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1. GAIN & DEMONSTRATE 2.1 understanding of cultures and relationship between practices and perspectives of TL culture: 2.2 understanding relation between product and perspectives of TL culture






2. Varying teaching to accommodate different learning styles - levels - and multiple intelligences. Considers different students needs. Is cohesive with guiding principals - enduring understandings - and meaningful purpose throughout. (ch 10)






3. Computer Assisted Language Learning - ex: The Rosetta Stone - refers to the application of computers in teaching and learning languages. (pg 408 - ch 12)






4. L2 learning occurs in same way as L1: via authentic language input - real world context - comprehension before production - de-emphasis of grammar at the beginning stage; stresses the importance of authentic language input in real-world contexts - co






5. 'learned languages other than English at home and in the U.S. - as a result of their cultural or ethnic backgrounds; they speak and understand the HL (which refers to languages of immigrant - refugee - and indigenous groups as well as former colonial






6. (Process oriented approach Pg. 301-302) the steps involved in writing a text [...] organized around 3 components: Planning - Translating - Reviewing






7. Phase of a PACE lesson. After focusing attention on the target form - teacher assists students in raising their awareness about the target grammatical structure and helps them to compare it w/their own language. Features guided participation as stude






8. Intitiate - respond - feedback; allows for interpersonal communication (S 1.1) - teacher initiates - student responds - teacher provides feedback and assisting questions which encourage learners to think and to provide follow-up response. More Socrat






9. By providing grammar in context - in an implicit manner - teachers can expose students to substantial doses of grammar. The book recommends a dialogic co-construction approach to grammar instruction. Pg 219






10. Process by which expert moves novice to the point where he can perform a skill on his own. The learners current point of performance plus the level at which he can potentially perform with the assistance of the expert is the ZPD. This potential level






11. Language acquisition must take place in an environment where learners are 'off the defensive' and the affective filter (anxiety) is low in order for the input to be noticed and reflected upon by the learner (p. 15)






12. Attaching a real-world context - (ie: cultural) - that students must understand to communicate - providing opportunities in exercise to acquire new info (ex: from other disciplines.) - eliminating fictitious characters and personalizing exercise to s






13. COMMUNICATE in other language besides English/native language: converse (interpersonal) - understand spoken and written (interpretive) - present spoken or written info (presentational)






14. Traditional FORL teaching. Students analyze and learn grammar and vocab and later practice using them in communication. 'Skill getting'before






15. Direct instruction of grammar focusing on form and accuracy but has been shown not to be effective on accuracy of written product






16. Wrapping up loose ends at end of lesson - reducing ambiguity - students oriented towards closure want rules spelled out for them and like organization - a clear plan - and self-evaluating.






17. Communication - comparisons - communities - connections - cultures-->National 'Standards of Foreign Language Learning' -->SFLL developed by ACTFL

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18. 'those written and oral communications/texts produced by members of a language and culture group for members of the same language and culture group'; authentic segments are prepared by and for native speakers of the target culture - and NOT for langu






19. Pennsylvania Department of Education-Standards Aligned System-includes proposed standards for world languages (not yet promulgated)






20. Initiate - respond - evaluate: teacher asks a question - student responds - teacher evaluates - i.e. good/not correct/very gooooood--classroom discourse which limits students' involvement. doesn't allow student to use TL for interpersonal communicati






21. 'the ability to use language to perform global tasks or language function within a variety of contexts/content areas - with a given degree of accuracy - and by means of specific text types.' p. 247






22. The learners current point of performance plus the level at which he can potentially perform with the assistance of the expert is the ZPD. This potential level will become the independent performance level if the expert meets the student at his curre






23. Involves teacher explanations of rules followed by related manipulative exercises intended to practice the new structures; seems to have little or no effect on the grammatical accuracy of the written product Pg. 306






24. The proficiency framework assesses language ability in terms of four interrelated criteria: global tasks or functions - contexts/content areas - accuracy - and oral text type. The accuracy with which the tasks are performed: the grammar - vocabulary






25. DEVELOP & DEMONSTRATE insight into nature of language and culture: 4.1 understanding of TL by compairing with own language 4.2 understanding of 'culture' by comparing TL and own culture






26. American Association of Teachers of German






27. Foreign Language Exploratory or Experience are programs in the middle school designed to introduce learners to one or SEVERAL languages and cultures (chpt. 4 - pg. 114).






28. (ch 2 - p 41) In reaction to Grammar-Translation method (of Classical languages -) emphasizing speaking through visuals - exclusive use of the target language - and inductive teaching (ie: students subconsciously 'pick up' grammar rules and guess mea






29. Teaching all subjects in TL so that TL not only becomes the object of instruction but the vehicle of instruction as well






30. Total participation techniques






31. 'learners acquire the rules of a language in a predictable sequence - in a way that is independent of the order in which rules may have been taught.' SLLs experience similar stages in development. (p15)






32. Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (?Google)






33. Task-based activities where one student has information that another student does NOT have but needs. students must interact 'with others by using TL as means to an end' in an effort to fill in the gaps of information necessary to complete the task.






34. Standards for Foreign Language Learning-national standards: 5c's developed by ACTFL - AATF - AATG - AATSP






35. Offered by ACTFL: test of oral proficiency that can be delivered electronically and on demand.






36. Present - Attention - Co-construct - Extension: model for structuring contextualized grammar learning. In this model grammar is not directly taught but rather illustrated through the use of authentic discourse (text or speech) which is episodically p






37. North East Conference for Teaching Foreign Language






38. Use of cooperative learning through the students completing tasks where:1)meaning is primary;2)listeners are not just parroting but rather processing;3)activities are real world based;4)task completion is a priority; 5)assessed on outcome. Emphasis i






39. 'visuals that display words or concepts in categories to illustrate how they relate to one another.' (p. 129)






40. Activities that prepare students for the comprehension/interpretation task Pg.199 Tasks aim to deal with all of these issues: to generate interest - build confidence and to facilitate comprehension; setting the context - generating interest - activat






41. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages






42. ACTFL Writing Proficiency Test measures how well you write in a language as well as






43. Second Language Acquisition






44. Beginning part of a lesson where teacher must engage the students with interesting topic - essential question and activating vocabulary.






45. American Association of Teachers of French






46. 'collection of evidence used by teacher and learner to monitor the growth of the learner's knowledge of content - use of strategies and attitudes toward the accomplishment of goals in an organized systematic way.' Really is a way to assess student ov






47. American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages






48. Content Based Instruction - the merging of language instruction and content. Uses content - learning objectives - and activities from school curriculum as the vehicle for teaching language skills - has been shown to enhance motivation - self-confiden






49. 'occurs at the end of a course and is designed to determine what the learner can do with the language at that point' (p.402)






50. LINK with other disciplines and ACQUIRE info: 3.1 reinforce knowledge in other academic areas through the TL: 3.2






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