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Moving Students Up the Proficiency Ladder
Peg Bobber
Lincoln-Way NORTH Lincoln-Way EAST High Schools
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Today’s Objectives: I can….
1. Discuss my thoughts on language learning versus language acquisition.
2. Familiarize myself with the 2012 ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
3. Get some ideas for how to move my students into higher levels of proficiency
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WHY THE FOCUS ON SKILLS? Let’s do the MATH
makes language learning useful+makes language learning more natural+makes our students successful______________________________STUDENT SUCCESS=STUDENT MOTIVATION=STUDENT RETENTION
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Teaching Language?
Teaching about Language?
TEACHING FOR LANGUAGE SKILLS
Read
Speak Write
Listen
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Teaching about the language
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Teaching about the language
1. mechanical learning2. undeveloped skills3 unusable in the real world
Voy, vas, va, vamos
Ir + a + infinitive
stem changing
verbs
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Teaching LANGUAGE
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Teaching LANGUAGE
1. Natural learning2. Skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking 3. Usable in the real world
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Skill Acquisition
1st language-listen -speak-read
-write
2nd language-listen-read-write-speak
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Skill Acquisition
1st language-listen-INPUT-speak-OUTPUT-read-INPUT
-write-OUTPUT
2nd language-listen-INPUT-read-INPUT-write-OUTPUT-speak-OUTPUT
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How can we make learning a second language more natural for students?
1. Give a lot of input before we expect output.
2. Focus on learning skills (big picture)
3. Teach vocabulary and grammar in the context of a skill.
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Language is…
By:• Reading• Listening• Engaging in Meaningful
Conversation
In order to.. Write! Speak! Communicate! Create!
By:• Memorizing Vocabulary• Studying Grammar
In order to… Edit Revise Correct errors Fill-in-the-blanks
Acquired Learned
“The Sponge” “The Monitor”
D. Floyd 2012
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WHY THE FOCUS ON SKILLS? Let’s do the MATH
makes language learning useful+makes language learning more natural+makes our students successful______________________________STUDENT SUCCESS=STUDENT MOTIVATION=STUDENT RETENTION
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ACTFL 2012 Proficieny Guidelines-levels to
describe:1. NOVICE-(high/mid/low)
2. INTERMEDIATE-(high/mid/low)
3. ADVANCED-(high/mid/low)
4. Superior5. Distinguished
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Let’s Talk about Proficiencyin SPEAKING and WRITING
How can we increase student’s current skills?
1. Communicate where they are at and where they are going.
2. Provide experiences for practicing and risk taking.
3. Structure Assessments with level appropriate expectations and higher expectations.
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1. Communicate where they are at and where they are going.
a. Show levels and descriptors for ACTFL proficiency standards
b. Use proficiency based learning targets
c. Show examples of writing and of speaking at this level
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A. Show levels and descriptors for ACTFL proficiency standards
ACTFL website
Global Self-Assessment grid CONCORDIA Language Villages.
Classroom Collage
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NOVICE LEVEL -me!Memorized words and phrases
Communicate on everyday, predictable topics
Can be difficult to understand even with a sympathetic listener/reader/
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INTERMEDIATE LEVEL -myself and others
LOW
o Beginning to create
o Can answer questions
o Can complete basic
communicative tasks
MID AND HIGH Creating strings of sentences Can exchange basic
information Asking questions Managing one time frame
with ease Able to elaborate a little
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ADVANCED LEVEL -myself, others, my community
Narrate in 3 time frames
Ask questions
Negotiate/persuade/convince
Extended discourse with varied vocabulary
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B. Use proficiency based learning targets
What is the student going to be able to DO with the content.
Use next level up to challenge.
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What is the student going to be able to DO with the content.
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Use next level up as a challenge.Speaking Activity: Describe your best friend
NOVICE-describe/list adjectives
INTERMEDIATE-explain why/compare him/her to yourself/tell activities you do together,
what makes a good friend
ADVANCED-compare your best friend with your best friend from childhood. What type of friendship are you hoping to have with a future spouse?
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C. Show examples of writing and of speaking at this level
OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview Samples from ACTFL home page)
Show high, medium, low writing products. Have students “self-assess” their writing with a rubric or a checklist.
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Today’s Objectives: I can….
1. Discuss my thoughts on language learning versus language acquisition.
2. Familiarize myself with the 2012 ACTFL proficiency guidelines.
3. Get some ideas for how to move my students into higher levels of proficiency