1.) When people learn something as a cultural process their bodies are involved because cultural learning always involves having specific experiences that facilitate learning, not just memorizing words. Learners must have connections and experiences through their bodies, their can't be a disconnect.
2.) Students learn large vocabularies by having experienced the "worlds" which the words connect to meaning. Students have learned different words through specialized contexts through adults, experiences, etc.
3.) Words have different and specialized meaning for the different contexts or situations they are used in.
4.) a. no longer required, responsibility is lost
b. they are special or awesome
c. crazy, exciting
5.) What is the "work" of childhood?
The author claims play is the proper work of childhood and helps learning.
6.) Why would you not read the instructions before you play a game?
You need to have the proper experience from playing the game to understand the text and learn new vocabulary according to the author.
7.) He is talking about situations where we have to act a certain way and play by the rules in that specific environment. Different "games" I play in are being an education student, being an umpire, and being a sunday school teacher. Each different context has different rules I am suppose to play by to be considered an appropriate player. My identity comes through successfully following those rules and being a player in each different "game".
8.) Learning that allows students to apply and follow rules for different contexts and use their backgrounds to translate meaning to new areas and build on their existing knowledge base.
Good understanding of why language learning in school needs to be situated in the context in an authentic context of use!
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