Polyglot
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Turning the Tables on Language Teaching and Learning
June 12,
2014
BRAVO
What
a year this has been! Changes galore! Learning curve off the charts!
Incorporation of Chromebooks into instruction! Online access for all learners
all day long! Yet, in spite of the surface changes the importance of
teacher-student relationships lives on. The importance of quality preparation
and engagement remain at the center of our day. World language teachers
continue to expose students to new worlds, new ways of living and new ways of
organizing words.
Congratulations on your many
accomplishments.
UCPS Curriculum Day 2014
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UCPS
World Language teachers will meet Thursday, August 21, 2014 at Weddington
Middle School. Refreshments at 8:00 a.m. The program begins at 8:30 a.m.
DPI World Languages Update
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World Language Webinar #4 was broadcast
on Thursday afternoon, June 5, 2014. All of the materials from this
webinar are now posted, including the archived broadcast, PowerPoint
presentation, link to the ASW wiki, etc. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/2013-2014+Webinars
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The ASW pilot continues. Module 9 has
been released. It includes the ASW Quality Rubric. http://ncasw.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/TrainingModules
Ideas from June NC WL
Twitter chat: #WLchatNC
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Try to achieve 100% target language use but
create a box in classroom where kids can come to ask questions in English.
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Have students create their own webpages
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Google presentations as student portfolios.
Add content and visuals there or link to it elsewhere.
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NCVPS is planning Culture Cafés this summer
for interested students to meet online and practice language skills http://ncvpsculturecafe.blogspot.com/
June 19 – El arte de España, July 1 – Las fiestas de San Fermín, etc.
Ideas from Technology in A
Foreign Language Class MOOC
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Have students introduce themselves in Voki without mentioning their name.
They include five facts about themselves. Peers try to guess who is who.
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Each student creates an avatar with Voki then before showing it to the
classmates, the student writes a description of his or her avatar and explains
what the avatar says. The descriptions are randomly swapped. Students create an
avatar according to the description.
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Lyrics
Gap
– an online listening comprehension program for music listening. Lyrics are
included with missing words. Activities are self-correcting. Includes French
and Spanish songs. Teachers can create their own activities with accompanying
music. http://www.lyricsgaps.com/
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This three week course is in week two https://www.canvas.net/courses/technology-in-a-foreign-language-class
Ideas from the “Neighbors”
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Social
Media and the WL Classroom – Providence Day Spanish teacher, Sarah
Loyola recommends: 1. Blogging 2. Twitter 3.
Instagram 4. Video Sharing 5. SlideShare
6. Google Drive 7. Collaborative Editing 8. Facebook 9. Duolingo
10. Polling. Sarah earned the NCTIES Outstanding Teaching 2014
award. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/social-media-for-world-languages-sarah-wike-loyola?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=blog-socialmedia-language-learners Among her recent
initiatives, Loyola created the Level V Spanish class “Teaching World Languages
Through Technology and Social Media,” allowing students to further improve
their Spanish-language skills with the aid of technology and social media. It
was named one of the five courses most likely to pique student interest in the
Charlotte area by South Park Magazine in 2013. Her lesson plan, “Connecting
with Our Immigrant Nation,” a multimedia project to help students develop an
understanding of and appreciation for people from other cultures, was published
as published in EDTech Magazine in 2013. Visit her AP Spanish blog at http://pdsblogs.org/apspanish/
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Assessing
with Technology – webpage by Leslie Baldwin, World Language
Specialist in Winston-Salem Forsythe County; created for FLANC Spring Fling http://lesliebaldwin8.wix.com/assesswithtech
Chinese Resources
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22 Facts About China That You Did Not Know – video; 4 minutes;
English
German Resources
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Talk
German – “A lively
introduction to the language in ten short parts. Watch and listen to the clips
and have a look at the key language and transcirpts if needed. The Talk German
TV series from which these clips are taken, is repeated from time to time on
BBC Learning Zone.” http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/talk
On the Lighter Side - Linguistic
and Cultural Guffaws
Happy Summer!
