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Moving Students Up the Proficiency Ladder

Moving Students Up the Proficiency Ladder. Peg Bobber Lincoln-Way NORTH Lincoln-Way EAST High Schools.

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Moving Students Up the Proficiency Ladder

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  1. Moving Students Up the Proficiency Ladder Peg Bobber Lincoln-Way NORTH Lincoln-Way EAST High Schools

  2. Today’s Objectives: I can….1. Discuss my thoughts on language learning versus language acquisition. 2. Familiarize myself with the 2012 ACTFL proficiency guidelines.3. Get some ideas for how to move my students into higher levels of proficiency

  3. WHY THE FOCUS ON SKILLS? Let’s do the MATHmakes language learning useful+makes language learning more natural+makes our students successful______________________________STUDENT SUCCESS=STUDENT MOTIVATION=STUDENT RETENTION

  4. Read Listen Teaching for language skills Write Speak

  5. Teaching about the language

  6. 1. mechanical learning 2. undeveloped skills 3 unusable in the real world Voy, vas, va, vamos Teaching about the language stem changing verbs Ir + a + infinitive

  7. Teaching LANGUAGE

  8. 1. Natural learning 2. Skills in reading, writing, listening, speaking 3. Usable in the real world Teaching LANGUAGE

  9. Skill Acquisition 1st language -listen -speak -read -write 2nd language -listen -read -write -speak

  10. Skill Acquisition 1st language -listen-INPUT -speak-OUTPUT -read-INPUT -write-OUTPUT 2nd language -listen-INPUT -read-INPUT -write-OUTPUT -speak-OUTPUT

  11. How can we make learning a second language more natural for students? • Give a lot of input before we expect output. 2. Focus on learning skills (big picture) 3. Teach vocabulary and grammar in the context of a skill.

  12. Language is… D. Floyd 2012 By: Reading Listening Engaging in Meaningful Conversation In order to.. Write! Speak! Communicate! Create! By: Memorizing Vocabulary Studying Grammar In order to… Edit Revise Correct errors Fill-in-the-blanks Acquired Learned “The Sponge” “The Monitor”

  13. WHY THE FOCUS ON SKILLS? Let’s do the MATHmakes language learning useful+makes language learning more natural+makes our students successful______________________________STUDENT SUCCESS=STUDENT MOTIVATION=STUDENT RETENTION

  14. ACTFL 2012 Proficieny Guidelines-levels to describe: 1. NOVICE-(high/mid/low) • INTERMEDIATE-(high/mid/low) • ADVANCED-(high/mid/low) • Superior • Distinguished

  15. Let’s Talk about Proficiencyin SPEAKING and WRITING How can we increase student’s current skills? 1. Communicate where they are at and where they are going. • Provide experiences for practicing and risk taking. 3. Structure Assessments with level appropriate expectations and higher expectations.

  16. 1. Communicate where they are at and where they are going. a. Show levels and descriptors for ACTFL proficiency standards b. Use proficiency based learning targets c. Show examples of writing and of speaking at this level

  17. A. Show levels and descriptors for ACTFL proficiency standards ACTFL website Global Self-Assessment grid CONCORDIA Language Villages. Classroom Collage

  18. NOVICE LEVEL -me! Memorized words and phrases Communicate on everyday, predictable topics Can be difficult to understand even with a sympathetic listener/reader/

  19. INTERMEDIATE LEVEL -myself and others LOW MID AND HIGH Creating strings of sentences Can exchange basic information Asking questions Managing one time frame with ease Able to elaborate a little • Beginning to create • Can answer questions • Can complete basic communicative tasks

  20. ADVANCED LEVEL -myself, others, my community Narrate in 3 time frames Ask questions Negotiate/persuade/convince Extended discourse with varied vocabulary

  21. B. Use proficiency based learning targets What is the student going to be able to DO with the content. Use next level up to challenge.

  22. What is the student going to be able to DO with the content.

  23. Use next level up as a challenge. Speaking Activity: Describe your best friend NOVICE-describe/list adjectives INTERMEDIATE-explain why/compare him/her to yourself/tell activities you do together, what makes a good friend ADVANCED-compare your best friend with your best friend from childhood. What type of friendship are you hoping to have with a future spouse?

  24. C. Show examples of writing and of speaking at this level OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview Samples from ACTFL home page) Show high, medium, low writing products. Have students “self-assess” their writing with a rubric or a checklist.

  25. Today’s Objectives: I can….1. Discuss my thoughts on language learning versus language acquisition. 2. Familiarize myself with the 2012 ACTFL proficiency guidelines.3. Get some ideas for how to move my students into higher levels of proficiency

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