1. FLTA Workshop: Teaching Less Commonly Taught Langauges Tuesday 8/16/11 Syracuse University Professor Erika Haber

2. Learning Outcomes  To understand the concept of LCTL  To identify your target audience and its needs  To learn how to choose suitable pedagogical practices  To learn to prepare a lesson plan with appropriate content and pacing  To discuss the use of technology  To explore useful websites for teaching Russian & Turkish

3. “Approximately 91% of Americans who study foreign languages in our schools, colleges, and universities choose French, German, Italian, or Spanish; while only 9% choose languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Swahili and the other languages spoken by the overwhelming majority of people around the world.” ”  (*National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages (NCOLCTL): http://www.councilnet.org/)http://www.councilnet.org/

4. Less Commonly Taught Languages  Less well-known both linguistically and culturally  Dispelling the myths/stereotypes/prejudices  Generally smaller enrollments; few study in high school  First contact with the language, alphabet, etc.

5. Goals of Teaching LCTL Remember your audience!  Two-year programs vs. majors  Fluency often not a possibility  Not a career path, but often a needed skill set  Adults in the role of children  Heritage speakers

6. Pedagogical Approaches  Grammar-based approaches -Cyclical teaching/learning  Communicative approach -Using Photographs in the LCTL class  Task-based learning -Using Menus in the LCTL class

7. Creating Daily Lesson Plans  Understanding your particular students & group dynamic of the class  Creating conducive atmosphere: seating, visual access, emotional comfort  Choosing names and identities  Small talk  The “difficult” alphabet

8. Creating Daily Lesson Plans, cont.  Brief grammar explanations & Exercises  Readings, videos, music, websites, cartoons, YouTube  Cultural topics (big and small C)  Specifically communicative tasks  Allow time for questions/discussion/student input

9. The Use of Technology & Space  Blackboard https://bbgroupa.syr.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsphttps://bbgroupa.syr.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp  SCOLA http://www.scola.org/Scola/Default.aspxhttp://www.scola.org/Scola/Default.aspx  PowerPoint  YouTube, itunes U podcasts, blogs, Skype  Prepare and test everything ahead of time!  Always have a Plan B  Seating and Walking  Interacting and board work

10. Websites for Resources and Ideas  Cyrillic with pronunciation: http://www.friends- partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.htmlhttp://www.friends- partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.html  How to write Cyrillic and more pronunciation help: http://masterrussian.com/blalphabet.shtml http://masterrussian.com/blalphabet.shtml  Russian Names: http://knigaimen.narod.ru/imena/all/a.htmlhttp://knigaimen.narod.ru/imena/all/a.html  Russian Word of the Day: http://shininghappypeople.net/rwotd/http://shininghappypeople.net/rwotd/  Russian Language Learning Resources: http://www.sras.org/library_russian_language http://www.sras.org/library_russian_language  Russian grammar, dictionaries and games: http://www.gramota.ru/http://www.gramota.ru/

11. Resources, continued  Beard's Interactive Russian grammar: http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html http://www.alphadictionary.com/rusgrammar/index.html  Teacher Resource Center: http://www.teachrussian.org/http://www.teachrussian.org/  Why study Russian: http://modules.russnet.org/why/  Interactive Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian: http://www.jargon.ru/ http://www.jargon.ru/  School of Russian and Asian Studies Resources: http://www.sras.org/projects and http://www.sras.org/library http://www.sras.org/projectshttp://www.sras.org/library  Duke Univ. Slavic and East European Language Resource Center: SEELRC/Russian: http://www.seelrc.org/webliography/russian.ptml http://www.seelrc.org/webliography/russian.ptml

12. Resources, continued II  UCLA Language Materials Project: http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Search.aspx?doBasicSearch=true http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Search.aspx?doBasicSearch=true (Provides language profiles and information on teaching materials for most less commonly taught languages as well as lessons on how to use authentic materials in the classroom.)  Center for Applied Linguistics page for Less Commonly Taught Languages:http://www.cal.org/resources/archive/RGO s/lctl.html (Resources for journals, books and websites)http://www.cal.org/resources/archive/RGO s/lctl.html

13. Turkish Resources  Princeton Turkish Language resources: http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/ http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/  Columbia’s Turkish language sites: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/T urkey.html http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/T urkey.html  University of Oregon Turkish lessons: http://babel.uoregon.edu/ylc/selfstudy/turkish/lessons/ http://babel.uoregon.edu/ylc/selfstudy/turkish/lessons/  About Turkish: http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/about.htmhttp://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/about.htm  UCLA Language Materials Project: http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Search.aspx?doBasicSearch=true http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Search.aspx?doBasicSearch=true