This speech/presentation is authorized by the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center and the Department of Defense. Contents of this presentation are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, Department of the Army, or the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. GLOSS: Implementing Online Lessons as a Language Teaching Tool Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center Si Yen Lee

 Would you like to more effectively teach your “ Net Generation ” or “ digital native ” students who are very familiar with all forms of media and information technology?  GLOSS could be an effective teaching tool to meet your needs. GLOSS

 Global Language Online Support System  An online language maintenance and enhancement tool  A collection of reading, listening, and video lessons (Learning Objects: LO) in 33 languages at ILR levels 1, 1+, 2, 2+, and 3. What is GLOSS?

 Global Language Online Support System What is GLOSS?

 Self-contained units for developing reading or listening skills as well as linguistic and socio- cultural competencies; approximately one to two hours of on-task time  Based on authentic materials such as newspaper articles, broadcasts, and popular Korean soap operas  Sequence of content-based and task-based activities within a specific proficiency range What is a LO?

 An authentic text, audio, and video  4-6 activities with extensive teacher feedback  A glossary  Cultural notes and area study notes  Grammar notes  Pictures  Links to related websites  Tutorial What does a LO consist of?

Example of GLOSS LOs  한국 드라마 : 호텔리어 I (A Korean Soap Opera: Hotelier I)  지하철안내방송 (Subway Announcement)  피겨여왕 김연아가 소개하는 서울 (Seoul is Introduced by the Figure Skating Queen, Kim Yu-Na)  외국인 한글 백일장 (Korean Writing Contest for Non-Koreans)  17 차 이산가족상봉행사 (Seventeenth Inter-Korean Family Reunions)

How Can LOs Be Used for classrooms?  As a basis for a lesson plan for face-to-face classroom instruction  As homework assignments  As materials for a Learning Management System (LMS) such as Blackboard and Moodle for blended learning  As an area study/ culture guide  As a prerequisite for a conversation class

Reducing Teaching Prep. Time

Teaching Topical Vocabulary

Ready-made Activities for Your Class

Example of a Modified LO for Blackboard

GLOSS For further questions or suggestions, please contact: Thank you so much!