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| Contentid | 4408 |
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| Content Type | 1 |
| Title | Setting Up for Substitutes |
| Body | Are you looking for better activities to leave with substitute teachers who may have no experience with the language you teach? A recent discussion of this problem on the FLTEACH listserv generated several interesting ideas. ---- My colleague has the cure to the sub issue. She makes her lesson plans out to the students. She addresses them, makes enough copies for each student, and signs it. She explains what she wants done and how. This puts the responsibility in the hands of the students. If the sub is competent, then that's icing on the cake; if they're not, it doesn't really matter. This eliminates that, "She/He never told us to do...". Pento, A. Re: subs in class. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (30 Mar. 2006). ---- I know this may not work for everyone but I set up all my students in my email group (one group for each class). That way, when I am going to be out, I email their instructions to them and have them respond by emailing their work back to me. The sub has a hard copy to make sure all students stay on task and students are held accountable because I know before I return if there was a problem. Our Spanish I class meets in a computer lab so each student has their own computer and it works out very well. The kids love the technology and they are still engaged in content while I am away. Another fun thing is to have them IM to each other in Spanish during class. The only noise I hear besides the clicking of the keyboards is the occasional, "oh, how do I say that?" they mumble out loud. Heidenrech, M. Re: subs in class. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (30 Mar. 2006). |
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