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Speaking as a Priority in the Modern Language ClassHarry Grover Tuttle, Ed. D. Instructor, Author, [email protected] http://www.eduwithtechn.wordpress.com
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Why did you become a Modern Language teacher?
Was your priority to teach your students
How to write in the target language?
How to read in the target language?
How to listen in the target language?
How to speak in the target language?
SpeakingOFSTED, 2008
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If your Spanish students were to go to Quito, Ecuador,
would they need to take their Spanish textbook,
workbook and class notes to be able to talk to people?
Or could they speak spontaneously to them?
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We know of Krashen's Input/Output Theory.
Realistically, our input only matters in terms of
what the students output.
Do you go home and watch your TV's input or do
you watch the TV's output?
90%
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How do you help your students put together the
various blocks of vocabulary and grammar so that
they build big speaking conversations?
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Do your students usually speak in
Single words or phrases?
A sentence?
Multiple sentences?
Does they use multiple sentences as in real
conversations?
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During class, do your students speak for a minute in
the target language?
A consecutive minute?
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Practice?* *
LearnVsUse
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ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines – Speaking
Superior-level speakers :• Converse fully in formal and informal settings on topics related to personal, public, and professional/scholarly interests
Advanced-level speakers :• Converse in most informal and some formal settings on topics of personal and public interest
Intermediate-level speakers :• participate in simple, direct conversations on generally predictable topics related to daily activities and personal environment
Novice-level speakers:• respond to simple questions in memorized phrases and some personalized recombinations for a very limited number of immediate needs
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Help your students to “jam” in the language!
http://www.eyeoneducation.com/prodinfo.asp?number=7096-9
Eye on Education Books: http://is.gd/tbook
Based on ACTFL Proficiencies
Has a way to assess the speaking of all students in your classroom in 3 minutes.
Identifies 15+ language functions
For each language function, provides 10+ strategies for students to use to improve.
Help your students go from crawlers to runners in their target language speaking.
Harry Grover Tuttle, Ed. D.
Instructor /Author/ Consultant(Speaking, Culture, Technology, Smartphones)
Book: Improving Foreign Language Speaking through Formative Assessment http://is.gd/tbook
For YouTube video clip http://bit.ly/mlspeaking
Blog http://www.eduwithtechn.wordpress.com
