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Staying Connected to World Language
Teaching Resources
April 29, 2013
April showers bring May flowers… Seeds planted in our
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BRAVO
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Welcome to Alejandra Elliott, new Spanish teacher at Sun Valley High.
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Best wishes to our colleagues who are
currently administering IB language
exams: Cathy Eisner, Kristen Mouritsen, Harry Braun. Xiaohong HuMueller
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Best wishes to our colleagues and their
students who will soon take the AP
language exams: Andrew Rosene, Dawn
Jones, Harry Braun, Jose Sevilla, Anahi Crichigno, Jessica Martinez-Medina
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In
March, all MRHS French students of Kristen
Mouritsen and Dawn Jones
participated in Le Grand Concours, the National French Exam. The test consists
of three sections that assess listening comprehension, grammar/vocabulary and
reading comprehension skills. This year, over 95,000 students participated
across the U.S.
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Anahi Crichigno and her
Monroe High Spanish 4 students have been
Skyping with students in Argentina. Students are comparing the US and Argentine educational systems for a unit
connected to their text Conexiones.
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Sarah Wade organized a
‘quinceañera’ reenactment for her
Marvin Ridge High Spanish students. The plans included: for students to dressing
up, bringing decorations, and supplying food and drink. Music was to be played
via ihear radio on a cellphone. The
students danced the waltz. A cake arrived. Tiaras were borrowed to reenact this
Latino tradition of celebrating a 15 year old girl coming of age. Unbeknownst
to the young ladies in the class, some students’ fathers showed up to
participate in the ceremony in which the father helps the young girl put on high
heels as she officially becomes a young woman. The quinceañera occurs
frequently in Mexico but also in other Spanish-speaking countries.
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The
Spanish students in Jessica
Martinez-Medina and Anahi-Crichigno’s
classes Skyped recently. WHS
students shared tips on how to prepare for the AP Spanish language exam. The
MHS students asked questions.
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Marlena James’ Spanish 2 students
and Anahi Crichigno’s Spanish 4
students at Monroe High are working together on a project to interview Spanish
immigrants. Spanish 2 students wrote the questions while Spanish 4 students
translated the questions. Both groups have worked at interviewing
Spanish-speakers who immigrated to the Monroe area. Teachers and students are
using Google forms to create survey questions and to archive responses. The
activity incorporates: Spanish, two WL Essential Standards (Interpersonal and
Interpretive Communication), three strands (Connections to Language and
Literacy, Connections to Other Disciplines (Google docs technology), Community)
contact with authentic language, etc.
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Marvin Ridge High has
scheduled an International Week
beginning April 29. Each classroom decorates their door with recycled materials
around the theme of the fair. Teachers each create a door sign with the following information: “Places I’ve Traveled To
-; Languages I Speak - ; Places I Want to Travel To -; Funnies moment of my
travels -; My family’s country of origin – Global
topics for the week include: Animals in danger of extinction, Child labor,
Culture, Deforestation, Disappearing resources/recycling, Drugs, Economy,
Education, Education, Energy, Environment, Food and water, Health care, Human
rights, Human trafficking, Immigration, Pollution, Population growth, Poverty,
Religion, Sweatshops, Technology, Terrorism, War, Water, Women
o The evening International Bazaar is 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.
on April 29. It includes heritage families and language students who showcase
their culture or a culture that interests them with a booth that includes an
informative tri-fold, food, clothing, crafts, and a stamp or flag from their
country.
o This year, some
language classes are participating for a grade in their language classes.
Teachers have developed a rubric to
grade their students the night of the event.
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The
week is filled with global awareness activities, announcements, special lunch
menus, and competitions all in the name of global awareness and fun. Attendees
receive a passport and are encouraged
to get it stamped at each booth. Music is playing from all over the world, free
food is offered.
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Each
day is devoted to a different culture
and language. Each morning, there are trivia questions on the announcements
as a competition. Prizes are given. Additionally, the cafeteria serves food
from a different culture each day. (i.e. Monday is
French, Tuesday is Italian, Wednesday is Chinese, Thursday is German, and
Friday is Spanish.)
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World Language teachers at MRHS are: Harry Braun, Cathy Eisner, Xiaohong HuMueller,,
Dawn Jones, Kristen Mouritsen, José Sevilla, Alice Shrader, Sarah Wade,
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Jessica
Martinez-Medina
accompanied her advanced Weddington High Spanish students to Regal Park Terrace
Theatre to see “No”, the awarding
winning movie about the No vote against the continuation of the Pinochet
dictatorship in Chile. https://twitter.com/PollyGlotPress/status/325750871625437184/photo/1
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Students from CHS,
MRHS and WHS
will team up as “Inspiration Nation” to race in the DragonBoat races at the Asian Festival May 4 in Ramsey Creek Park. http://www.charlottedragonboat.com/
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Best wishes to Francy Yubely Zolke (East Union MS) and Kathryn Snearly (Weddington MS) who will give birth soon!
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Happy 60th birthday to Harry Braun.
UCPS Bookbinding
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Once again UCPS will be picking up books to
have them rebound this summer. It is a wonderful transformation. Books are
slightly cut around all edges, rebound and recovered. They look like new. Please be ready to have your books sorted
and marked for binding. All World Language books and student workbooks can be rebound. Please plan to
participate to have quality looking materials for your students.
DPI
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April 22, at
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. DPI Update Webinar This
webinar was cancelled due to low registration numbers. The content will be
included in an updated format during the June 6 webinar. You can sign up at http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/2012-2013+Webinars
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Proficiency 201 is working on “Principal
Briefs” to inform principals on what to look for in a WL classroom. They
are using the TELL document from
Memphis and Kentucky as a reference. www.tellproject.com
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Learning Environment – Classroom
Interactions http://www.tellproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TELL_Walkthrough_LE-CI1.pdf
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Learning Environment – Physical
Environment http://www.tellproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TELL_Walkthrough_LE-PE.pdf
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Teaching the Lesson- Target
Language Use & Comprehensible Input
http://www.tellproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TELL_Walkthrough_LE-CI.pdf
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Teaching the Lesson – Instructional
Activities http://www.tellproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TELL_Walkthrough_TeachingActivities.pdf
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Learning
Tools – Resources http://www.tellproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/TELL_Walkthrough_Resources.pdf
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TELL has other valuable documents:
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The World Language Assessment
Examples were developed as part of North Carolina's Race to the Top plan to
support standards implementation and are not intended to be used as
standardized statewide tests, but to serve as examples of some ways that
standards (or parts of the standards) might be assessed in the classroom, by
individual teachers. The examples are intended to help illustrate ways that the
standards could be assessed, but are not required or mandated for statewide
student or teacher accountability, and are not Measures of Student Learning
(MSLs). Teachers are encouraged to implement assessments in ways that make
sense to their teaching situations and best fit the needs of their students. All AEs are intended to be completed
in the target language. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/AEs+for+World+Languages
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"These are not statewide
assessments but models from the state that can be used locally. They are scored
locally. You decide how you want to go through the assessment examples and
begin adapting them. " AnnMarie Gunter, World Languages Consultant, DPI,
NC
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HomeBase - Postcards have gone out to
all schools with an overview of HomeBase. it is downloadable, and the Spanish version should be posted next
week http://www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/homebase/getting-ready/postcard.pdf
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You Don’t Have to Wait — Jump on PowerSource Now
for Self-Guided Learning Calling all self-starters: Get a jump on learning about
features in Home Base now. That’s right, you don’t have to wait for
face-to-face training or even for training to come to you. You can start
learning now on your own schedule using PowerSource, an excellent resource made
available to school staff using Pearson School System products. Pearson, of
course, is one of the main vendors for the NCDPI Home Base project. PowerSource includes
training modules for teachers, administrators and information technology
staff. “Distance Learning” features training modules approximately 30
minutes to three hours long, and “Mastery in Minutes” features quick, three- to
five-minute how-to’s. View at your leisure, and start and stop as you’d like. Teachers
can use their PowerSource accounts to find these videos for Schoolnet, the tool
that will provide the classroom instruction and assessment components of Home
Base:
o Classroom Instruction Modules - Creating a Lesson
Plan, Finding and Scheduling an Existing Lesson Plan, Linking a Resource to an
existing Unit, Approving Instructional Materials, Creating a Student Group
o Classroom Assessment Modules - Assessment
Certification, Creating an Express Test, Creating an Assessment Question,
Finding an Assessment Item, Finding a Passage, Reusing a Saved Test
Professional
Development
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May 8 – June 5 Intercultural
Competence Online Course - LEARN NC through UNC-Chapel Hill
is offering a 4-week online course on intercultural competence for teacher.
(Note: class size is quite limited.) Details can be found at these links: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/7765
(for description/learning goals) https://apps.research.unc.edu/events/ (for
registration - scroll down to May 8.
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June 6, at 3:30
- 4:30 p.m. RttT SI Group Webinar To register for this webinar, please
go to https://www4.gotomeeting.com/register/963092503 and complete the registration
form. Connection information and reminders will be sent directly to the email
address that you provide.
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June 20-22 TPRS
Workshop with Blaine Ray, 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Quality Inn, 440 Griffith
Road, Charlotte, 704 525-0747; Enroll toll-free at 888-373-1920 or online at
BlaineRayTPRS.com Registration includes 2 books and daily lunch.
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June 24 - 28 AP French Language and Culture Summer Institute UNC-Charlotte. Registration http://education.uncc.edu/cstem/k-12-stem-teacher-programs/advanced-placement-summer-institutes-apsi/registration
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July
15 – 19 AP Spanish
Language and Culture Summer Institute UNC-Charlotte Registration http://education.uncc.edu/cstem/k-12-stem-teacher-programs/advanced-placement-summer-institutes-apsi/registration
Events
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May - “Asian Pacific American
Heritage Month” Congress passed a joint Congressional Resolution
in 1978 to commemorate Asian/Pacific
American Heritage Week during
the first week of May.This date was chosen because two important anniversaries
occurred during this time: the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants in America on May 7, 1843 and the
completion of the transcontinental railroad (by
many Chinese laborers) on May 10, 1869.[4] In 1990 Congress
voted to expand it from a week to a month long celebration. In May 1992, the month of May was
permanently designated as “Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month”
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May 4, 10:00 –
4:00 Asian Festival and
DragonBoat Races at
Ramsey Creek Park, off Exit 28 on Highway 77 North. Watch Chinese Lion Dances,
martial arts shows, Ms. Asia Contests of young women from Asia in their
national dress, etc. Visit the food vendors, cultural curios for sale, etc. Parking is limited at the site so expect to
park at the nearby shopping center and take a shuttle to the site. Free. Details
http://www.charlottedragonboat.com/
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May 5, Sunday Celebration of the Battle of Puebla in Mexico when the Mexicans won the battle against
the French invasions and desire to rule Mexico. Celebrated in Mexico and the US
in commemoration of fighting valiantly to avoid external control.
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May 7 AP Spanish Language
Exam: 8:00 a.m.
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May 14 AP French Language
Exam: 12:00 p.m.
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May 15 AP German Language
Exam: 8:00 a.m.
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June
12, 2013 DragonBoat Festival in China. This festival has been held annually for more
than 2,000 years and is notable for its educational influence. The festival
commemorates the patriotic poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), and also acts as a chance
for Chinese people to build their bodies and dispel diseases.
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July 8 – 26 Queens University Chinese Summer Institute
9:00 – 4:00 Monday – Friday (early drop-off and late pick-up. “Queens
University of Charlotte's Summer Institute in Chinese (STARTALK) is a free
summer immersion program made
possible by a federal government grant that offers high school students --
including rising freshmen and recently graduated seniors -- the
opportunity to gain proficiency in real-world Mandarin Chinese at the beginner,
intermediate, and advanced levels within the context of our updated theme,
"Relationships in China." Prior experience is not required but
demonstrated interest in language-learning and a proven ability to succeed are
necessary. The program caters to both heritage and non-heritage Chinese
learners. There
are 60 available spaces for the STARTALK program at Queens. If all 60 spaces
are filled during the early decision period, then additional qualified
applicants will be placed on a waitlist. If additional spots remain after
early decision, we will continue accepting applications and notifying selected
candidates until all spaces have been filled. Once accepted into STARTALK, you
will be asked to officially register for the program and pay a $50 registration
fee. There is no other cost for the program. Economic hardship waivers may be
granted on a case-by-case basis. Apply online
at http://bit.ly/12Ndyk5
Methodology
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New Jersey World Languages Curriculum Framework: 1999 by Janis
Jensen http://www.nj.gov/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/
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The
Essential Components of an Effective World Language Program: Communicative
Proficiency: The Characteristics of Proficiency-Based Instruction (Page 11 ) http://www.nj.gov/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/chap2.pdf
o The Implementation
Process - Role of Grammar: “Much as a
native speaker initially learns a language by hearing and speaking it, and then
analyzing it later, languages are to be taught with emphasis on using the language and then
studying its structure in subsequent years.” (page 51) http://www.nj.gov/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/chap5.pdf
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Instructional Strategies and Student Learning
Characteristics http://www.nj.gov/education/frameworks/worldlanguages/chap7.pdf
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ACTFL World Languages
Essential Standards Alignment with Common Core http://www.actfl.org/files/Aligning_CCSS_Language_Standards_v6.pdf
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Project-based learning in
the WL classroom http://blog.calicospanish.com/2011/05/27/project-based-learning-in-the-world-language-classroom.html
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Follow
Noah Geisel – ACTFL Teacher of the Year
and HS Spanish teacher on Twitter https://twitter.com/SenorG
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World Languages Teacher
Training Videos –
Get in the Mode (from Wisconsin) http://wimedialab.org/worldlanguageassessment/
o Moving from a Focus on Teaching to a Focus on Learning http://wimedialab.org/worldlanguageassessment/PDF/Study_Guides/SGuide_Focus_on_Teaching_to_Focus_on_Student_Learning.pdf
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Internationally Renowned
World Language Consultant - Greg Duncan http://resourcesfromgreg.wikispaces.com/Welcome
improvencycolpedia.org/categories
- Peggy Boyle, one of the authors of the Spanish text, Realidades, uses these
improve ideas on how to make presentations
Technology
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“Don't plan for technology; plan for learning”
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ASCD reports – ‘Technology’s
Role in Foreign Language Learning” http://www.eschoolnews.com/2013/04/22/technologys-role-in-foreign-language-learning/2/ “Students can access a number of online
resources to help boost their comprehension. Websites such as Duolingo, Imendi, Lingt Classroom, Lyrics Gap, Memrise, Nabber, Nulu Languages, and Word Steps all
offer technology-based help for foreign language learning.”
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Google
Voice “N.C. Spanish teacher
uses Google Voice to assess students' skills” An honors Spanish
teacher at a North Carolina high school (Charlotte Country Day) uses Google
Voice to prompt her students to carry on conversations in Spanish while using
their cellphones. Paty Prieto asks students to respond to a question, such as
what they did over the weekend, in Spanish -- talking for two to three minutes
via cellphone. Prieto used the free program to send multiple phone lines to a
single voice-mail box for each of her classes, allowing Prieto to listen to
each student's response and assess their skills. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/04/21/3985871/students-using-cellphones-with.html
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CLEAR Michigan
(Center for Language Education and Research – A US Department of Education
Title VI Language Research Center) The goal of CLEAR's Rich
Internet Applications project
http://clear.msu.edu/clear/ria.php is to create tools that are informed by
language acquisition research, and engage language learners in active learning.
The RIA programs should be used as tools. There is no content in them, there is
only functionality. The tools therefore can be used to support any materials.
The same tool can be used by an advanced Spanish teacher, an introductory
Japanese teacher, and a remedial ESL teacher. This is because the programs
provide function, not content. Because all of these teachers might want to use
the same function, the same tool can be used by any language teacher. One Rich Internet
Application is “Conversations”. It allows you to create a virtual interview. Teachers record questions,
students access the Conversation later to listen and respond to the questions.
If your computer has a web cam, the program will also capture and present video
as well as audio. Rich Internet Applications are supported by a grant from the
US Department of Education, and will always be free of charge!
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Audio DropBox – Add an audio
dropbox to any website you have. http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/
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Broadcasts – A Podcasting Program
for Language Learning
o Conversations – Records questions for your students to
answer asynchronously. This tool simulates interpersonal speech. Teachers
record video questions for the students and set the amount of time they have to
complete the answer and whether they can practice before submitting the answers
of not. Teachers see files of student responses. Of anything in the Polyglot
Press this time, this is THE most valuable tech tool. Please give it a try. Set
up a free account at http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/ and go to
Conversations to try out this tool.
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Mashups – Combine video,
audio, texts and interactive exercises.
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Video DropBox – Put a video dropbox
in any website you have.
o
Viewpoint – Record, upload and
store your own repository of audio and video files
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Worksheets – Interactive
worksheets to work with your textbook
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108 ways
to use Word clouds in the classroom
World Languages in
the News
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Aspen, CO debates how to raise student minimum exit proficiency past Novice Mid http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20130412/NEWS/130419952/1001
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Utah becomes the national leader in dual language
education http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/20/us/language-programs-flower-in-utahs-schools.html?_r=0
Globalization
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Institute
for the Study of the Americas – New Roots:
Latino Oral Histories http://isa.unc.edu/lmp/oral-histories
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Pactera Technology International
Ltd.,
the largest IT consulting
and technology services firm in China, has located its U.S. IT Services headquarters in Charlotte at 6100
Fairview Road, Suite 560. With 23,300 employees worldwide, the Charlotte office
currently employs 60 people and plans to add an additional 200 jobs in the next
three years. The firm provides end-to-end solutions in fields such as
enterprise business intelligence and big data, analytics, application
development and maintenance, mobility, cloud computing, infrastructure
management, software product localization and globalization, and business
process outsourcing. http://bit.ly/15WXNKe
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The Story of Human Rights – a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3BbLk5UIQ shared by Lindsey
Gallagher
Chinese Resources
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China on Four Wheels – Videoclip in
English Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDlBbm5TLiI Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO_4satqyso
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Stars in a Haze: Kite Flying in Beijing to Monitor
Air Pollution – A
research project involves amateur kite-flying enthusiasts in flying kites and
gathering data and photo images. Kite-flying retirees and youth, as well as
tech savvy students work together to monitor air quality. Kites send air
sensors skyward to measure pollution. Sensors are connected to an LED
light. Sensors have chemical elements that react to pollution and by means of a
microcontroller produce different colored lights for the different amounts of
pollution measured. The kites include GPS shields that log the location of the
data. The data can be used to make air pollution maps. Useful for cultural
awareness, global awareness and scientific awareness and intermediate Mandarin
listening practice. The video includes native Mandarin speakers, English
speakers and English subtitles. http://www.chinafile.com/stars-haze
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Which countries are
suppliers to Apple? http://www.chinafile.com/who-supplies-apple-it-s-not-just-china-interactive-map
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Survival Guide for Attending a Chinese Banquet http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/survival-guide-for-attending-a-chinese-banquet
French Resources
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“French
2” Speaking Prompts http://quizlet.com/18289770/speaking-prompts-fr2-pre-ib-ch7-flash-cards/
Spanish Resources
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Spanish for Native Speakers
courses
o The Spanish for Native
Speakers texts Tu Mundo and Nuestro Mundo
have online companion sites to accompany the text for teachers and students
per chapter. The online sites include: readings, comprehension questions, links
to relevant topics, practice multiple choice questions, etc. The ‘interactive
practices’ include grammar questions and reading comprehension questions for
which the student receives automatic feedback if they are right or wrong. The
site would be of interest to Spanish
language learners in Spanish 2 and above.
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Novice Low – Novice Mid
o Sweet 15 video – Hispanic-American student at Piedmont High
School archived the events of her quinceañera
party. This event, akin to a debutante ball, marks a young girl’s passage
to becoming a young lady. PDHS Spanish teacher, Laura Nicholson, shared the
video created by one of her students to showcase this event. The video is a
touching view of a tender moment in a young girl’s life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qr0x_bDVPqU Coincidentally, the event is featured in
Spanish 1 textbook Realidades in Chapter 5A. Cristal and her mother gave
permission to share this link. The video is in English.
o
¿Puedo ir al baño? Student video on YouTube. Uses ‘nesecito’, ‘una emergencia’, ‘singing’, ‘comical interlude’, simple review, easy comprehension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2swsG0Kg-U
o Prepositions of Location – flashcards http://quizlet.com/2635111/spanish-prepositions-of-location-flash-cards
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¿Dónde esta? – Preposiciones del
lugar: visuals with audio
for Spanish 1… Castilian accent http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2008/09/11/0001/dondeesta/dondeesta.html
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¿Dónde están los 10 CDs? http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2008/09/11/0001/dondeesta/dondeesta.html
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Verbo estar http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2008/09/11/0001/dondeesta/dondeesta.html
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Diálogo breve http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2008/09/11/0001/dondeesta/dondeesta.html
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Más práctica http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/averroes/html/adjuntos/2008/09/11/0001/dondeesta/dondeesta.html
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Novice Mid – Novice High
o Standard 2: Reading and
Listening Comprehension passages. Some files
have both audio and reading samples. Many files have short and long versions.
Most reading samples include translations to English. There are many cultural
topics with short passages appropriate for second language students. http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/
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La cerámica de barro
negro de San Bartolo Coyotepec http://www.studyspanish.com/comps/black-pottery1.htm
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Intermediate Mid
o Los Derechos Humanos –
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Derecho a la Paz – Guía para alumnos: “Aprendemos a defender los derechos humanos utlizando los medios de
comunicación” http://www.uhu.es/cine.educacion/Derechos%20humanos/derechoshumanosalumno.htm (Thanks to Alice Shrader for this resource)
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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos:
Santiago, Chile. “El Museo de la
Memoria y los Derechos Humanos es un espacio destinado a dar visibilidad a las
violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidas por el Estado de Chile entre 1973
y 1990; a dignificar a las víctimas y a sus familias; y a estimular la
reflexión y el debate sobre la importancia del respeto y la tolerancia, para
que estos hechos nunca más se repitan. Es un proyecto Bicentenario, inaugurado
en enero del 2010 por la entonces Presidenta Michelle Bachelet.” http://www.museodelamemoria.cl/
o Biblioteca
Digital (fotografías, manuscritos, audio,
video, visuales, iconografía, objetos http://www.bibliotecamuseodelamemoria.cl/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?l=es)
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Intermediate High
o AP Spanish Language Resources- by Thomas Soth NC
Guilford County teacher; FLANC teacher of the Year, SCOLT Teacher of the Year; http://maestrosoth.wikispaces.com/AP+Resources
o
Ejercicios de escucha para estudiantes de español de
nivel avanzado http://www.ver-taal.com/telediario.htm
o AP Spanish Fuentes Auténticas from Ken Stewart;
National AP Spanish Consultant; ACTFL Teacher of the Year, Chapel Hill NC AP
Spanish teacher
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The
2012 political thriller movie ‘NO’, the Oscar Nominee for Best Foreign Film of
the Year from Chile. Gael García Bernal. Trailer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2059255/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 In Spanish with
subtitles in English. http://sonyclassics.com/no/ In
1988, Chilean military dictator Augusto Pinochet, due to international
pressure, is forced to call a plebiscite on his presidency. The country will
vote YES or NO to Pinochet extending his rule for another eight years.
Opposition leaders for the NO persuade a brash young advertising executive,
Rene Saavedra (Gael Garcia Bernal), to spearhead their campaign. Against all
odds, with scant resources and under scrutiny by the despot's minions, Saavedra
and his team devise an audacious plan to win the election and set Chile free.
Historical timeline included. On Netflix.
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Machuca – Chilean film about economic, political and social extremes in
Santiago, Chile in 1973. Five economically disadvantaged boys are integrated
into an elite, privileged, private bilingual (Spanish-English) school. A
friendship develops between two students of opposite economic classes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378284/ The film contrasts the upper and
lower classes and socio-political issues during the presidency of Salvador
Allende. Recommended by Jessica Martinez-Medina who has shown the film to her
students. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machuca Ten-minute clips on You
Tube in Spanish - no subtitles. Notice the use of uniforms, bullying, Chilean
idioms, class distinctions and the use of ‘usted’ with the students. Language
level – mostly Spanish 4 or above. On Netflix also.
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