ACTFL Conference Highlights

http://www.discoverlanguages.org/files/public/DL_teacherquiz.pdf

Key position of ACTFL: 90% of instruction in the target language

*”language educators and their students use the target language as exclusively as possible (90% plus) at all levels of instruction during instructional time and, when feasible, beyond the classroom."

Turn to your partner

Avoid lecturing and using English to derive meaning for the students

Have students use circumlocution

Paraphrase and give opposites

Comprehensible input (gestures/symbols/pictures)

TPR and circle questioning

Can I simplify or use pictures, materials or props?

Can I substitute a different concept?

Can I delay the topic?

The majority expect to actually use the language.

Motivation is a rational decision; people make a decision to engage in something or not.

Richard Sagor - ASCD Education Update, January 2008

Keller’s Theory of Motivation:

Attention (Interest)

Relevance (Why?)

Confidence (Expectancy)

Satisfaction (Outcome)

Traditional Planning

✤ Goals & Objectives

✤ Activities

✤ Assessments

Backward Design

✤ Goals & Objectives

✤ Assessments

✤ Activities