Welcome to the 2/8 Professional Development Workshop Meitsu Chuang-Mendel Paris Granville Edward Wang Please sign in on sheet to verify attendance Grab a handout Discuss the common assessments and fill out the SurveyMonkey survey—link is in your email inbox.
1. Welcome to the 2/8 Professional Development Workshop Please
sign in on sheet to verify attendance Grab a handout Discuss the
common assessments and fill out the SurveyMonkey surveylink is in
your email inbox. Meitsu Chuang-Mendel Paris Granville Edward
Wang
2. The Future of World Languages Washington ACTFL NationalState
Standards Standards Our Curriculum
3. Todays Resources www. mmegranville.com
4. Meitsu Chuang-MendelBio International Baccalaureate (IB)
lead examiner for Mandarin ab initio 2004-2011 Instructor for IB
Mandarin ab initio teacher training courses Education advisory
board member for Confucius Institute of State of Washington
Supervisor for PLU Chinese student teacher program Oral Proficiency
Interview (OPI) training Taught Chinese for more than 15 years in
Taipei and Beijing international schools Currently teaching 3
classes at Newport High
5. Workshop on Interpersonal Speaking Objective Teachers will
develop instructional strategies to facilitate and assess students
interpersonal speaking.
6. Interpersonal SpeakingDefinition Communication that includes
active negotiation of meaning among individuals. Clarifications can
be made. Example: a conversation between a sales associate and a
customer regarding a product
7. Characteristics of Interpersonal SpeakingActive negotiation
of meaningTwo-way interactive communicationImprovisedUNSCRIPTED and
UNREHEARSED*Conversation often maintained byCommunication
Strategies Get rid of this script!
8. Example of Non-Verbal Strategies (not completely
serious!)
9. What are Communication Strategies? Definition Verbal and
non-verbal Metacognitive strategies StrategiesReferenced
fromNakatani, Y. The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on
OralCommunication Strategy Use. The Modern Language Journal.
2005.
10. Communication Strategies help seeking slower please, please
repeat question asking paraphrasing circumlocution appropriate body
language to maintain conversation fillers (or time-gaining
strategies) well comprehension checks random reaction words/phrases
really?Referenced fromThe ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12
Learners. 1998.Nakatani, Y. The Effects of Awareness-Raising
Training on OralCommunication Strategy Use. The Modern Language
Journal. 2005.
11. ActivityRole PlayTake a role play card and please perform
it withsomeone using the language you teachDuring the role play
conversation, check off thecommunication strategies you used on the
handout
12. Share your StrategiesExamples of: Filler words/reaction
words to maintain Umthen conversation the alligator Non-verbal
language bit his head (gasp) Yikes! off
13. Gallery WalkWalk around to see what strategies the other
groupsbrainstormedDiscuss/reflect on the various strategies
listed
14. How to Scaffold CommunicationStrategiesStrategy of the
Week
15. Communication Strategy DiaryRaises
studentsmetacognition:thinking abouttheir own learning
16. Scaffolding Richness of Language How to jumpstart
communication Conversation scaffold example:
17. Interpersonal Speaking Rubric Overview of the
gradationsReferenced from The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12
Learners. 1998.
18. Interpersonal Speaking RubricReferenced from The ACTFL
Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.
19. Common Assessment As quick and easy as possible Offer
evidence of the level of performance in Interpersonal Speaking
20. Video Samples of StudentsPlease check your email for the
links to the followingvideos: Chinese French German Spanish English
(ESL Students)Mark the performance(more rubrics available)
21. Think-Pair-ShareSome possible questions you could discuss:
What were some challenges you faced while you were assessing the
speakers? Did you mark the students at the same level that your
colleagues marked them? Did you think the assessment was an
appropriate Interpersonal Speaking assessment? Why or why not?
22. In closingwe want to hear your feedbackPlease open your
OutlookPlease find the Evaluation emailClick on the link to get to
RegonlineLog in and complete the evaluationFeel free to open the
discussion on any topicof interest