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Implementing New Standards:Shifting Your Thinking and Tuning Your Curriculum to Meet the Challenge! John De Mado Language Seminars, LLC 125 S. Collier Blvd./ B202 Marco Island, FL 34145 ______ E-mail: info@demado-seminars.com Web: www.demado-seminars.com Specifically Prepared for the Palm Beach County, FL Schools ~Thursday, August 16, 2012~

~Attitude~ “The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than failures, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice every day regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the string that we have, and that is our attitude... I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our attitudes.” Charles Swindoll

ACTFL Performance Guidelines for K-12 Learners • K-4: Novice mid-high 7-12: Intermediate low • 5-8: Novice mid-high 9-10: Novice mid-high • K-8: Intermediate low 9-12: Novice high • 5-12: Intermediate low K-12: Intermediate Mid

Language, Error and Psycholinguistics . Risk-Taking: The willingness to confront more language than which you presently own. ·Vulnerability: The willingness to err for the broader goal of communication ·Intuition: The ability to sift for meaning

DIFFERENTIATINGMASTERYFROM PROFICIENCY MASTERYPROFICIENCY GRAMMAR RULESVOCABULARY ACQUISITION (vocabulary)(grammar) TEACHING ACQUISITION FOCUS FOCUS METALANGUAGEINTERLANGUAGE IDENTIFY COMMUNICATE IMITATIONSELF- SELECTION

Defining Proficiency “...The ability to deliver and receive communication that is situationally appropriate...”De Mado

THE ROLE OF GRAMMAR BTTR

INTERLANGUAGE SPEAKER/ L2 SPEAKER/L1

INTERLANGUAGE SPEAKER/ L2 SPEAKER/ L1

ERROR Vs MISTAKES ErrorMistakes • Inventive- Fossilized • Dynamic- Static • Transitional Influence- Permanent • Intuitive Selection- ConsciousSelection

Types of Error • Interlinguistic: Brought about by the clash of two or more languages… • Intralinguistic: Brought about by the unique peculiarities of a given language...

Language Acquisition and Activities • Encourage Risk-taking, Vulnerability, Intuition • Encourage Inclusion • Encourage Proficiency • Encourage Self-Selection of Language • Encourage Interlanguage

10 ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 1. Language is primarily self-selected, not imitated. 2. Language is acquired, not taught. 3. Language is a problem-solving device. To ignore this fact during instruction causes language to becomethe problem. 4. Renovation is a byproduct of ownership. 5. A child will not exceed, in L2, the ability shown in L1.

10 ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 6. Linguistic accuracy is a destination, not a point of departure. 7. Grammar and syntax minimize the potential for miscommunication. 8. Linguistic accuracy assures that the largest number of us shall have the best opportunity to understand one another 9. The conventions (rules) of a given language must not impede the invention of that language. 10. People who communicate take risks. There is an intimate relationship between language acquisition and the amount of risk-taking, vulnerability and intuition encouraged.

JDMLS John De Mado Language Seminars, LLC 125.S. Collier Blvd./ B202 Marco Island, FL 34145 _______ Phone/Fax (239) 394-5304 E-mail: info@demado-seminars.com www.demado-seminars.com “Liberating yourself is nothing. What is arduous is knowing how to be free…” Gide, The Immoralist

John De Mado Language Seminars, LLC 125 S. Collier Blvd./ B202 Marco Island, FL 34145 ______