1. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. April 6, 2008 UCLA STARTALK Experiences Expanding Foreign Language Education

2. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Scope of Presentation 1.Differences between training K-12 and post secondary instructors 2.Ingredients of implementing a summer program 3.Building on 2007 experience

3. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. “Americans who travel abroad for the first time are often shocked to discover that, despite all the progress that has been made in the last 30 years, many people around the world STILL speak in foreign languages.” Dave Barry

4. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Quick Arabic Lesson Lesson One: Walk into Starbucks and say: “One café mocha with sugar.” Congratulations, you have successfully acquired three words of Arabic vocabulary! –kahvé / qahwa, mukha and sukkar Making instruction relevant

5. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Differences between training K-12 and post secondary instructors

6. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Foreign languages in High Schools  About 42% of high school students enroll in foreign languages.  Of those students enrolled in a foreign language class 64.3% Spanish 22.1% French 6.5% German 3.7% Latin 0.87% Italian 0.84% Japanese 1.69% other languages Source 1996: BNet a CNet site. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2248/is_149_38/ai_103381767/pg_1

7. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. High School Foreign Language educators need to address the following questions:  K-12 has to conform to standards-based instruction Certification and Training  Why do students choose to take a particular language? Easy? Career opportunities?  Recognize that their language is among LCTL: Need outreach to community $ Funding

8. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Foreign languages in Colleges  About 1.5 million college students enroll in foreign languages.  Of those students enrolled in a foreign language class 823,000 Spanish 206,000 French 52,000Chinese 24,000 Arabic (11,000 in 2002) Source 2007 Modern Language Association (MLA)

9. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Issues to consider for College Students of Foreign Languages  Retention at higher levels e.g. In Arabic 11% of enrollments were in advanced courses (25% Portuguese & 27% Russian)  Creative curriculum development  Mixed language learners Source 2007 Modern Language Association (MLA)

10. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Ingredients of a successful program  Motivation/Passion/Mission  Right People Teacher / Expert Coordination / Support / Logistics Technology  Defining a specific program objective e.g. Increasing teacher capacity  Marketing/Promotion  Team Management  Patience/Compassion

11. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Ingredients of a successful program  Automation:  “If you apply automation to an inefficient process you only compound the inefficiency”  2007 program  Daily Student Feedback

12. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Daily Evaluation

13. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Building on 2007  2008 program  Online Application Process  Online Training Segment  Online Assessment  Student / Teacher Collaborative instruction with CSUSB

14. © Copyright 2008 HADI. All Rights Reserved. Center for Languages, Arts & Societies of the Silk Road A HADI Project