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Title: InterCom: November 14, 2022
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Welcome to our second week of exploring the benefits of reflective practices! This month we are featuring a variety of resources related to LinguaFolio Online and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements, in honor of the first face-to-face NCSSFL Annual Meeting and ACTFL Conference in a few years.
Thank you to the NCSSFL LinguaGrow Committee for their work in articulating the micro lesson that we will feature in this week’s activity.
There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:
- Connect with us socially! Help us keep providing free content by subscribing to our YouTube channel to get first access to the language learning videos we release. Also, join us for a weekly InterCom Live session on Facebook.
- Check out the Activity of the Week! This activity features a micro lesson to guide language learners in thinking about the purposes for, and outcomes of, setting goals.
- Want to know more about the benefits of goal setting with learners? Check out this article on how goal setting taps into learners’ metacognitive thinking and encourages self-regulation.
- Interested in supporting your learners in getting started with LinguaFolio Online? Many of the resources we feature this month are part of the learner onboarding materials at LFO Network.
Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week! If you don’t already follow us on social media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
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Title: What Counts as Evidence?
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This lesson supports language learners in sleecting meaningful evidence samples to include in their portfolios.
Learning Outcomes;
Learners will be able to:
- Consider the role of feedback when selecting evidence samples for one's portfolio
- Consider the role of personal relevance when selecting evidence samples for one's portfolio.
Mode(s): Not applicable
Materials: EdApp Lesson
Procedure:
- Either individually or as a group, begin the EdApp Micro lesson.
- As a group, watch the video on Slide 3.
- Individually, learners will complete a series of activities on Slides 4-9 in which they revisit the main ideas from the video on Slide 3. Specifically, they will demonstrate understanding of personal relevance as it pertains to evidence selection. They will also draw connections between the most appropriate evidence types for desired feedback scenarios.
- On Slide 10, learners will complete a self-reflection about the module.
- Learners will review a summary of the lesson on Slide 11.
Notes:
- Though this lesson is written with a synchronous learning context in mind, EdApp lessons are perfect for learner self-study. In lieu of introducing the lesson during instructional time, educators may prefer to have learners complete the lesson at their leisure or as the home learning component of a blended learning approach.
- If learners will be using LinguaFolio Online to collect their evidence and show what they are able to do with the target language, they can review the following two videos to learn all about the LFO evidence upload process: How Do I Upload Evidence?, Using Advanced Upload Features.
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Title: InterCom: November 21, 2022
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Welcome back to our month-long exploration of the benefits of reflective practices! This month, in honor of the first face-to-face NCSSFL Annual Meeting and ACTFL Conference in a few years, we are featuring a variety of resources related to LinguaFolio Online and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements.
Thank you to the NCSSFL LinguaGrow Committee for their work in articulating the micro lesson that we will feature in this week’s activity.
There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:
- Connect with us socially! Help us keep providing free content by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Plus, you will get first access to the language learning videos we release! Also, join us for a weekly InterCom Live session on Facebook.
- Check out the Activity of the Week! This activity features a micro lesson to help learners consider how to choose meaningful evidence to document their learning journies.
- Looking for more information about what can count as evidence in an e-portfolio? Consider the options in this guide to creating quality evidence.
- Interested in supporting your learners in getting started with LinguaFolio Online? Many of the resources we feature this month are part of the learner onboarding materials at LFO Network.
Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week!
And if you don’t already follow us on social media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!
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Title: Let's Reflect!
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This lesson introduces language learners to what reflection entails and how it can help them reach their goals. It is appropriate for all language learners, especially those just beginning with LinguaFolio, LinguaFolio Online, and the new resources offered by LinguaGrow. As an important note, the materials for this lesson are in English. Those teaching a different language may wish to use this module as homework. However, all teachers are encouraged to consider incorporating it in class since reflection is critical for growth, and the module should only take 10 minutes to complete.
Learning Outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
- Define reflection
- Identify ways reflection can be beneficial for their learning
- Choose one or more approaches to reflection they feel would be most useful for their learning
Mode(s): Not applicable
Materials: EdApp micro lesson
Procedure:
- Either individually or as a group, begin the EdApp micro lesson.
- As learners watch the video on Slide 3 of the lesson, have them listen for any characteristics or benefits of reflection mentioned that they find particularly useful or relevant to their own learning contexts. They can record their thoughts on their own or in the text box on Slide 4. If learners are working in a group, have them compare their thoughts with those of their peers before proceeding.
- Either individually or as a group, learners will complete the interactions in EdApp that follow (through Slide 11), including watching the second video on Slide 9.
- As learners look at the example reflection templates on Slide 12, ask them to choose one or more that they think are particularly useful for their classes or for how they learn. What is it about this template or templates that are useful? When would they use them? They can record their answers on Slide 13 or discuss them with their peers if they are working in a group.
- With their chosen reflection templates in mind, have learners consider the questions on Slide 14. Did they think about these three points when choosing their preferred templates? Would they change anything about the templates they chose given the questions?
- Have learners complete the remaining slides, including the self-reflection question on Slide 15.
- Finally, ask learners to share one takeaway from the lesson.
Notes:
- Though this lesson is written with a synchronous learning context in mind, EdApp lessons are perfect for learner self-study. In lieu of introducing the lesson during instructional time, educators may prefer to have learners complete the lesson at their leisure.
- If learners will be using LinguaFolio Online, they can learn how the platform helps them reflect by watching How Do I Reflect on My Evidence in LFO?.
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Title: InterCom: November 28, 2022
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Welcome to the final week in our month-long exploration of the benefits of reflective practices! This month, we have been featuring a variety of resources related to LinguaFolio Online and the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements.
Thank you to the NCSSFL LinguaGrow Committee for their work in articulating the micro lesson that we feature in this week’s activity.
There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:
- Connect with us socially! Help us keep providing free content by subscribing to our YouTube channel. Also, join us for a weekly InterCom Live session on Facebook.
- Check out the Activity of the Week! This activity features a micro lesson about reflection that guides learners through defining what reflection and considering how it can help them meet their learning goals.
- Explore the benefits of making reflection an ongoing practice in this article.
- Interested in getting started with LinguaFolio Online? Many of the resources we feature this month are part of the learner onboarding materials at LFO Network. This week, we talk most specifically about how to reflect in the platform.
Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week!
If you don’t already follow us on social media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube!
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Title: Education Perfect and CASLS Webinar Series
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CASLS is excited to announce that it is partnering with Education Perfect to deliver a webinar series focused on best practices in the world language classroom. The webinar series will begin on Wednesday, January 11 and will continue for four weeks. Each week will focus on a critical phase of reflective practices: setting goals, creating a plan, creating evidence, and reflecting.
Interested in joining us? Sign up here! We hope to see you there!
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Title: What is Multilingualism?
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This activity introduces the benefits of multilingualism to elementary learners. It includes a variety of languages (Africaans, Duch, Gaelic, German, Hebrew, Portuguese, Spanish, Swahili, and Swedish).
Learning Outcomes:
Learners will be able to:
- Define multilingualism
- Identify one benefit of multilingualism
- Use holiday greetings in various languages to complete an activity
Mode: Interpersonal, Interpretive
Materials: What is Multilingualism? video, Holiday Greetings Handouts
Procedure:
- Introduce multilingualism to learners by sharing the What is Multilingualism? video.
- At the end of the video, ask learners to brainstorm all of the languages spoken by the people that they know. Include the languages spoken by famous people as well. For example, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is reportedly proficient in Samoan and Tagalog. You may also choose to mention people who speak multiple languages that are important to the local community.
- Optional: Next, ask learners to draw an image of one of the people brainstormed and include reasons why that person might have chosen to/happened to have learned more than one language. Alternatively, if learners are old enough to write, they can write a short diary entry from the perspective of one of the brainstormed people in which they reflect on why it’s great to be multilingual.
- To build learners’ own multilingual skills, provide them with the Holiday Greeting Handouts. On the first page, they will see a series of elves speaking in various languages. On the second page, they will use the map to decipher what type of phrase each of the elves is saying in the other languages (Note: The bolded letter from each phrase corresponds with the countries on the map. When put together, the bolded letter that corresponds with each country spells out “Greetings”).
- Next, review each of the greetings with learners. Display them on the screen and guess how to pronounce each of them. Then, use Google’s pronunciation tools on Google Translate to check the standard pronunciation of each phrase. For reference, the phrases are listed below.
- Ein frohes fest [A joyous holiday - German]
- Feliz Navidad [Merry Christmas - Spanish]
- Habari gani [What’s the news? (Kwanzaa greeting) - Swahili]
- God fortsättning [Happy holiday continuation (the weeks after Christmas and New Year) - Swedish]
- Nollaig shona dhuit [Merry Christmas - Gaelic]
- Een gelukkig nieuwjaar [Happy New Year - Dutch]
- Geseënde Kersfees [Merry Christmas - Afrikaans]
- Chag sameach (חַג שָׂמֵחַ) [Happy Holiday - Hebrew]
- Feliz Natal [Merry Christmas - Portuguese]
- Ask each learner to pick a favorite phrase and greet three friends. Each time friends greet one another, they should try to guess the language their partner is speaking.
Notes:
- There are a variety of holiday greetings to choose from. This activity could easily be adapted to other greetings or languages.
- The Google tools featured in Step 5 showcase standard pronunciation, but educators are encouraged to use and celebrate alternate pronunciations when they are aware of them. For older learners, this activity would also be a great point of departure for researching other pronunciations and/or terms that may be more common in specific communities in the target language.
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Title: InterCom: December 5, 2022
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Happy December! Join us this month as we wrap up the calendar year by exploring the benefits of multilingualism.
There are a few ways to get connected with us this week:
- Connect with us socially! Help us keep providing free content by subscribing to our YouTube channel. You'll get first access to the language learning videos we release! Also, join us for a weekly InterCom Live session on Facebook.
- Check out the Activity of the Week! This activity introduces K-5 learners to multilingualism through holiday greetings from countries around the world.
- Check out this blog post for information about 10 key benefits learners gain from being multilingual.
- If you don’t already follow us on social media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
Happy exploring! We are excited to continue engaging with you this week!
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Title: From Buzzword to the Classroom – Exploring VR Gaming for Language Learning
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From: https://fltmag.com/from-buzzword-to-the-classroom-exploring-vr-gaming-for-language-learning/
This article explores the use of "Keep Talking, and Nobody Explodes", a VR game, in a third-year German course. The authors provide an overview of their short action research project using the game and describe various affordances of using VR. Most notably, these affordances include increased focus when compared to analog environments and immediate feedback to facilitate learning. This article is recommended for teachers of German as well as any teacher considering how to incorporate VR technologies into their teaching.
Visit: https://fltmag.com/from-buzzword-to-the-classroom-exploring-vr-gaming-for-language-learning/
Source: FTLMag, Felix A. Kronenberg, Frederick Poole
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