Staying
Connected to World Language Teaching Resources
At the NC ASCD conference last week, Rebecca Garland, Chief Academic Officer for the NCDPI referred to this year as drinking water from a fire hydrant, when referring to the number of new initiatives. For World Language teachers that equates to:
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Shifting to
COMMUNICATION as the GOAL
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Technology
Integration - in teaching, practice and assessment
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Literacy Support:
Reading, Speaking and Listening, Writing, Language – Focus on Informational
Text AND Literature
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Assessing and
practicing all four NC WL Essential Standards
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No MSLs but a shift to
portfolios to document what a student can do in the language
What is a polyglot? A person having a speaking, reading, or writing knowledge of several languages.
Thanks to the many items shared for the newsletter. This newsletter is archived at www.polyglotpress.blogspot.com
BRAVO
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Welcome to Lynn Frazier who has joined the staff at Marvin Ridge
Middle to teach eighth grade Spanish and Global Studies.
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Welcome also to Anjella
Tabor-Smith who joins the staff at Weddington High to teach Spanish.
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Forest Hills has one agreed-upon grading for the department. In
order to account for all NC WL Essential Standards their grading breakdown is
as follows: Tests/Projects 30%, Quizzes
20%, Written assessment 15% (to go into NCWise as “classwork / homework category),
Oral Participation 20%, Speaking Assessment 15% (to go into NCWise as “General
Assessment”)
Events
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February 10, 2013 Chinese Spring Festival begins in China
and lasts for 15 days. This is referred to as Chinese New Year in the US. The
new year is the Year of the Snake, also called the Little Dragon. Those born in
1917, 1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1089, 2001 and 2013 are born in the year of
the Snake. The New Year’s Eve reunion dinner for family is a feast with
auspicious dishes such as fish the most awaited moment will be
the New Year’s Eve reunion dinner where family members gather at home to feast
on auspicious dishes such as fish that symbolize年年有余(“May there be surplus yearly”), dumplings that equates to
fortune cookies, brown sugar glutinous rice signifying年糕 (“Progressing every year”).
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Year of
the Snake resources http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2013/02/10/year-of-the-snake-resources/
(shared by Jimmie Quesinberry)
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ABC
News slide show http://abcnews.go.com/International/slideshow/chinese-lunar-year-2013-year-snake-18433523
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February 12, 2013,
Tuesday Mardi Gras is celebrated in
New Orleans and other French-heritage cities. Mardi = Tuesday, Gras = Fat. This
is the last day of merriment and festivities prior to the start of the
Christian period of Lent that culminates with Good Friday and Easter Sunday and
Easter Monday.
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Mardi
Gras and parade schedule New Orleans http://www.mardigrasneworleans.com/mardi-gras-2013.html
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Feb 22 – 23, 2013 8:00 p.m. Tiempo
Libre Cuban music group performing at the Blumenthal Theatre hit http://www.blumenthalarts.org/default.asp?blumenthal=59&objId=3375
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February 24, 2013 Chinese Lantern Festival (end of the
Chinese Spring Festival)
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March 4 – 10 National Foreign Language Week Theme "Foreign
Languages: They Nourish the Brain!"
o Bilingual Brains are Healthier
in Cognitive Processing Paths http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_01/Minority-languages-worth-saving-as-bilingual-brains-are-healthier-in-terms-of-cognitive-processing-paths/
o
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March 13, 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
Thursday Global Citizenship Through Travel: An Evening with Rick Steves, Travel Writer and Popular PBS Host (Rick
Steves Europe) Venue: Westin Charlotte
Hotel (601 S. College St.) Networking and Check-In: 6:30 - 7:00 p.m. (wine served; cash
bar available) Presentation: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Cost: $10 (Full Time Students - No Wine) /
$30 (WACC members - 1 Glass of Wine) / $ 45 (Non-Members - 1 Glass of
Wine) Sponsored by World Affairs Council of Charlotte http://www.worldaffairscharlotte.org/waccprograms/programpages/ricksteves2013/ricksteves_march13.htm#.UQlRQx2x92C
Teacher Effectiveness for Language
Learning
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= TELL The mission of the TELL Project
is to define
what effective language teachers do and facilitate their growth to prepare for, advance and support
language learning. – Observation Forms The TELL Project is a
collaborative endeavor of Sharon Deering, Greg
Duncan, Thomas Sauer and Alyssa Villarreal www.tellproject.com
Professional Development
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February 27, 2013 3:00 p.m.-4:30 p.m. (EST)
Webinar: Internationalizing
Teaching, Learning, and Curriculum
Topic: What Does and
Internationalized Curriculum Look Likefor more information:
http://www.nafsa.org/Attend_Events/Webinars/What_Does_an_Internationalized_Curriculum_Look_Like___The_Promise_of_Cultures_and_Languages_across_the_Curriculum
http://www.nafsa.org/Attend_Events/Webinars/What_Does_an_Internationalized_Curriculum_Look_Like___The_Promise_of_Cultures_and_Languages_across_the_Curriculum
Tech Tools
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Changing Our Ways – With the arrival of Google Chromebooks next year for grades 6 – 12, we will be
transitioning to online tools. Students will have minimal storage space on
their Chromebooks. Google docs and Google Sites will be more used next year by
all. Microsoft Window products will not be on student laptops, nor will
Audacity or Photostory. As we begin the transition, you may want to become
familiar with more 2.0 tools online>
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Instead of student
computers having SmartBoard Notebook 11
software, try this online platform that can open existing files, create files,
etc. with many of the same Notebook 11 attributes http://express.smarttech.com/#
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Instead of student
computers having Audacity for
student recordings, try www.Chirbit.com , www.Vocaroo.com , www.Voki.com , http://www.recordmp3.org, www.VoiceThread.com , www.Glogster.com , http://secondlife.com/
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Instead of student
computers having Word, Excel or Power Point, try “Document”, “Spreadsheet” and
“Presentation” in Google Drive.
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Visit the Chrome
Web Store. Under “Education” you will see “Foreign Language” There you can add
language learning tools to your personal Google choices. https://chrome.google.com/webstore#
§ ¡Qué Honda!
§ Chinese Tutor
§ Explore and
find others… J
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Discovery
Education which includes Discovery Streaming. The website is http://app.discoveryeducation.com
. Through this website you are able to access full length videos by subject
area and grade level. Not only are videos available, you also have access to
curriculum resources, pre-made teacher guides, and much more. You can search by
curriculum standards along with the option of an advanced search. Go ahead and
add it to your favorites, I'm sure this will become a frequently visited site. Once
you are at the website, you will need to create your own account. On the main
screen you will need to choose the Passcode / New User tab and
enter 778E-3ADB which
will allow you to create your own user account through the Union County Public
Schools account.
o French – 4 entries; example: Standard Deviants School: The Flaky Pastry
World of French: Program 06: Pronouns
and Past Tense (25 minutes)
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Spanish – 2,580
entries: Standard
Deviants School: The Salsa-Riffic World of Spanish: Module 06: Ser and Estar
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Make great
headers and titles for Moodle, Power Point, Word, etc.: colors, shadows, flashing,
bubble letters, etc. Try http://www.flamingtext.com shared by Francy Yubely Zolke.
Global Topics
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Pope steps down. CNN on
the current Pope http://www.cnn.com/video/?iid=article_sidebar#/video/world/2013/02/11/pkg-pleitgen-pope-german-roots.cnn
French Resources
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Tres bien – Google Chrome free site
and app –
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Lessons
– greetings, grammar, pronouns, intermediate, travel, etc. http://www.tresbienfrench.com/lessons
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Verb Conjugation Trainer - practice
recognizing and checking verb conjugations http://www.tresbienfrench.com/conjugation_trainer?lesson_id=835
Spanish Resources
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Anahi
Crichigno, of Monroe High, recommends the following site for info on correct Spanish http://www.enbuenespanol.com
§ Estados
Unidos y el español
§ Tu, el
y mi (los acentos)
§ ¿Consumerismo o consumismo?
§ ¿Había o habían?
§ Abrido
§ Baber
pollo mañana
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Dianne
Mays, of Marvin Ridge Middle, recommends this “web site in Spanish
that is great for Chapter 3B There is an interactive food pyramid for kids that
would be a terrific listening activity (or opening activity) if you scroll
down a little. The chef describes the types of foods that are in the
pyramid, and the script is below the pyramid. http://es.nourishinteractive.com/nutrition-education/teachers-teaching-resources-tips-tools/food-nutrition-teachers-tools-schools-games-classroom-technology
Shifts in WL Teaching and Learning
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What students CAN DO
as opposed to what they know ABOUT the language - Alice Shrader shared the following: http://bit.ly/VDtnsO
Quotes
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“The
illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and
write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.” Alvin
Toffler.
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“It is not true that
people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they
stop pursuing dreams.” Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
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"Learning
another language is not only learning different words for the same things, but
learning another way to think about things." Flora
Lewis
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“… it
is the physicality, the theatricality of foreign
language study that shock me. To speak French you need a different mouth. Ta-Nehisi Coates
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/11/learning-a-foreign-language-is-like-learning-a-sport/264387/
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