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Title: Ideas for Recruiting Foreign Language Students
Body: A recent request on the AATG listserv for ideas for recruiting students to take foreign language classes generated the following suggestions. These came from German teachers but could be modified for any language. ----- Rob Williams has a couple skits he used. They were simple, humorous skits that even the non-German students could figure out the meaning of. I think they were aimed more at elementary aged kids, but might work at the middle school, too. They are on the following page. http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs/german/germany/teacher/dtrecruit.htm Zahn, B. Re: [AATG-L] urgent request for help. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (29 Jan. 2005). ----- With my students, we did the following. They worked in groups of 3, each group going into a different classroom. 1. We made a large poster for each group labeled "German Words You Already Know." It had plenty of cognates. We set this in the chalk tray at the board and taped the top to keep it upright. (Tip - bring your own tape and scissors.) 2. We cut colored construction paper into large rectangles. On the blue one, we wrote BLAU with a black marker (only on one side). On the red one we wrote ROT, etc. We did the primary colors. The students taught a mini-lesson. Student 1 held up the color card with the word showing, student 2 taught the lesson - simply having the students repeat the words. After doing this several times, S1 flipped the cards over so the words were not showing and S2 asked, "Who knows what color this is?. S2 gave lots of praise for the right answers and, if it was a wrong answer, I told them to say, "Oh, you're thinking of a different color. We'll get to that one, but who knows what this color is?" 3. We made a poster: "Your Name is German !" and put on it the German last names of students in our school - Schneider, Nebel, Kolb, etc. We propped this one up on the chalk tray, too, just like no. 1 above. 4. S2 taught the students to count from 1 to 5 and used hand gestures, starting with the thumb. Then S3 asked a question, "What number comes after the number I say?" and had volunteers give the answer. 5. Ahead of time, I made up a VERY SIMPLE word search using the colors we had taught. S3 gave this to the students at the end of our presentation along with a mini-Hershey bar, explaining that Hershey was a German-American. While she was doing that S1 pointed out the two posters at the board and what was on them. We rehearsed in class ahead of time on two different days, each group of 3 getting up and presenting to the rest of us. Our presentation was about 15 minutes long. Haring, C. Re: [AATG-L] urgent request for help. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (29 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Ideas for Recruiting Foreign Language Students
Body: A recent request on the AATG listserv for ideas for recruiting students to take foreign language classes generated the following suggestions. These came from German teachers but could be modified for any language. ----- Rob Williams has a couple skits he used. They were simple, humorous skits that even the non-German students could figure out the meaning of. I think they were aimed more at elementary aged kids, but might work at the middle school, too. They are on the following page. http://sps.k12.mo.us/khs/german/germany/teacher/dtrecruit.htm Zahn, B. Re: [AATG-L] urgent request for help. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (29 Jan. 2005). ----- With my students, we did the following. They worked in groups of 3, each group going into a different classroom. 1. We made a large poster for each group labeled "German Words You Already Know." It had plenty of cognates. We set this in the chalk tray at the board and taped the top to keep it upright. (Tip - bring your own tape and scissors.) 2. We cut colored construction paper into large rectangles. On the blue one, we wrote BLAU with a black marker (only on one side). On the red one we wrote ROT, etc. We did the primary colors. The students taught a mini-lesson. Student 1 held up the color card with the word showing, student 2 taught the lesson - simply having the students repeat the words. After doing this several times, S1 flipped the cards over so the words were not showing and S2 asked, "Who knows what color this is?. S2 gave lots of praise for the right answers and, if it was a wrong answer, I told them to say, "Oh, you're thinking of a different color. We'll get to that one, but who knows what this color is?" 3. We made a poster: "Your Name is German !" and put on it the German last names of students in our school - Schneider, Nebel, Kolb, etc. We propped this one up on the chalk tray, too, just like no. 1 above. 4. S2 taught the students to count from 1 to 5 and used hand gestures, starting with the thumb. Then S3 asked a question, "What number comes after the number I say?" and had volunteers give the answer. 5. Ahead of time, I made up a VERY SIMPLE word search using the colors we had taught. S3 gave this to the students at the end of our presentation along with a mini-Hershey bar, explaining that Hershey was a German-American. While she was doing that S1 pointed out the two posters at the board and what was on them. We rehearsed in class ahead of time on two different days, each group of 3 getting up and presenting to the rest of us. Our presentation was about 15 minutes long. Haring, C. Re: [AATG-L] urgent request for help. American Association of Teachers of German listserv. AATG@listserv.iupui.edu (29 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Transcript Available Online: An Exploration of Deaf Culture (NPR)
Body: The National Public Radio program "Talk of the Nation" recently featured a discussion with the authors of a new book on the history of deaf culture in the U.S. To access a transcript of the program, visit: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4476250
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Title: Transcript Available Online: An Exploration of Deaf Culture (NPR)
Body: The National Public Radio program "Talk of the Nation" recently featured a discussion with the authors of a new book on the history of deaf culture in the U.S. To access a transcript of the program, visit: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4476250
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Title: Goethe Institute Provides German Advocacy Materials Online
Body: The Goethe Institute sells a binder of materials for educators seeking to advocate German language programs in their area. The same materials are available in PDF format for download at: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/prj/pdt/enindex.htm
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Title: Goethe Institute Provides German Advocacy Materials Online
Body: The Goethe Institute sells a binder of materials for educators seeking to advocate German language programs in their area. The same materials are available in PDF format for download at: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/prj/pdt/enindex.htm
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Title: Movie Scripts and Excerpts Available Online
Body: A recent query on the FLTEACH listserv for sources for transcripts and soundfiles from popular movies generated the following suggestions: For transcripts of monologues from popular movies: Colin's Movie Monologue Page http://www.whysanity.net/monos/ For soundfiles of monologues: American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ For ideas on using movies in ESL lessons: The English Learner Movie Guides http://www.eslnotes.com/
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Title: Movie Scripts and Excerpts Available Online
Body: A recent query on the FLTEACH listserv for sources for transcripts and soundfiles from popular movies generated the following suggestions: For transcripts of monologues from popular movies: Colin's Movie Monologue Page http://www.whysanity.net/monos/ For soundfiles of monologues: American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com/ For ideas on using movies in ESL lessons: The English Learner Movie Guides http://www.eslnotes.com/
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Title: Fun Games for the Classroom
Body: Editor's note: The following suggestions were recently posted on the FLTEACH listserv in response to a request for fun classroom games. The request was for elementary-level games, but these may be used with older or more advanced students as well. ----- 1. Guess the actor Tell the students they are all famous actors and actresses. They must each decide who they want to be and keep it a secret. The students then move around the class talking to each other and asking each other questions to find out who they are.The students answer the questions as if they were the actor, but they must not give their names, e.g: s1:Where do you come from? s2: The United States. s1: And what sort of parts do you play? s2: For many years I was a cowboy in westerns but now I act in all kinds of films. The student who discovers the most identities is the winner. 2. Tell your fortune Tell the students that they are fortune tellers. Someone has come to see them to find out about their future. They must write the fortunes on a sheet of paper in three sentences: one sentence with will, one with may and one with won't, e.g: You will marry when you are 25. You may be rich. You won't have any children. Ask the students to fold up their papers and to drop them into a box. Shake the box up and pass it round. Each student must pick out a piece of paper to find out their fortune. Ask the student to tell the class what their fortune is, e.g: I may live in Belgrade, etc. Tomic, M. Re: game ideas-elementary. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (15 Jan. 2005). ----- Adverb comparison bingo Ask students to draw nine boxes on a piece of paper to make a bingo card. Write a list of about twenty comparative adverbs on the board, e.g: harder, better, more quickly. Students fill in all nine of their bingo card boxes, choosing from the list of twenty on the board. Rub out the list. Say the adverbs (not in their comparative form) in random order and at a fast pace. Students cross out the corresponding comparative form on their cards. The first student to cross out all their comparative adverbs shouts Bingo and is the winner. Tomic, M. Re: game ideas-elementary. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (16 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Fun Games for the Classroom
Body: Editor's note: The following suggestions were recently posted on the FLTEACH listserv in response to a request for fun classroom games. The request was for elementary-level games, but these may be used with older or more advanced students as well. ----- 1. Guess the actor Tell the students they are all famous actors and actresses. They must each decide who they want to be and keep it a secret. The students then move around the class talking to each other and asking each other questions to find out who they are.The students answer the questions as if they were the actor, but they must not give their names, e.g: s1:Where do you come from? s2: The United States. s1: And what sort of parts do you play? s2: For many years I was a cowboy in westerns but now I act in all kinds of films. The student who discovers the most identities is the winner. 2. Tell your fortune Tell the students that they are fortune tellers. Someone has come to see them to find out about their future. They must write the fortunes on a sheet of paper in three sentences: one sentence with will, one with may and one with won't, e.g: You will marry when you are 25. You may be rich. You won't have any children. Ask the students to fold up their papers and to drop them into a box. Shake the box up and pass it round. Each student must pick out a piece of paper to find out their fortune. Ask the student to tell the class what their fortune is, e.g: I may live in Belgrade, etc. Tomic, M. Re: game ideas-elementary. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (15 Jan. 2005). ----- Adverb comparison bingo Ask students to draw nine boxes on a piece of paper to make a bingo card. Write a list of about twenty comparative adverbs on the board, e.g: harder, better, more quickly. Students fill in all nine of their bingo card boxes, choosing from the list of twenty on the board. Rub out the list. Say the adverbs (not in their comparative form) in random order and at a fast pace. Students cross out the corresponding comparative form on their cards. The first student to cross out all their comparative adverbs shouts Bingo and is the winner. Tomic, M. Re: game ideas-elementary. Foreign Language Teaching Forum listserv. FLTEACH@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (16 Jan. 2005).
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Title: Recommended Bibliography for English Education Teachers
Body: A recent post on LINGUIST List provides a list of recommended texts for students who want to become English education teachers. The list is accessible at: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-420.html
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Title: Recommended Bibliography for English Education Teachers
Body: A recent post on LINGUIST List provides a list of recommended texts for students who want to become English education teachers. The list is accessible at: http://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-420.html
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Title: Online Game Preserves Tribal Language
Body: A resident of Second Life, an online gaming community, is working to preserve his tribal heritage through a video game. Duuya Herbst, a member of the Deeni tribe (of Oregon and California), is creating the game to save his native language and his tribe's history. Read the Second Life Herald article at: http://www.dragonscoveherald.com/blog/index.php?p=663
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Title: Online Game Preserves Tribal Language
Body: A resident of Second Life, an online gaming community, is working to preserve his tribal heritage through a video game. Duuya Herbst, a member of the Deeni tribe (of Oregon and California), is creating the game to save his native language and his tribe's history. Read the Second Life Herald article at: http://www.dragonscoveherald.com/blog/index.php?p=663
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Title: German Film Database Online
Body: A database cataloguing over 30,000 German films recently opened online, with thousands of reviews, images, biographies, and other resources. For the German version: www.filmportal.de For the English version: http://www.filmportal.de/df/3c/ Artikel,,,,,,,,STARTSEITEENGLISHSTARTSEITEENGLI,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html
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Title: German Film Database Online
Body: A database cataloguing over 30,000 German films recently opened online, with thousands of reviews, images, biographies, and other resources. For the German version: www.filmportal.de For the English version: http://www.filmportal.de/df/3c/ Artikel,,,,,,,,STARTSEITEENGLISHSTARTSEITEENGLI,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html
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Title: Workshop: Advocating German Studies
Body: From: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/de276051.htm Pro-Deutsch! Advocate and stay alive Promoting German in the Year of Languages and beyond March 4-6, 2005 Promoting a German program is both a challenge and an opportunity for all involved. A successful program requires the support of students, parents, colleagues and administrators. Building a broad base of support for German helps ensure that your program will remain viable and that students in your school will continue to have the opportunity to learn German. The Goethe-Institut Chicago, the Northern Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German together with the Illinois State Board of Education are presenting a weekend workshop which will supply teachers with a broad range of materials and resources that will resonate with the people a German educator needs to convince most: present and prospective students, as well as parents and school administrators. During this workshop the participants will learn about resources available to teachers, hear about how other teachers have built their programs and interact with advocates of language and culture from state and non-profit organizations. For more information, visit: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/de276051.htm
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Title: Workshop: Advocating German Studies
Body: From: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/de276051.htm Pro-Deutsch! Advocate and stay alive Promoting German in the Year of Languages and beyond March 4-6, 2005 Promoting a German program is both a challenge and an opportunity for all involved. A successful program requires the support of students, parents, colleagues and administrators. Building a broad base of support for German helps ensure that your program will remain viable and that students in your school will continue to have the opportunity to learn German. The Goethe-Institut Chicago, the Northern Illinois Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of German together with the Illinois State Board of Education are presenting a weekend workshop which will supply teachers with a broad range of materials and resources that will resonate with the people a German educator needs to convince most: present and prospective students, as well as parents and school administrators. During this workshop the participants will learn about resources available to teachers, hear about how other teachers have built their programs and interact with advocates of language and culture from state and non-profit organizations. For more information, visit: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/lhr/de276051.htm
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Title: British Study Finds Grammar Teaching of Little Use
Body: A recent British study found that traditional methods of teaching grammar did little to improve students' writing skills. The three sites below, recently posted on the TESL listserv, contain articles about the study. http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=602286 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4015632 http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1393206,00.html
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Title: British Study Finds Grammar Teaching of Little Use
Body: A recent British study found that traditional methods of teaching grammar did little to improve students' writing skills. The three sites below, recently posted on the TESL listserv, contain articles about the study. http://education.independent.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=602286 http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4015632 http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1393206,00.html
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