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| Title | Teaching different levels at same time |
| Body | Editor's Note: One topic on FLTEACH has been teaching combined classes of more than one level of a language. The following two recommendations handled the problem similarly. Regarding combined levels of classes....for several years I have taught Spanish 3 and Spanish 4 during the same class hour. What I did was have a 2-year curriculum so that I could teach all the kids the same prep. On the first year we would work in a grammar book (actually the previous Spanish 2 book that we had not finished the year before) and do an in depth study of Spain with several projects. On the second year we worked in various little readers and did an in depth study of Mexico with several projects. It worked for me, and the kids were fine with it. Each year had reviews of verb tenses the kids should know, and we did listening activities from Learnables and other things like that. It never mattered if they did the "Spain" year first or the "Mexico" year first. Spivey, S. Re: combined Spanish classes. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (23 Aug. 2004). I am fortunate in that I combine French IV and V (and not any lower!). One year I finish the level III book (Discovering French Rouge), read short stories, and use the audio murder mystery Drole de Mission. The alternate year, I actually use parts of two chapters from Discovering French Blanc to cover new vocabulary, read Le Petit Prince, and use the audio murder mystery Poursuite inattendue. I try to use ready-made materials for my own sanity, although I create my own quizzes. Thomas, R. Combined classes. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (25 Aug. 2004). |
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