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Good Teaching: Meeting The Challenges Of Immersion Education. Myriam Met myriammet@gmail.com. IMMERSION What The Data Show. What The Data Show. WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT SCHOOLING STUDENTS IN A NEW LANGUAGE?. SCHOOLING IN A NEW LANGUAGE WORKS !. UTAH MATH SCORES 2010-2011. Academic.
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Good Teaching: Meeting The Challenges Of Immersion Education Myriam Met myriammet@gmail.com
UTAH MATH SCORES 2010-2011 Academic • 8 DISTRICTS, 1st and 2nd Grades PARTICIPATED • CHINESE IMMERSION STUDENTS STATEWIDE AVERAGED 10% HIGHER THAN NON-IMMERSION PEERS
FOCUS ON OUTCOMES • Set targets • Describe end-of-year outcomes • Integrate outcomes into content units and lesson plans • Provide explicit language/literacy instruction DO WHAT/ WITH WHAT/ HOW WELL
FOCUS ON OUTCOMES At the end of
Instruction:Language Objectives Students can • compare _____ to ____ using “…” • predict _____ using “…” • identify how new vocabulary is related to known vocabulary (e.g., said/uttered; benefit/beneficial). • use the language of place value, including million, thousand, hundred. • express agreement/disagreement with peers using sentence frames (I agree with …. in that…)
Instruction:Language Objectives Students can … • Defend an opinion about ____ using “…” • Demonstrate expanded use of sequence words (initially, subsequently, ultimately)
HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES LANGUAGE SPECIFIC • INPUT • OUTPUT/INTERACTION • ENGAGEMENT CONTENT-SPECIFIC • LITERACY • MATH • SCIENCE ETC.
HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES • Integrated into unit and lesson plans • Professional development • Criteria for teacher performance Classroom observations, mentoring and coaching
HIGH QUALITY INSTRUCTION • Principles of practice-- Strategic repertoire • Connect curriculum, instruction, and assessment: identify the goal, figure out how you will know you’ve achieved it, decide how to get there (strategies; materials)
Principles of Practice • Provide rich comprehensible input • Check for comprehension • Provide multiple and regular opportunities for interaction and output • Ensure student engagement and motivation • Monitor student learning