January 6, 2017
A NEW YEAR? Where will we go? Let’s go there
together, improving and growing one day at a time. You
can find all issues archived at http://polyglotpress.blogspot.com
BRAVO
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Xiaohong HuMueller at MRHS took her
advanced Mandarin students to compete in Learning Through Languages High School
Research Symposium @UNC Thursday and got recognized by Best Visual!!
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Pascale Perreau and Lingyu Liao from CMS organized their Chinese
and Mandarin classes to compete in teams against each other in the cafeteria. They
used trays with three Perrier plastic water bottles filled with sand in races.
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For
National French Week Heather Buskard
organized a school-wide competition where all CHS students could guess how many
Skittles were in the clear glass Eiffel Tower container.
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Before
Christmas break Piedmont HS hosted a party for deaf and hard of hearing
elementary school students. John Tiller’s
Spanish class performed the song Feliz Navidad in Spanish and sign language.
Students learned Spanish sign language for the Spanish part and American Sign
Language for the English part. One of the students dressed up as Santa Claus,
too.
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Laura
Nicholson, from Piedmont HS, has her Spanish students write advise for teachers
in Spanish using commands. Laura will share the student advice with the PDHS
staff (i.e. Don’t give too much homework. Be patient. Get enough sleep. Be on
time to class. Etc.)
BEST WISHES
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Julie Carrazco from Sun Valley MS as
she got married this January.
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Lisa Helms (CHS) and Alice Shrader (MRHS) as they
recuperate.
DR. HOULIHAN
Dr. Houlihan posted
information on his recent Listen and Learn meetings. You can find that document
at http://www.ucps.k12.nc.us/Page/6057 Here are just a few topics specific to
world language teachers:
Areas
of Growth (How We Can Improve)
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Dual
Language—need to expand
Priorities Going Forward
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Equity
... Currently, numerous examples of inequities exist within our academic
programming such as dual language and technology integration …
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Academic
Programming ... We must develop a strategy to expand dual language and global
education opportunities to students in all feeder patterns. We must
expand/increase advanced coursework opportunities such as Advanced Placement
and International Baccalaureate.
Professional Development
· Tuesday, January 24,
2017
4:00 p.m. Essential Standard #2:
Interpretive Communication The NC DPI WL Webinars with UCPS follow-up
activities earn 0.2 CEUs for each webinar and can be added to other UCPS WL
CEUs for 2016-2017. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/478526526627458561
· February 9 – 11, 2017 Northeast Conference on Language Teaching New York City http://www.nectfl.org
· Saturday, February
25, 2017, 8:30 – 5:00 p.m. FLANC
Spring Mini-Conference UNC Wilmington Registration is open http://www.flanc.org/spring-conference
· Tuesday, February 28,
2017
4:00 p.m. Essential Standard #4: Culture
The NC DPI WL Webinars with UCPS follow-up activities earn 0.2 CEUs for each
webinar and can be added to other WL CEUs for 2016-2017. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/730003527597537281
· March 14, 2017 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. DPI World Language Quarterly Update Webinar
Sign-up at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5943539121227318787 All materials such as
the PowerPoint slide set, along with a recording of the broadcast, will be
posted on the Professional Development wikipage approximately 1 week following
the webinar. http://wlnces.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Professional+Development
· Tuesday, February 28,
2017
4:00 p.m. Essential Standard #4: Culture
The NC DPI WL Webinars with UCPS follow-up activities earn 0.2 CEUs for each
webinar and can be added to other WL CEUs for 2016-2017. Register at
· Saturday, April 22,
2017
9:00 – 3:00 Foreign Language Association of Virginia, Lexington, VA FLAVA Spring Conference https://flavaweb.org/conference/spring-2017-conference-2/
· Tuesday, April 25, 2017
4:00
p.m. Essential Standard #3:
Presentational Communication The NC DPI WL Webinars with UCPS follow-up
activities earn 0.2 CEUs for each webinar and can be added to other WL CEUs for
2016-2017. Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4477985779011548417
· Tuesday, May 23, 2016 The NC DPI WL Webinars Topic TBD with UCPS
follow-up activities earn 0.2 CEUs for each webinar and cahttps://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/7868108881421708801
· DIY Resources:
a.
Core Practices for
World Languages
- A Free Overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_fKkVTVKs&list=PLh_cfDwS8mrsyRDL12n-Yp-8Pn8X5Wzd2
b.
Scaffolding to Help
Students Stay in the Target Language https://lea-granerkennedy.squarespace.com/video/
d. LangTalks - https://lea-granerkennedy.squarespace.com
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March 26-28, 2017 (SCOLT)
Southern Conference on Language Teaching - Conference Orlando Florida http://scolt.org
· Saturday, February 11,
2017
(South Carolina Foreign Language Teacher Association) SCFLTA Un-Conference Lexington, SC http://www.scflta.org/conference--workshops.html $50
· Saturday, April 27 9:00
– 3:00
Foreign Language Association of Virginia
Spring Conference https://flavaweb.org/conference/spring-2017-conference-2/ Lexington VA
· June 25 – July 8 2017 T&E Faculty
Development Course:
· Course Title:
"Refresh, Renew, Restart: Aligning
Task Based and Project Based Pedagogies with Teacher-Approved
Technologies" Salamanca, Spain
· Course Title: "Refresh, Renew, Restart: Aligning Task
Based and Project Based Pedagogies with Teacher-Approved Technologies"
· July 24-27, 2017 TELL Collaborative in Austin Texas Embracing a
participant-driven model of learning, the TELL Collab is a professional
learning experience that allows educators to engage in the very practices of
effective learning they are expected develop in their own language teaching
environment. Over the course of the experience, participants will be challenged
to become active learning leaders in a variety of settings that ask them to
explore, model and share effective language learning practices identified in
the TELL Framework. https://www.tellcollab.org/registration/
Events
Jan. 7, 2 - 4 pm Three Kings Program Museum of the New South, Charlotte, Free ¡Ven y disfruta en familia el Día de Reyes con música, bailes, actividades familiares! Tendremos Rosca de Reyes y chocolate caliente. Come and celebrate Three Kings Day (Epiphany) with music, dance and family activities! We will have hot chocolate and Kings Bread. http://www.museumofthenewsouth.org/calendar/2017/01/
Technology
· Cellphones use in UCPS http://unioncounty.schoolwires.net/cms/lib8/NC01910453/Centricity/Domain/120/High%20School%20English%20Handbook%2016-17.pdf
o
Middle School: Students will not
possess cellular phones or electronic/media devices except pursuant to an
authorized purpose or as an instructional tool under the guidance and direction
of a staff member during a school activity, from the first bell of the day
through the last dismissal bell. Except as identified above, cell phones must
be turned off and out of sight (in book bag, pocket, or purse) at all times.
Use of a cell phone is defined to include, but is not limited to phone ringing,
talking on phone, taking pictures, browsing, gaming and text messaging.
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High School: Students will not use cellular phones or electronic/media devices
during instructional time except pursuant to an authorized purpose or as an
instructional tool under the guidance and direction of a staff member during a
school activity. Students may use cellular phones or electronic/media devices
during non-instructional times, including class change and lunch, so long as
the use is not disruptive to the school environment and the cellular phone or electronic/media
device is used in a safe and responsible manner.
· Bitmoji - Create your own personalized avatar at https://www.bitmoji.com/ Thanks to Laura
Nicholson at Piedmont HS for sharing. Her Spanish 3 students all learned to
create them for a recent project.
· Find Pictures for Open
Use Via Copyright Free Websites:
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Google
Images: Find Pictures with Proper Usage Rights & Permissions:
§ 1: Search the object
you’re looking for in Google, then select images.
§ 2: Select search tools.
§ 3: Select “Usage
Rights” and then “Labeled for reuse with modification” or “Labeled for reuse.”
Chinese Resources
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1,500
High frequency Chinese words in
order of frequency http://download.china.cn/ch/pdf/070829/7.pdf
·
iearn Global Projects Book
in traditional Chinese https://iearn.org/assets/general/ProjectBookTradChinese2016_2017.pdf
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China in Plain English: The Center for Global
Education's China Learning Initiatives presents the second series in its China
Straight Up project, China in Plain English. This 11-episode series follows two
US males as they make their way through China—neither of them speaks Mandarin.
Through their adventures and misadventures, we learn about China through a new
and fascinating lens. The series can be used
in classrooms in many different ways. For teachers and students, it can foster
discussions that help build students' Chinese skills. For example, beginners
can be asked to come up with the right questions in Chinese that Howie and Greg
should have asked. More advanced students can discuss in Chinese what they
would do in a similar situation—in a country where they don't understand the
language. For more general audiences, China in Plain English is a way to show
that travel in China is totally possible, even with very little knowledge of
the language. China in Plain English is an 11-episode series, with each episode
lasting 3-4 minutes. The episodes will be released weekly beginning in January
2017. Be sure to check back each week for the latest episode! http://asiasociety.org/china-learning-initiatives/china-plain-english
French Resources
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Yabla: French 4+
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Le jour où tout a basulé – Nos bébés
ont été échangés https://french.yabla.com/player_cdn.php?tlang_id=en&id=8976
in 8 parts
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Le jour où tout a basulé – Notre appartement
est hanté https://french.yabla.com/player_cdn.php?tlang_id=en&id=10495
in 4 parts
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Detective Game for interviewing others using the passé
composé http://www.polarfle.com/classe/alibi.htm
German Resources
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Upcoming Plans and Easy Activities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-SsQYyzhVo&index=30&list=PL3936178A38BB5F87
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What do Germans think about the European
Union? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6An29Pmln0&list=PL3936178A38BB5F87&index=63
Spanish Resources
·
Yabla:
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Cuba - with the death of Fidel Castro,
teachers are looking to bring the country and / or history alive.
o
Viva Cuba is a simple story in
DVD of two ten year olds in Cuba, their friendship and their parent’s opposing
views on life in Cuba. It seems to be unrated but there is a brief scene of the
children getting undressed.
o YouTube has many clips
about Fidel. You might enjoy Cubana
de Playa del Carmen habla sobre la muerte de Fidel Castro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c79eHP_0bsY or Cubana-española deja sin palabras a los voceros del régimen
castrista en su propio canal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWEhofDoZY
o
The
ACTFL list serv recommended this book for teachers: Cuba una histora: (La Otra Historia de América Latina) (Spanish
Edition). Se encuentra en Amazon:
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Español 1 – Capítulo 2A
– Easy Languages ¿Qué te gustaría
estudiar? 5:15 minutos en YouTube en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz8KfncJt94
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Español 1 – Capítulo 4B
Easy Languages Video clip from the streets of Lima – ¿Cuáles son tu planes para hoy? 5:08
minutos en YouTube en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlknUGwKHtw Thanks to Jessica Martínez de WHS for sharing this site.
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Español
1 – Capítulo 5A: Easy Languages How
would you describe yourself? 6:18 minutos en
YouTube en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dUjLLoTEFA
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Español 2 - Easy Languages ¿Qué quería ser cuando era niño? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcS-qKBm7UE 4:23 minutos en YouTube en español
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Español 3 – Las posadas = http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishreader/posadas.html Las piñatas mexicanas http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishreader/pinata-mexicana.html Año nuevo http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishreader/propositos.html La rosca de reyes http://www.sipuebla.com/spanishreader/rosca-de-reyes.html
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Ejercicio de escuchar: Ya ha comenzado el curso 2010-2011 http://www.ver-taal.com/noticias_20100906_vueltaalcole.htm video en español 3:13 minutos.
Great for Movie Talk in Spanish 1’s school chapter.
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Discussion Activities
for Beginning Spanish:
Great listening comprehension activities for using the SPINTX videoclips of
native-Spanish speakers in Texas. This resource has pre, during and
post-listening activities. Find a topic for your content: Studying Abroad (p.
6), Family (p. 9), Family Relationships (p.11), Growing Up (p. 13), Studying
Abroad (p. 16), Professions and Occupations (p.18), Sports (p. 21), Deciding A
Major (p. 24), Celebrating Your Heritage (p. 27), Personal Relationships (p.
30), School Dress (p. 30), Ser Bilingüe (p. 36), Hablando de retos (p. 38),
Comunidades (p. 40) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sKAYXRujLKMHvJEsP50kLUMIJJlRTgfPt2WEkxj1oh4/view
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Don Quixote de la
Mancha
– download a free PDF of an adaptation of the book http://editorialweeble.com/libros/ESP/Don%20Quijote%20de%20la%20Mancha.pdf Thanks to Tanie
Monsalve of SVHS for sharing.
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HispaNoticias is a tool to help
middle and high school Spanish students apply the cultural concepts introduced
in Spanish class for a real-world purpose. Click on the Spanish level and then
countries, regions and themes to access articles in English and Spanish, many
of which include audio and video support. Questions follow each article to
support comprehension. Current events from around the Spanish-speaking world! http://www.santillanausa.com/fansdelespanol/news/
o ¡Voy a Guatemala! http://www.santillanausa.com/fansdelespanol/news/category/high_school_1/ una preguntas escritas y un poco de vocaublario, YouTube 6:42 minutos
en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jjdDxtHhNo ; Spanish 2 – Capitulo 9B – repaso de productos de tecnología Capítulo
2A – repaso de elementos de limpieza y salud (toiletries); Capítulo 2B – repaso
de ropa; Spanish 3 – Capítulo 1 – volcanes, caminatas, camping, etc.
o De paseo a Culebra
(Puerto Rico) http://www.santillanausa.com/fansdelespanol/news/category/middle_school_1a/ actividades y vocabularo; Domingo, 24 de julio de 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=For9T_Jh5Mo YouTube video en español 0.47 minutos en español Catamaran Playa Flamenco, Culebra, Puerto Rico YouTube video 5:12
minutos en español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70bQfk4ekXs
o La carta de Zara – una niña pobre de Turquía. YouTube video 15:30 minutes con subtítulos en
español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4ANvmphGwc
