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Teaching Methods Foreign Language

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1. Converse - provide/obtain info - exchange opinions - two-way communication - express feelings and emotions






2. American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages






3. (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






4. Total participation techniques






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






6. 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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






12. Total physical response - approach based on 'the way in which children acquire vocab naturally in native language.






13. Deciding standards to be addressed - enduring understandings - and ultimate goals of lesson prior to constructing the lesson.






14. 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






15. 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






16. 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






17. 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.






18. Present info - concepts - ideas on variety of topics to an audience of listeners or readers






19. American Association of Teachers of French






20. Defined by Chomsky - ability to function in a communicative setting by using not only grammatical knowledge but also gestures and intonation - strategies for being understood - and risk-taking in attempting communication. MEANINGFUL context.






21. 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






22. 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)






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






24. North East Conference for Teaching Foreign Language






25. Text that has 1) motivation or affect-interesting - conflict - has purpose and 2) logical structure - will be more effective in connecting the reader or listener of the discourse or text to the TL-TEXT THAT IS LOGICALLY ORGANIZED AND HAS ELEMENTS FO






26. 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






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






28. 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






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






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






34. '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






35. The segment of a lesson where the teacher models the skill that the students will be asked to demonstrate. The students are given specific instructions which are modeled for them. They then perform an activity according to these specific steps - usin






36. Assessments that are administered throughout the year or the lesson and are integrated into the learning process-thus they 'serve to inform and change instructional practices.' Teacher can use FA to redirect lesson if students are not understanding a






37. 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






38. 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






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






40. American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese






41. 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)






42. Foreign lanuguage teaching forum which offers discussion boards and internet resources for foreign language teachers






43. American Association of Teachers of German






44. PA State Modern Language Association






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






46. 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






47. Long's theory that speakers will change and modify their language use based on interactions with others. They will negotiate meaning and interact to resolve meaning by 1)simplifying the input (familiar vocab & structures 2)using linguistic and extral






48. (p.21) characterized as 'exchanges between learners and their interlocutors as they attempt to resolve communication breakdown and to work toward mutual comprehension.'






49. Swain: 'learners need to speak the language to achieve higher levels of competence.' input is not enough. Speaking ' the language for communicating one's ideas - facilitates acquisition.' Helps learner discover gap in what to say and what they are ab






50. Target Language