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Teaching Methods Foreign Language

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






2. 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.






3. American Association of Teachers of French






4. Foreign Language in Elementary School






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






6. 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.






7. 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






8. 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






9. '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






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. 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






12. '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






13. 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






14. 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






15. 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






16. American Council on Teaching of Foreign Languages






17. 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






18. '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






19. 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.






20. 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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. 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.






26. 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






27. American Association of Teachers of German






28. North East Conference for Teaching Foreign Language






29. Oral Proficiency Interview offered by ACTFL






30. 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)






31. 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






32. The continually evolving second language learner's linguistic system which is created by 1)interference from 1st language 2) instruction - learning/teaching approach 3)overgeneralization of TL rules and using where not appropriate 4)learning strategi






33. American Association of Teachers or Spanish and Portuguese






34. 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)






35. 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.






36. '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)






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






38. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages






39. Audio-lingual method; teaching oral skills by means of stimuls-response learning; repetition - dialogue memorization - and manipulation of grammatical pattern drills.






40. (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






41. Graphic organizer which illustrates contrasts and comparisons by using two intersecting circles. similarities are illustrated in the overlapping intersection area and all that remains on either side of this area serve as contrasts of a given theme or






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






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






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






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






46. 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






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






48. Second Language Acquisition






49. 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






50. 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