| Catalog description: A course designed to examine the theoretical and practical issues relating to the teaching of foreign languages K-12. Instructional practices pertaining to the following are explored through lectures, reading of current literature, class discussion, guest speakers, etc.: the role of context in comprehension and learning, listening, reading, oral proficiency, writing, testing, culture, and curriculum. Required for French & Spanish multi-age license. |
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Course objectives: The
teacher education student will . . .
KNOWLEDGE
1. Acquire a basic understanding of the teaching/learning process in foreign language education. |
SKILLS
1. Learn effective techniques for teaching foreign language in context (in all four skill areas: reading, writing, listening, speaking). |
DISPOSITIONS
1. Demonstrate an attitude that will convey to students the value of foreign language learning and cross-cultural understanding. |
REQUIRED TEXTS/ON-LINE RESOURCES/LISTSERV:
Texts:
On-line:
Professional Development Opportunities
(NCATE 6a)
| The OFLA listserv is hosted by Yahoo! Groups.
The listserv is designed to communicate with OFLA members concerning
both OFLA events
and foreign language teaching in general. The listserv provides you
with immediate contact with other OFLA members. Go to the OFLA homepage (http://www.ofla-online.com), click on the LISTSERV, and follow the directions to subscribe. |
| FLTEACH is a Listserv list founded Jean
LeLoup and Robert Ponterio and running on a computer at
SUNY/Buffalo. The topic of the list is foreign language teaching
methods including high school/college articulation, training of student
teachers, and curriculum. Current membership includes colleagues
across the country as well as around the world. We will use the
first few minutes of each class to discuss the issues from the previous
week. All students should subscribe immediately after the first
class session. In order to subscribe:
Send a message
to:
LISTSERV@listserv.buffalo.edu Send the message just like that--no signature or anything else. You will get a welcome message by return e-mail with instructions on how to use FLTEACH. You might want to consider other options that are available. (For example, by subscribing to the DIGEST option, you will get messages only once a day under one heading "FLTEACH".) |
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Ohio Department of Education - Foreign Languages |
ODE Standards-Based Education (SBE) Toolkit |
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ACTFL |
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FL TEACH FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) |
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Language Learning & Technology (on-line journal) |
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I Prof. S-R's homepage FL Instructional Materials Database Online Connecting Cultures III Participant-created lessons - CCIII -Venezuela 01 Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices- (video clips) |
ED 432/637 - The Teaching of FL (Practice class) |
| NNELL- National Network for Early Language Learning | Guidelines for Starting an Elementary School Foreign Language Program |
| Web resources for Spanish teachers | Web resources for French teachers |
| TESOL- Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages | ESL Standards for PreK-12 Students |
1. Introduction to Course
On Being and Becoming a FL Teacher: FL
Teacher Preparation & Professional Development
Individual Professional Development
Plans (IPDP's)
Reading: C&D: Ch. 20; p. 468-469 -
Rate
yourself
for each ACTFL/NCATE Standard;
"A Venezuelan
Experience: Professional Development for Teachers,
Meaningful Activities for Students" (LeLoup & Schmidt-Rinehart,
Hispania 86,3, 2003)
"Connecting
Cultures/Connecting Teachers: Professional Development at
its Best" (Schmidt-Rinehart & LeLoup, Language Educator, January 2008)
Connecting Cultures III- A model professional development workshop in Venezuela
2. Second Language Acquisition
NCATE
3a;4a
Ohio's Academic Content Standards FL
K-12; National Standards
Summary of National and State Standards
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3. CURRICULUM
NCATE
2c; 3a
Characteristics of Proficiency-Oriented
Language Instruction
Program Types and Models
Planning for
Instruction
Backward Design
"Success Spoken Here: Preparing Citizens of the World" - video of immersion school in Washington._____________________________________________________________________________
4. FIELD TRIP TO VISIT A HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM:
Curriculum planning, classroom set-up for proficiency/standards-based
instruction, IPDP.
THE ROLE OF CONTEXT in Comprehension and Learning
Standard: Communication & Connections Goals NCATE
3a
Model lessons
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6.
Standard: Interpersonal Mode: Oral and Written
Communication (Focus on Speaking) NCATE
3a;
4b
Model Lesson: Una entrevista
ERROR CORRECTION
Sample Rubrics:
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9. CULTURE
Standard: Cultures & Comparisons (4.2) Goals
NCATE
2a;
3a
What's Up With Culture? - An On-Line Cultural Training Resource For Study Abroad -U. of the Pacific
Teaching
Foreign Languages K-12 Workshop 5 (Annenberg): "Rooted in Culture"
Model Lessons
ODE FL Academic Content Standards and Model Assessment Project
Rubrics for the Ohio Model Assessment Project (ODE)Portfolio Assessment Guide (National Language Resource Center)
Linguafolio (National Council of State Supervisors for Languages)
Virtual Assessment Center (CARLA)
Language Testing International (LTI - ACTFL) The ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview
Six Steps for Improving Proficiency - Fairfax Co. Public Schools - PALS
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12.USING TECHNOLOGY Standard:
the 5
C's
NCATE
2a;
3a
Online reading:1. Read through Bob Ponterio's (FLTeach/SUNY Cortland) Integrating Technology in the FL Classroom syllabus. (Browse a bit!) Integrate/incorporate with the knowledge/skills you gained in your A.U. technology course (EDCI 232/504).
2. Language Learning & Technology (on-line journal)
3. A few things to check out:
Web resources for French teachers Web resources for Spanish teachers Taller hispano
If Abraham Lincoln had had Powerpoint at Gettysburg ....
4. Access several of the WebQuests available online from one of the Web pages listed in the "Further Reading" section of Curtain & Dahlberg, Ch. 15.
5. ISTE's Educational Standards for Teachers (2008)
In-Class Discussion
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13. EXPECTATIONS FOR FL TEACHERS- NCATE
6:
Professionalism
The Praxis Series
Tests at a
Glance
National Board of Professional Teaching Standards
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14. TRANSLATING THEORY TO PRACTICE
~ Classroom Idea Notebooks
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15. FINAL EXAM **
Final
Exam Outline
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**FINAL EXAM TIME DURING FINALS WEEK: Final exam discussion, course evaluation, evaluation of completion of course objectives, discussion of Individual Professional Development Plans