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Title: Start the School Year with a Video Montage of French in Use
Body: A French teacher shares on FLTEACH: For the 1st day of class I am trying to put together a collection of clips from TV and movies using French - Lucy arrested in Paris, Saturday Night Live French class skit with Alec Baldwin as the teacher, Lindsay Lohan French rant in Parent Trap, etc. Brightwell, N. [FLTEACH] First day of class video montage. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 3 Aug 2012). Here is the resulting collection of links to videos suggested by teachers: Monty Python French Taunting: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=9V7zbWNznbs Eddie Izzard - edited thanks to Jennifer J http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1sQkEfAdfY&feature=autoplay&list=PL8ABAC4874A62C2EF&index=4&playnext=3&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active Friends -Joey speaks French http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=ZsYehkdp6yQ (short) Friends- Joey speaks French http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=h6tMCVzq2cQ (long) GOOD NEWS -Peter Lawford & June Allyson: http://www.tcm.com/mediaroom/video/445284/Good-News-Movie-Clip-French-Lesson.html Lucy in Paris: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=V1xMDn-Btkk Steve Martin-Le Hamburger: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?v=iUCDhvbQFmU Target Alouette http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=KcgwgkyU4sY Wonder Years: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=ZJKRObMi-2A Emma Stone Les Jeunes de Paris http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=qJg1aXClk5s A Cause Des Garcons http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=JqYhuwu614Y Parent Trap Mom: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=TAK2XrH7Z3I The Nanny: http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=xm2zq3lwh3I Last Holiday market scene http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=jqyhGCHT-v0 Will Smith Le Short dans le Four http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=38i6aYuXgmM Bradley Cooper & les jeunes http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=6hmeuMSFIVE Bradley Cooper interview http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=ii7LZAxR1I4 Oreo commercial http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=rB85iQ0Y_bw Cute Renault commercial http://www.cleanvideosearch.com/media/action/yt/watch?videoId=ExwNzjhI0ic Capucha (petite fille adorable!)qui raconte une histoire: http://vimeo.com/2113477 Another FLTEACH user has put together this collection of videos: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8ABAC4874A62C2EF You might also find some good clips at the AATF YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/aatfrench/videos?view=1
Source: FLTEACH
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Title: Recordings of French Poems Being Read
Body: From http://www.frenchtoday.com Camille, creator of the FrenchToday website, has a section in which she reads French poems. Usually she reads slowly first, and then again more quickly. See what’s available for you and your students to listen to at http://www.frenchtoday.com/learn-french/poem-analysis-reading
Source: FrenchToday
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Title: Wright State University’s 2012 Spanish Immersion Day
Body: Wright State University’s 2012 Spanish Immersion Day will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. The theme will be “El Día de los Muertos.” Participants agree to speak only Spanish during those hours, in which there will be a variety of fun-filled activities such as music, dancing, crafts, games, lunch, raffle, and more. The deadline to register your students is September 26. For full details, please call one of the committee’s co-chairs: Dorothy Álvarez at (937) 775-2673 or Michelle Cipriano at (937) 775-4719 or send an e-mail to: dorothy.alvarez at wright dot edu or michelle.cipriano at wright dot edu.
Source: OFLA
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Title: Specialized Spanish Vocabulary for Technology
Body: Are you using technology in your Spanish class this year? Do you know how Spanish-speakers say “icon” or “backslash”? If not, this blog post will be very helpful for you: http://spanishplans.org/2012/08/17/palabras-de-usar-tecnologia-en-clase
Source: SpanishPlans.org
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Title: South America Geography Challenge
Body: Paul Widergren has created an online puzzle in which the pieces are unlabeled South American countries. Can you and your students correctly place them? You will become familiar with the shape of each country as you try. http://pwgren.allalla.com/dynamic/SA/index.htm
Source: Paul Widergren
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Title: Irregular Verb Wheel Game
Body: Macmillan Dictionary has an online game in which students can test and reinforce their knowledge of different tenses of irregular verbs in English. Play it at http://www.macmillandictionary.com/verb-wheel
Source: Macmillan Dictionary
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Title: Ideas for English Language Learners | Recipes, Travel, Idioms and More
Body: From http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/ideas-for-english-language-learners-recipes-travel-idioms-and-more This summer the New York Times has started a new monthly feature on The Learning Network called “Ideas for E.L.L.’s.” Written by the teacher, author and “edublogger” Larry Ferlazzo, each edition offers classroom strategies for English language learners with links to recent Times articles, videos and photographs chosen to be both accessible and interesting to those for whom English is not a first language. This month’s feature includes resources for making cloze activities, dealing with idioms, recipes, Obama’s “Deferred Action” program for certain undocumented immigrants, comparing and contrasting using video, city or neighborhood tours, and natural disasters. See what Mr. Ferlazzo has found at http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/ideas-for-english-language-learners-recipes-travel-idioms-and-more
Source: New York Times
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Title: Massachusetts Moves on ELL Teaching for Regular Teachers
Body: From http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/08/08/37massell.h31.html Mass. Moves on ELL-Training for Regular Teachers By Lesli A. Maxwell August 7, 2012 Under pressure from federal civil rights officials to improve schooling for English-language learners, education leaders in Massachusetts are forging ahead with major changes that will require intensive training for thousands of academic-content teachers with ELLs in their classrooms. At the heart of the state’s effort to better serve ELL students is a new mandate for teachers at all grade levels in the core areas of mathematics, English/language arts, social studies, and science to earn an “endorsement” in sheltered English immersion, by taking a three-credit course that has been developed by language-acquisition experts. The course is being tested with a small number of teachers in the Springfield district this summer and will be piloted in a handful of other districts in the fall. The training also will be required for all prospective core-content teachers as a condition for licensing, starting in July 2016. Read the full article at http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/08/08/37massell.h31.html?tkn=VMCCMTD6Vs6AYywKCALZnUaTmUBudBuVwCkU&cmp=clp-sb-ascd
Source: Education Week
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Title: Advocacy for World Languages Wiki Has Been Updated
Body: Sarah Shackelford writes on the OFLA listserv: I've updated the advocacy wiki page with 1) links to quite a few good, new articles , 2) neat infographics and a couple of pinterest boards of interest , 3) the latest news about and from JNCL, 4) the new 2012 ACTFL proficiency guidelines and the 21st century skills map, 5) a downloadable copy of a letter written by Martha Pero, OFLA's Chair of Professional Development, to give to administrators in order to encourage their support for your attendance at the 2013 OFLA - hosted Central States Conference in Columbus (March 14-16). As you scroll down the page you will also find some advocacy videos, a link to the Toni Theisen 2012 OFLA tech workshop wiki (lots of neat resources there!), and a link to my wiki page containing language specific advocacy for a number of languages. Advocacy Wiki Page: http://madameshackelford.wikispaces.com/Advocacy+for+World+Languages Shackelford, S. [OFLA] Updated Advocacy Wiki Page. OFLA listserv (OFLA@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU, 18 Aug 2012).
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Title: Beginning of the School Year Ideas, Part 1
Body: If you haven’t already started the new school year with your students, it’s just around the corner. Language teachers on blogs and listservs have been busy sharing beginning-of-school ideas with each other. Here are some of them: --- “Getting to know you” activities are common at the beginning of the year. Read Megan Johnston’s description of what she does on her second day of beginning classes at http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2012/08/09/get-to-know-each-other-using-the-tl and a questionnaire she gives her students at http://creativelanguageclass.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/7-things-to-find-out-about-your-students-during-the-first-week --- Sandy Merz uses unusual seat assignment tasks to learn about her students and to set a tone for cooperative communication. Although not intended specifically for language classrooms, these activities would be good for anyone other than beginners, and several of the tasks (especially ordering by height) would be good for beginners, too: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2012/06/27/tln_merz.html?tkn=YZCFajk5r%2Fb92%2Fo9bUnosmyT2Dx54mVPd4Ke&cmp=clp-sb-ascd --- An FLTEACH listserv user suggests the following: Something I am considering is putting up a bulletin board divided up for each level I teach and putting the outline of a tool box on it. After each major grammar concept I teach, I will write the name on a paper cutout of a tool, such as a screwdriver or hammer or wrench, and staple that to the toolbox for that class. That way the students can visually see the tools they are learning to use within the language. A simple example would be for a Spanish 1 class, after they have learned how to work with regular -ar verbs, give them a quiz using off-the-wall regular -ar verbs they have never seen before and see if they know how to use the "tool". This would not by any means be the focus of my teaching, but rather one of the tools I use in my teaching. Meyer, C. Re: [FLTEACH] start of the year activities/ homework policies. FLTEACH listserv (FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU, 24 May 2012). --- Bryce Hedstrom suggests the following on the MoreTPRS listserv: I start off focusing on the kids and getting to know them. Ben Slavic's "Circling with Balls" idea is a good way to draw in the athletes and he gives a good step by step explanation of it in his book "TPRS in a Year.” If you are not sports-oriented you can accomplish the same thing by chatting with the kids in simple TL and teach them language as you learn about your students. Focus on one to two students a day. Ask/Teach in the TL: Ask: What is your name? Encourage TL use: My name is... "Report" back to class: Class, her name is.... ! Continue with this Ask/Encourage simple use and answers/Report cycle for more and more questions. What grade are you in? How old are you? What town do you live in? (This works at my school, it may not work in all schools) What do you like to do? Write limited amounts of vocabulary on the board or on a poster as you go. Review the information about previously interviewed students each day as you go. Test students on their knowledge of one another in the TL almost daily to build camaraderie and to raise the level of concern just an eensy bit. This is an easy "A" for most kids if they have been in class. Look for commonalities and future story fodder as you go. Just ramp up the level of language for your level two students. Bryce Hedstrom. Re: [moretprs] Starting the school year - Help for a new TPRSer. MoreTPRS listserv (moretprs@yahoogroups.com, 6 Aug 2012). Visit Mr. Hedstrom’s website at http://www.brycehedstrom.com for more ideas and resources. Ben Slavic’s Circling with Balls activity is described on his website: http://www.benslavic.com/circling-with-balls.html --- Tune in next week for more ideas and resources for beginning the school year.
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