Frenchteacher. TPRS & Comprehensible Input Training Comprehension Based Instruction TPRS Materials. TESTIMONIALS Here is what teachers are saying about Bryce’s presentations, keynote addresses and materials These are the documents that were shared with administrators in the two day track I facilitated at the National TPRS conference in San Antonio.
Anyone involved in teaching or supporting world languag instruction will find these documents helpful in explaining and defending TPRS. Research Supporting TPRS in One Place This is a web site from Kirstin Plante of The C.I. Bookshop and TPRS Academy in the Netherlands. This list of research is very thorough and is updated often. FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDIES SUPPORTING TCI This list was compiled from the website of Stephen Krashen, sdkrashen.com THE RESEARCH SUPPORTING THE COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT HYPOTHESIS AND CI These are some of the most common questions and misconceptions about TPRS with answers supported by research. TEACHING WITH COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT FROM 1976 Advocacy for teaching with comprehensible input is not new. New! Hebrew: (NEW!) Spanish Listening : Learn Real Spanish. Search results. Spanish Proficiency Exercises: Site Index. Spanish Proficiency Exercises. Spanish Proficiency Exercises is a compilation of brief video clips in which native speakers of Spanish from various locations throughout Latin America and Spain demonstrate various language tasks.
The objective of the exercises is to provide students of Spanish with the necessary tools to be able to talk about the same topics in Spanish. In order to do, this Spanish Proficiency Exercises contains five major components. First, there is a simplified video clip. This simplified version is scripted, the native speakers talks slower, and he or she uses simpler words and less slang.
Second, there are video clips of native speakers who also perform the proficiency tasks. Third, to help perform the same task, we provide a Spanish/English glossary of vocabulary words that students may need in order to talk about the topic. The gray menu bar at the top of each page contains proficiency topics, divided by level of dificulty: Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior.
The Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA): Assessment. Create a Standards-Based Integrated Performance Assessment Unit Step-by-Step ACTFL has developed a prototype for assessing the progress language students are making in building their proficiency through the World-Readiness Standards.
The Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) is a cluster assessment featuring three tasks, each of which reflects one of the three modes of communication--Interpretive, Interpersonal and Presentational. The three tasks are aligned within a single theme or content area, reflecting the manner in which students naturally acquire and use the language in the real world or the classroom. Each task provides the information and elicits the linguistic interaction that is necessary for students to complete the subsequent task. IPAs are designed for students at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels of proficiency. Ideas, solutions, and inspiration for world language teachers. Materials by Language. Handouts from AATSP Conference in Denver, CO - July 20, 2015 Authentic Classrooms: Leading Students Toward Proficiency.
In authentic classrooms languages and cultures meet in a swirl of activity surrounding learners with sounds and meanings of the language. Materials of and from the culture are key to helping students become proficient in using their new language. Using the free educational resource Teaching World Languages: A Practical Guide, this session examines principles supporting effective teaching practices and demonstrates how these practices can be applied to the 5 Cs and the Can-Do-Statements of language learning.
Presented by Anna Uhl Chamot, Ph.D. and Sheila W. Cockey, MALS, M.Ed. Lessons from 2009 Spanish Immersion These lessons were created by the participants in NCLRC's Summer Institute: Spain: Language and Culture List of lessons and link to pdf file Game of the year, 2006, in Spain Descriptions of a dozen board games that vary in difficulty and age. 2006 Institute: Teaching Foreign Languages. Index. How to use this site We recommend that you start with What Language Teaching Is, which gives a general description of learner-centered instruction and reflective teaching practice.
Use the other Principles sections to develop your understanding of language teaching methodology. Use the Practice sections for guidance on specific language skill areas. What's on the site • Principles: general information on language teaching theory and method. . • Practice: specific ways of applying theory in teaching grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and culture. Center for Applied Second Language Studies (CASLS) - Center for Applied Second Language Studies.
Teaching for Proficiency. ACTFL VIDEO Proficiency Samples.