what I've experienced
firsthand is whatever we are doing in
public schools in America to teach
languages it is not working while
considering what I would speak about
today I decided to think back over the
past four years of public school
education and I decided to try to hone
in on where I saw that public schools
might be failing us so I settled on two
key challenges the first is that I
noticed that fear is the enemy of growth
and learning in the classroom with our
current system we've inspired a
monstrous fear of being wrong second
talking to many students I found that
most students think school is like a
bubble where the real world is hardly
acknowledged classes teach all the time
about what's going on inside of those
walls but rarely what's going on outside
so what if we use world languages as a
vehicle to improve all of these issues
with the current education system it
opens up a world for our students which
will be hugely important later in life
it's
in the workforce and it instills a sense
of compassion when our students learn
what it's like for the rest of the world
to learn English so this comes in two
key steps first we need to bring
language learning to the forefront of
Education as a whole
second we need to alter and revamp the
way that languages are taught in
classrooms today first comes the need to
prioritize language studies currently in
u.s. classrooms languages are treated as
an afterthought now in 2014 let's think
about the AP exams the amount of
students that took the AP psychology
exam was more than the amount of
students that took every single language
exam combined next 53% of Europeans
would say that they are proficient in
another language not just English as you
can see here on this chart but a mere 18
percent of Americans are proficient in
another language in today's modern
globalized society this is the time that
we need to be emphasizing world
languages why are we shying away from
them if done well learning another
language in a classroom will teach
students that failure is not only
acceptable but failure is quite
necessary when learning new words
students will find that failure is
absolutely vital to them becoming more
proficient in another language but our
current system doesn't work this way our
current system hones in on memorization
in the current u.s. language classroom
students are forced to memorize dozens
of isolated words and phrases and
conjugations that don't necessarily help
them converse now this type of learning
instills a fear of being wrong which is
the same fear that exists in a history
classroom when asked about the date of a
battle that happened hundreds of years
ago now I know that it seems daunting to
try and change the status quo but the
truth is that there are some
all steps that each of us can take in
order to reap the true benefits of
language learning well we find ourselves
in quite a difficult position because
we're going to need teachers to teach
the next generation world languages but
right now our system is not preparing
these students to become the next
teachers they're not equipped to do this
so we find ourselves in the classic
chicken or the egg situation we're at a
standstill
alright so here's what we need to do we
need to look at what we can do now
within the confines of our broken system
how can we make this better for the
future students do not accept these
classes as they are if your language
teacher talks to you in English you know
what respond back in the language that
you're learning do not be afraid to make
mistakes because these mistakes are how
you will ultimately learn this language
and become better talk to your friends
in this language as much as you can
whenever you get the opportunity
language lobbyist bill rivers once said
it's not that people don't think
learning another language is important
they do it's that they don't think it's
possible but it is now more than ever
before in history I'm optimistic that we
can take this into our own hands look at
this technology with apps like duolingo
and slow Spanish news technology has
given us a gift the ability to Skype at
will with friends and family in other
countries whenever we want technology
has given us these tools that if we use
them can revive revamp and completely
change the world language aspect of
America teachers what would happen if we
release the expectation that students
needed to speak perfectly what would
happen what would happen if we stopped
relying on text books what would happen
if we started relying on conversation
drawing pictures
getting it out conversing with their
students about things that are important
to them all too often these curriculums
even the ones that I've said in the
classrooms of have been riddled with
passages about ancient artwork and
convoluted Wars and even worse stories
fit for toddlers what would happen if
the teachers brought in articles about
current events in the country that
speaks the language that these students
are learning about let's engage the
students and they will begin to care too
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días para aprender de entender idiomas
different test translation in my years
of high school I've used these very
tactics to help learn and tell myself
learn and understand different languages
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shone MOT a chef Bichette Amy Odom she's
of iodine she'll ahem Letta Kenneth
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translation I hope that the teachers and
the students across the nation hear what
I'm saying they hear my message and they
understand that it is in our hands to
alter the course of these classrooms I
want to say one final thing this is
important not just because it matters in
the classroom this is not an isolated
topic this is important because it
matters in the real world this matters
because of the two women I met at the
airport last year who were on the verge
of tears
because they were about to miss their
flight and no one could understand them
they were speaking Spanish I went up and
talked to them gave them directions to
their gate and they made it with time to
spare this matters because on my Israel
trip two years ago there were two
Ethiopian immigrants to Israel who
didn't speak a word of English and they
were left out of every single
conversation until my friends and I who
spoke Hebrew in English went over to
them sat by them and translated every
single word so they felt included this
matters because of the connections you
will make this matters because
the world it can open and most of all
this matters because it is accessible to
each and every person sitting in this
room right now thank you
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