“Smart” Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom Starring these resources! *AUTHENTIC * *LANGUAGE LEARNING * *CULTURE * Today’s Agenda I. II. III. IV. V. VI. Preview of SUPERSITES for “SB” use Vision/ Goal’s of FL Learning/ 5 C’s SB role in achieving those goals. SB teaching tools for everyday Planning/ Daily Teaching w/ SB Assessments that motivate and promote communication skills Final Hour 1-2pm You will prepare a powerpoint and lesson plan for this week that includes these: Setting the Stage Providing Input Guiding Participation Extension Activity SUPERSITES http://www.merlot.org http://cortland.edu/flteach http://clta.net/lessons/index.html http://langlink.net/langlink http://nflrc.msu.edu http://eleaston.com http://www.uni.edu/becker/french31.html http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html SUPERSITES VIDEO : http://bbc.co.uk/languages http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu http://laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html http://laits.utexas.edu/fi http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/modlang/index.htm http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html Latin only! http://www.perseus.edu/ http://www.apaclassics.org http://www.stoa.org/diotima/ http://www.aclclassics.org/index.html http://www.archaeological.org http://www.ccel.org/fathers2 How can this technology improve foreign language teaching? First, let’s identify the goals, vision or “Standards for Language Learning in the 21st Century” What are the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century? Communication Cultures Connections Comparisons Communities The 5 C’s What does this mean to FL teachers? Foreign Language is a “content” area which requires meaningful, comprehensible, interesting “input” in the classroom to promote communication skills and knowledge of the target culture. COMMUNICATION 1.1 INTERPERSONAL Communication Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 1.2 INTERPRETIVE Communication Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics 1.3. PRESENTATIONAL Communication Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics CULTURES Gain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures 2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied. 2.2. Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. CONNECTIONS 3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. 3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. COMPARISONS 4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisions of the language studied and their own. 4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. COMMUNITIES 5.1 Students use the language both 5.2 Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment. within and beyond the school setting. The 5 C’s: Standards for FL Learning COMMUNICATION CULTURES CONNECTIONS COMPARISONS COMMUNITIES Each class we should include several “standards”-- and keeping them in mind will improve the quality of our teaching. What are you teaching now? Let’s think about these 5 Standards for a moment and see how they could lead you to a more enriching teaching experience. Teaching numbers… To teach the “numbers 1-100” I thought about how I could teach “content” and promote interpersonal communication: I remembered I had heard “If the world were reduced to 100 people….” How many would be….? I googled it! This is available in English, Spanish, French. http://www.miniature-earth.com “Smart” technology promotes … All 3 modes of COMMUNICATION 1.1 Interpersonal communication skills 1.2 Interpretive communication skills 1.3 Presentational communication skills There’s a teaching model that includes all 3! How do we teach these 3 forms of communication in the classroom? Interactive model to integrate the 3 modes of Communication Interactive model to integrate the 3 modes of communication INTERPRETIVE Teacher presents interesting oral presentation (online, video clip, dialog) or written text in interactive way w/students INTERPERSONAL Students in pairs have guided questions to more clearly understand PRESENTATIONAL Students present opinions, answers, analysis My daily teaching model involves Setting the Stage (focus students on topic, activate background knowledge) Providing Input (oral “input” on topic) Guided Participation (grammar in context) Extension/ Pair work From the first day of class…. Where is Spanish spoken? This lesson can be done all in Spanish involving students in an interactive activity via “smart” technology. www.sheppardsoftware.com Interpersonal Communication Teaching names? Why not show the common nicknames for the names in the target language and the background of common last names? http://www.juegosdepalabras.com/hipocor.htm http://behindthename.com/nmc/spa.html Interpersonal Communication Teaching articles? Use art and point out interesting details. Where is “the”____. Google and paste any painting! Picasso’s Guernica www.mala.bc.ca/~lanes /english/hemingway/p icasso/guernica.htm Interpersonal Communication What art might you choose to use in your teaching? Any favorite artists? Ask students to circle items of interest in the paintings that you or students mention Interpersonal Communication Teaching numbers 1-1,000,000? Every teacher does this at some time! Why not imbed it in meaningful “content” and have the students learn about the world at the same time? www.bbc.co.uk/spanish/especiales/mundolatino/map_yellow1.shtml Interpersonal Communication Teaching nationalities Use an interactive current map of languages spoken in the U.S. http://www.mla.org/census_main Interpersonal Communication Describing families? Why not use websites on artists in the target culture that depict families in different periods? http://www.carmenlomasgarza.com Interpersonal Communication Teaching verb tenses http://colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises Telling time (for the “kid” in you!) http://concurso.cnice.mec.es/cnice2005/115_el_reloj/index.html Interpersonal Communication Teaching weather expressions? Why not frame discussions about which days in the 10 day forecast are looking good using the real weather forecast? http://weather.com/espanol http://weather.com/french http://wunderground.com (latin too!) This technology promotes the development of conversation skills Interpersonal Communication is developed through meaningful interaction in the classroom on varied topics which are presented in an interactive and interesting format. Interpretive Communication Listening to songs, cultural video clips, poems, narratives. Students can demonstrate that they understand written and spoken language. http://colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages http://www.ashcombe.surrey.sch.uk/curriculum/modlang/index.htm Interpretive Communication Unscripted video series: http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu Scripted video series http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages http://lepointdufle.net http://TV5.org www.yleradio1.fi/nuntii/ (Latin radio!) Interpretive Communication Reading about the target culture http://www.red2000.com/spain http://mexico.udg.mx http://elbalero.gob.mx http://www.cortland.edu/flteach/civ/Index.html Interpretive Communication http://cortland.edu/flteach http://clta.net/lessons http://merlot.org http://www.langlink.net/langlink Interpretive Communication What “authentic” materials are available to us through this technology? http://spain.info/tourspain/?language/=es http://thepaperboy.com http://sportec.es “Authentic Materials” Made by native speakers for native speakers! Art Music Newspapers Travel Shopping TV Sports Can students “interpret” authentic materials? * Choose newspapers from a particular country and compare headlines. www.thepaperboy.com (reading) * TV programs www.TV5.org (listening) • Songs www.espacefrancophone.org/audiovisuel/fiche.htm This technology allows students to build “interpretive” skills LISTENING: video clips, songs, stories, poems, narratives…. READING: stories, newpapers, tourist info, advertisements, restaurant menus, travel guides…. Presentational Communication Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. This technology is ideal for students to “present” and showcase their oral or written skills. Powerpoint and oral presentations are great learning tools. What teacher aids are easily accessible? Grammar aids Currency exchange rates Dictionaries Weather reports Pronunciation guides Verb conjugations Other high school FL websites Teacher aids easily accessible Videos Podcasts Accents in FL (for writing assignments) Maps galore (google Earth!) ….more teacher aids Videos on every topic you are teaching! See “supersites” for video. http://langmedia.fivecolleges.edu http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages http://laits.utexas.edu/tex http://laits.utexas.edu/fi http://laits.utexas.edu/spe/index.html …more teaching aids Podcasts Ipod + broadcast = “podcast” http://nflrc.msu.edu (type in “podcasts” in the materials box) What about grammar? Grammar “in context” is provided to promote real learning of the language and not mechanical practice. http://colby.edu/~bknelson/exercises http://laits.utexas.edu/tex http://www.latis.utexas.edu/fi http://lepointdufle.net Instant currency exchange rates available at a touch! http://xe.com Instant verb conjugations http://spanishverbmachine.com http://leconjugueur.com http://www.polarfle.com Instant Dictionary http://wordreference.com Latin: http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm Typing Accents http://spanish.typeit.org http://french.typeit.org http://german.typeit.org Podcasting I-pod + broadcasting = Podcasting http://nflrc.msu.edu Pronunciation http://phonetique.free.fr http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics High School Website http://www2.ignatius.edu/faculty/turner/languages.htm Maps Google Earth! http://sheppardsoftware.com http://maps.live.com http://lib.utexas.edu/maps http://www.sitesatlas.com How do we plan lessons on a daily basis? Let’s look at two lesson models: 1. Interactive model to integrate the 3 modes of communication 2. Daily standard lesson plan Lesson plan model Interactive model to integrate the 3 modes of communication (see handout explaining this model) 1.1 Interpersonal Communication 1.2. Interpretive Communication 1.3 Presentational Communication How does this work? Interpretive Communication Teacher presents oral or written text of interest Interpersonal Communication Students in groups have guided activity to better understand Presentational Communication Students present information, answers … My daily lesson plan 1. Setting the Stage Teacher presents oral or written text of interest for students to “interpret” 2. Providing Input Teacher provides “comprehensible input” on topic engaging and interacting with students 3. Guided Practice Grammar in CONTEXT on SB to “guide” 4. Paired activity with feedback! Examples of actual lessons on SB It’s always helpful to see how someone “actually teaches a lesson” using the SB! Here are few examples of lessons I’ve taught and how they were presented. Strategies to promote Interpersonal Communication Setting goals Daily teaching strategies Formative and Summative Assessments