KEY CONCEPTS & METHODOLOGIES

1=Recall/Recognition            2=Explanation            3=Application            4=Evaluation            5=Synthesis

Omaggio Hadley  (Ch. 1 & 3)

2<  What is the purpose of this book? 

2<  communicative competence  (Canale and Swain)  [Also in C&D, p. 25]

2<  competence vs. performance

2<  ACTFL Proficiency guidelines

1<  Chomsky

1<  Ellis

1<  Standards - 'Five C's

Omaggio Hadley  (Ch.  3)

2 & 3< 5 hypothesis: how does each relate to teaching language in context?

2< MacWhinney

4<  Consider a teaching approach with which you are familiar through observation or personal experience.  What characteristics of this approach are conducive to the development of proficiency?What characteristics might need modification to make the approach more proficiency-oriented?

Curtain & Dahlburg   (ix-xvi & Ch. 17)

2<  What is the fundamental principle of this book?

3<   Underline the key word (s) in each concept (xiv-xv). Then, choose two of the concepts and explain how it might be carried out in an elementary FL classroom.  Do programs that you know have most of these characteristics?

1< What observations were made by Alkonis and Brophy (1961) about elementary FL programs at that time?

4&5<  Supporting elementary school FL programs might be considered "getting on the bandwagon", triggered by  national reports.  What lessons can be learned from the history of FL teaching in the U.S. to help prevent the decline of support for FL programs after their "fad value" has worn off?

Academic Content Standards 140-141

2< What conditions are necessary for classroom learning?