1. 2013 NECTFL Workshop Dr. Yu-Lan Lin ylin@boston.k12.ma.us

2.  Deepening an understanding of proficiency vs. accuracy  Gain an insight into a balanced skills-getting and skills-using instruction  Design a lesson based on a five- step sequence for skills-getting and skills-using activities

3.  Why do our students produce so little and progress so slowly, when we work so hard and teach so much?

4.  Ausubel’s “Meaningful Learning”  Krashen’s “ Comprehensive Input”  McLaughlin’s “ Information Processing”

5.  Structure learning experiences  Facilitate information retrieval  Good students: intuitively process info  Most students: don’t  T helps students organize information: a) language learning strategies b) Language processing strategies

6.  Pronunciation  Intonation  Vocabulary  Spelling/Writing Characters  Grammar  Syntax

7.  Pronunciation drills  Spelling/Dictation  Vocabulary games  Crossword puzzles  Pattern drills

8.  Express one’s feelings  Creative with language  Communicate meaningful info  Sustain a conversation  Engage with native speakers

9.  1. Provide comprehensible input  2. Use information gap activity  3. Allow students to circumlocute  4. Provide modeling and guided practice  5. Design various student- centered activities  6. Provide appropriate feedback

10.  Set measurable learning objectives  Bell work: -mechanical drills -manipulative exercises

11.  Listening/reading a text  Comprehensible input  Task promotes processing meaningful input  Activate learning and language processing strategies  Meaningful exercise

12.  Introduction of new material  Try out new voc, syntax  Drill with choral or individual responses  Drill patterns  Repetition  Positive reinforcement  Make corrections  Prepare accurate language production

13.  Teacher guided practice  Student-student practice  Interpersonal communication activities  Tasks embedded in real-life situations  Teacher monitors activities

14.  Sts. demonstrate mastery of skills and concepts  Formative/Summative assessments  Presentational communication activities

15.  Accuracy vs. Proficiency  Skills-getting vs. Skills-using: 50/50%  1)Do now: skills-getting 2) Activate knowledge: skills-using 3) Intro of new materials: skills-getting 4) Practice learned materials: skills-using 5) Closure: Check for understanding: skills-getting or skills-using