Building Proficiency For World Language Learners

Author : Janina Klimas
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-04-29
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781040013205

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Building Proficiency for World Language Learners by Janina Klimas Pdf

This innovative book offers over 100 engaging and effective activities that busy teachers can use to help students become confident, comfortable, and proficient learners, acquirers, and communicators in new languages. Many activities can be adapted to different languages and levels in secondary-level language courses. Klimas provides readers with ready-to-use templates, editable posters, as well as multimodal communicative activities such as games, storytelling exercises, ideas for centers, and more. There are also pair work and speaking, listening, and reading, as well as drama and video activities to build fluency and encourage risk-taking in the target language. Chock full of low-prep, engaging ideas, Building Proficiency for World Language Learners is an essential tool for world language and ESL teachers.

Author : Janina Klimas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1032622504

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Building Proficiency for World Language Learners by Janina Klimas Pdf

"This innovative book offers over 100 engaging and effective activities that busy teachers can use to help students become confident, comfortable, and proficient learners, acquirers and communicators in new languages. Many activities can be adapted to different languages and levels in secondary-level language courses. Klimas provides readers with ready-to-use templates, editable posters, as well as multimodal communicative activities such as games, storytelling exercises, ideas for centers, and more. There are also pair work and speaking, listening and reading, as well as drama and video activities to build fluency and encourage risk-taking in the target language. Chock full of low-prep, engaging ideas, Building Proficiency for World Language Learners is an essential tool for world language and ESL teachers"--

Author : Donna Clementi,Laura Terrill
Publisher : Actfl
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Education
ISBN : 1942544596

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The Keys to Planning for Learning by Donna Clementi,Laura Terrill Pdf

An effective curriculum must bring all required elements together creating an articulated scope and sequence that allows learners to advance to the highest possible levels of proficiency given the type of program. The documents need to be written in a format that is easily understood and accessible to teachers. Enduring understandings offer a starting point for curriculum development. Language educators and experts Donna Clementi and Laura Terrill have created a useful guide to assist teachers, curriculum designers, administrators and professional developers in designing Standards- and performance-based curricula. Starting with an understanding of the 21st century learner, the authors establish a mindset for creating curriculum based on developing learners' proficiency in language and culture. The authors provide easy-to-follow templates to develop units of instruction and daily lessons that incorporate the Standards for Learning Languages, Common Core State Standards, 21st century skills, and technology integration

Author : Joan Kelly Hall
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015053177393

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Methods for Teaching Foreign Languages by Joan Kelly Hall Pdf

For undergraduate or graduate level foreign language methods courses in Teacher Preparation. Also appropriate for junior high and high school teachers of modern foreign languages.Exclusive in its socio-cultural approach to language learning, this comprehensive text builds on the National Communication Standards for foreign language learning. Its goal is to equip students with the necessary knowledge and skills to establish and maintain effective classroom communities of foreign language learners. To accomplish this, the author incorporates the latest research and theoretical insight regarding communication and communicative development with practical application. The result is a complete, effective approach to designing curriculum, instruction, and assessment for foreign languages.

Author : Betty Lou Leaver,Boris Shekhtman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-09-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 0521016851

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Developing Professional-Level Language Proficiency by Betty Lou Leaver,Boris Shekhtman Pdf

This 2002 book examines approaches to teaching students making the transition from 'advanced' or 'superior' proficiency in a foreign language to 'near-native' ability.

Author : Janet Swaffar,Per Urlaub
Publisher : Springer
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789401791595

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Transforming Postsecondary Foreign Language Teaching in the United States by Janet Swaffar,Per Urlaub Pdf

This volume addresses critical challenges and issues facing foreign language departments in colleges and universities across the U.S. It presents the insights of individuals who have built or are in the process of building foreign language curricula during a major transition period in postsecondary institutions. The authors of this volume come from various language departments and institutional experience from across the U. S., including private and public postsecondary foreign language teachers, researchers and administrators. The chapters address issues and provide templates for curricular change at all learning levels. The five sections of this book explore: Changing Perceptions about Foreign Language Learning; The Case for a Multi-literacy FL Curriculum in Concept and Assessment Praxis; Curricular Transformations: Historical Hurdles and Faculty Heuristics; Rethinking the Graduate Curriculum; Foreign Languages' Integration into the Interdisciplinary University. “This thought-provoking and timely volume addresses the question of how historic and current disciplinary, institutional and political conditions affect curricular transformation in collegiate foreign language programs. Responding to the issues raised in the 2007 MLA Report, this collection of nine essays presents a diversity of curricular models and approaches from different theoretical perspectives focusing on the integration of language and content. The book will undoubtedly be of great interest to a broad audience, such as foreign language educators, curriculum designers, administrators, graduate students and researchers.” Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, Yale College, CT, USA.

Author : Gerrard Mugford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000412121

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Developing Cross-Cultural Relational Ability in Foreign Language Learning by Gerrard Mugford Pdf

By reconceptualizing successful communication in a foreign language as an enjoyable and uplifting experience, this volume moves beyond a focus on grammatical accuracy and fluency to foreground the ways in which foreign language learners can be encouraged to build on previous achievements and communicative successes in the target language and so develop confidence, commitment and cross-cultural relational ability. Building on Mugford's previous volume, Addressing Difficult Situations in Foreign-Language Learning (2019), this text draws on grounded qualitative data collected through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and conversations with Spanish-speaking learners of English, to illustrate how learners' experiences and insights can be used to inform a productive pedagogy centred around language users' communicative objectives and interactional successes. Chapters highlight bilingual speakers' conscious language use, practices and choices in the target language and the reasons and implications for such deliberate communicative practices and relational behaviour. In doing so, Mugford is able to outline a critical relational pedagogy designed to better equip language learners with the confidence and pragmatic resources they require to engage in positive cross-cultural relational work. As a valuable, student-centred contribution to teaching and learning of modern foreign languages, this volume will be key reading for researchers, scholars and educators with an interest in language education, TESOL, World Language teaching and Applied Linguistics.

Author : June K. Phillips
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UOM:39015026960768

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Building on Experience--building for Success by June K. Phillips Pdf

Author : Stephen D. Krashen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-05-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781598848458

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Free Voluntary Reading by Stephen D. Krashen Pdf

An eye-opening look at the latest research findings about the success of free voluntary reading in developing high levels of literacy. Free voluntary reading looks better and more powerful than ever. Stephen D. Krashen, PhD, is an advocate for free voluntary reading in schools and has published many journal articles on the subject. Free Voluntary Reading: Power 2010 collects the last ten years of his extensive work and reconsiders all aspects of this important debate in light of the latest findings. The book provides an accessible examination of topics, such as free voluntary reading's value in language and literary acquisition domestically and worldwide, recent developments in support of free voluntary reading, whether rewards-based programs benefit the development of lifelong reading, the value of phonics in reading instruction, and trends in literacy in the United States.

Author : Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow,Melanie Ellis
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788922524

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Early Instructed Second Language Acquisition by Joanna Rokita-Jaśkow,Melanie Ellis Pdf

This book provides a holistic overview of what leads to success in foreign language learning at an early age and deepens our understanding of early foreign language learning. The studies use an array of methodological approaches to research learners aged between three and ten, as well as their parents and teachers, in instructional, minimal-input settings. They describe various ways of organising and promoting very early foreign language learning, both through language policy and innovative pedagogy, and focus on ways of providing input for second language acquisition, which include oral classroom discourse strategies, as well as learner development of literacy skills. Special attention is given to the necessity to develop critical reading skills, the ability to handle multimodal texts, and attitudes, motivations and behaviours and how these may impact on the teaching and learning process. Chapters emphasise that ultimate outcomes depend on extra linguistic environmental factors, such as parental involvement and teacher competences. These include establishing control in the classroom, as well as using appropriate strategies for Negotiation of Meaning, and helping learners build positive self-concept. This book will be of interest to all professionals involved in the teaching of foreign languages to young learners, as well as to researchers, teacher educators and students working in this area.

Author : Joan Clifford,Deborah S. Reisinger
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781626166370

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Community-Based Language Learning by Joan Clifford,Deborah S. Reisinger Pdf

Community-based Language Learning offers a new framework for world language educators interested in integrating community-based language learning (CBLL) into their teaching and curricula. CBLL connects academic learning objectives with experiential learning, ranging from reciprocal partnerships with the community (e.g., community engagement, service learning) to one-directional learning situations such as community service and site visits. This resource prepares teachers to implement CBLL by offering solid theoretical frameworks alongside real-world case studies and engaging exercises, all designed to help students build both language skills and authentic relationships as they engage with world language communities in the US. Making the case that language learning can be a tool for social change as well, Community-based Language Learning serves as a valuable resource for language educators at all levels, as well as students of language teaching methodology and community organizations working with immigrant populations.

Author : June K. Phillips
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015052545798

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Foreign Language Standards by June K. Phillips Pdf

Author : Keiko Koda,Junko Yamashita
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351727082

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Reading to Learn in a Foreign Language by Keiko Koda,Junko Yamashita Pdf

This book describes a theory-guided approach to Foreign Language (FL) course development, implementation, instruction and assessment. It documents the development and implementation of a theory-guided approach designed to exploit cross-linguistically sharable competencies as resources for promoting FL learning. The volume delineates the processes of (a) identifying cross-linguistically sharable competencies, (b) exploring ways of exploiting sharable competencies as resources in promoting language skills through their purposeful use for content learning, (c) implementing the instructional approach in multiple EFL classrooms, and (d) evaluating the approach by comparing learning outcomes across classrooms. It presents a solid conceptual framework that integrates theories in multiple research domains, including second language acquisition, knowledge acquisition, and language assessment. It also provides detailed descriptions of framework construction and classroom implementation – the two processes that are integral to course design and development.

Author : Rhonda Oliver,Bich Nguyen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351369381

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Teaching Young Second Language Learners by Rhonda Oliver,Bich Nguyen Pdf

Adopting a learner-centred approach that places an emphasis on hands-on child SL methodology, this book illustrates the practices used to teach young second language learners in different classroom contexts: (1) English-as-an-Additional-Language-or-Dialect (EAL/D) – both intensive EAL/D and EAL/D in the mainstream (2) Language-Other-Than-English (LOTE) (3) Content-and-Language-Integrated-Learning (CLIL), (4) Indigenous (5) Foreign-Language (FL). It will be particularly useful to undergraduate teachers to build upon the literacy unit they undertake in the first years of their course to explore factors that constitute an effective child SL classroom and, in practical terms, how to develop such a classroom. The pedagogical strategies for teaching young language learners in the six chapters are firmly guided by research-based findings, enabling not only pre-service teachers but also experienced teachers to make informed choices of how to effectively facilitate the development of the target language, empowering them to assume an active and effective role of classroom practitioners.

Author : Catherine Ritz
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000195781

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Leading Your World Language Program by Catherine Ritz Pdf

An essential resource for district, school, and program leaders who supervise, evaluate, or otherwise support World Language programs, this book provides clear, practical guidance on leading an exemplary K–12 World Language program. No matter whether you speak the language, the effective approaches in this book will equip you with the tools you need to implement and evaluate World Language curricula in your school. Catherine Ritz provides a clear and research-based framework for World Language instruction aligned to rigorous national and state standards, and addresses essential concepts and topics, including program and curriculum design, assessment and evaluation, and strategic planning. Whether you are a World Language department chair with years of experience, a school administrator with no background in language education, or a World Language teacher, you will find much to use in this book. It is chock-full of ready-to-use resources and tools, including: Templates for program and unit planning, observation protocols, and sample assessments World LAnguage program models for different age ranges, and a sample curriculum unit Additional resource lists and further reading recommendations.