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






2. Technology Enhanced Learning - refers to all uses of technology in language education






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






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. PA State Modern Language Association






8. PARTICIPATE in multilingual communities at home and in world: 5.1 use language in & outside school: 5.2 become life-long learners using TL for enjoyment and enrichment






9. '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






10. 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






11. 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.






12. Total participation techniques






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

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14. 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






15. American Association of Teachers of French






16. The simulated oral proficiency interview is a performance-based - tape-mediated speaking test.






17. Krashen building on Chomsky --> 'acquisition occurs only when learners receive an optimal quantity of COMPREHENSIBLE - interesting input - A LITTLE BEYOND THEIR CURRENT LEVEL OF COMPETENCE (i + 1= a little beyond learner's current level) and NOT gram






18. Information/task based gap activity where each member of 'group assumes responsibility for a given portion of the lesson.' They first work with members of a group on same task to become expert on that task or info and then join in a group of expert r






19. 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






20. American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages






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






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






23. Focus on translation of written text - learn grammar rules and memorization of bilingual vocab list (e.g. Latin






24. Oral Proficiency Interview offered by ACTFL






25. This is when you present the reading text. You need to motivate the students to read the text and give them a clear purpose for the first reading.






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






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






28. 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






29. American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese






30. Foreign Language in Elementary School






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






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






33. 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






34. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. 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.






39. '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)






40. 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






41. 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).






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






46. Second Language Acquisition






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






48. Understand and interpret variety of topics in spoken and written TL






49. Refers to grouping words of any number of parts of speech around a thematic topic - e.g. frog - pond - green - hopping - swim - slippery - etc.. this allows students to genterate content for presentational writing or speaking.






50. 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







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