FL Teaching ---Methods , Issues, Resources
Recently Updated to
Include Web 2.0, Information Literacies, New Technology, Differentiated
Instruction, Advocacy and More....
FL Teaching ---Methods , Issues, Resources
Recently Updated to
Include Web 2.0, Information Literacies, New Technology, Differentiated
Instruction, Advocacy and More....
General and Special Topics:
Teaching Tips
(treats a huge range of general topics such as how to plan lessons, design assessments, etc.)Classroom Management
(includes information specific to FL teachers as well as advice for new teachers)The Instant Access Treasure Chest - the Foreign language Teacher's Guide to Learning Disabilities
Foreign Language Learning --- Acquisition Process & Meetinng the Needs of the Learner :
Foreign Language Study and the Brain
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory and Related FL Classroom Activities
Vygotsky and the Zone of Proximal Development
(Social Development Theory)Foreign language and Elementary School Programs: see NNELL and The National Fles* Institute
Concise Dictionary of Linguistics
Strategies and Considerations for Differentiated Learning
Annotated resources - Differentiated Instruction
Essential Questions, Quality Models, Resources and Examples for Differentiated Learning
Goals, Approaches, Methods, Strategies :
FL Teaching Methods - historic overview
( A good presentation of methods used over the years, coupled with author advice that "There is no best way to teach. Use a combination of methods!" )A Brief Survey of Language Methods
(more methods overview)More About the Range of Teaching Methods
The Language Classroom - Teaching Methods
(Eve Easton's excellent site, loaded with informative and useful links)Standards for Foreign Language Learning
(the 5 C's)ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
(Contain descriptions of different levels of language proficiency identified by the American Council for the Teaching of Foreign Languages, based on the five levels originally defined by the US Foreign Service Institute.... ACTFL provides a detailed description of the kinds of communication functions, range of vocabulary, degree of accuracy and flexibility that learners of a language are able to control at different levels in each of the four major language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing). These descriptions can be helpful in setting language learning goals, in planning learning activities and in evaluating proficiency.)Student Strengths Through the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) Testing
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices (Annenberg video series contained here!)
Ohio Foreign Language Content Standards
State and Local Foreign Language Standards
National Board for Professional Teaching Standards
The Framework of Communicative Modes
Designing and Teaching a Content Based Course
When You Talk to Your Students, Do You.....
50 Questions That Can Get Students Talking
Checklist for Speaking proficiency
Pronunciation, Accent and Language Melody (FLTEACH FAQS)
TPR/TPRS
(Total Physical Response)Receptive Skill Lesson Development (Schema Theory) - Robert Terry's excellent chart
Listening and Reading - Shrum and Glisan Model
Selecting Authentic Materials for Reading, Listening, Viewing
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Reading
Abilities Underlying Writing Proficiency
Developmental Approach to Teaching Writing
Task oriented Writing Guidelines
Holistic Vs. Analytic Scoring of Writing
AATF National Commission on Cultural Competence
Multicultural Awareness Activities
Technology And the Language Class:
A Communications Technology Module for the Foreign Language Methods Course
Integrating Technology in the Foreign Language Classroom - classroom syllabus containing much useful, "tutorial" information
Language Learning and Technology - an Online Journal
Flat Classrooms (Includes slides from 2007 Central States Conference Workshop)
21st century literacies- tools for reading the world
David Warlick's Web 2.0 Workshop
A Day in the life of Web 2.0 (article by David Warlick)
Landmarks for Schools - David Warlick's internet site, dedicated to the idea that the very nature of information is changing...
New literacies :Blogging in the classroom
Using Blogs to Support Literacy
New Literacies for the 21st Century: Podcasting
Janet Hill from Apple --2007 Central States Conference Wiki
Who's using Podcasting in Education and How?
Cool Tech Tools (some truly amazing stuff here!)
Assessment :
Types of Tests
Hybrid Tests
Basic Testing Terminology
Effective Materials and Techniques
Using Performance Assessments (by Deb Blaz)
Electronic Portfolios for Language Teachers
Foreign Language Test Database
About Linquafolio
Linquafolio
Devoloping Goals and Objectives--Backward design
Backward Design 101
Cherice Montgomery's Assessment Wiki
Rubrics:
Teacher Vision's Rubrics Library
Kathy Schrock's Assessment Rubrics
Bill Heller's Participation Rubrics: Lower Level Upper level
Eve Easton's Rubric Collection
Teacher Tools/ Resources/ Reference
Foreign Language Education/Methods/Pedagogy - Key References compiled by Robert Terry
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices (Annenberg video series contained here!)
A Few Texts I Highly Recommend
Differentiated Instruction Resources
Tools for Talking (structuring discussion)
Le Café Pédagogique - current pedagogical issues in France
Teacher Tools - games, puzzles, forms and other freebies for teachers
Language Teaching CLip Art Library
Center for Applied Linquistics (CAL) Foreign Language Topics
Teacher's Discovery - Products for Foreign Language Teachers
Joie de Vivre - authentic French specialties
Lesson Plans, Web Sites, and Ideas from FL Teachers:
FLTEACH - Foreign language Teaching Forum
Sign up for this listserv if you have not already done so! More than 2,000 Foreign Language Teachers share ideas , opinions , etc. and offer each other support. This is one of the best sources of "methods training" that I know of!Syllabi for Foreign Language Teaching Methods Courses
Links to Foreign Language Educators
FLTEACH FAQS - compiles frequently asked questions about a variety of topics
Internef - Online training for the continuing educaation of French teachers sponsored by French Cultural Services. Excellent cultural site with many potential uses with one's classroom students.
WWW Resources for Language Teachers
Le quartier français du village planétaire - centre pédagogique (Janice Paulsen's gold mine of resources!)
Educasource - des ressources électroniques pourr l'enseignement
Centre International d'études pédagogiques
Resources and Lesson Plans for World Languages
Teacher lesson Plans - searchable online lesson plans by subject, and many other related topics
TeachNology - French Lesson Plans
Cherice's Pieces (Cherice Montgomery's Blog...full of insights and ideas)
Casa de Joanna - Language Learning Resources
Chez le dentiste - listening and reading based on the Shrum-Glisan model
Language Advocacy
Advocacy Tools (my personal page of links, attached to Ohio's Advocacy Page. Contains a variety of links - general, state specific, and language specific. Find brochures and more.)
Joint National Committee on Languages (JNCL-NCLIS)
Sarah K. Shackelford
2007-2008