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August 16 AISD LOTE PD Spanish II Focus Group. Evolution of Foreign Language 20 th to 21 st Century Facilitators: Rosann Batteiger Irene Hidalgo Valerie Boreing. “A person who understands something is capable of going beyond the information given.” Jerome Bruner, 1973.
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August 16AISD LOTE PDSpanish II Focus Group Evolution of Foreign Language 20th to 21st Century Facilitators: RosannBatteiger Irene Hidalgo Valerie Boreing
“A person who understands something is capable of going beyond the information given.” Jerome Bruner, 1973
Introductions • Name • School • LevelsyouteachotherthanLevel 2
LOTE ClassroomOrganize strips into two categories: Teacher & Book Centered Instruction Instruction based on Big Ideas & Enduring Understandings
LOTE Classroom Teacher & Book Centered Instruction Instruction based on Big Ideas & Enduring Understandings Teaching SKILLS Cultureisembeddedthroughout INTEGRATED .. of communication Technology to ENHANCE learning Personalized, REAL-WORLD SPONTANEOUS speech BEYOND the classroom DIFFERENTIATED instruction Tools in LEARNER’S hands Assess for STRENGTHS AUTHENTIC materials THEMATIC units • Teaching content • Culture taught as trivia • Isolated skills • Technology as a cool tool • Synthetic situations • Memorized speech • Classroom • Same instruction • Tools in teacher´s hands • Assess for weaknesses • Textbook • Textbook units
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten.
“A person who understands something is capable of going beyond the information given.” Jerome Bruner, 1973
Why don’t students understand? “The findings of the research over the past 20-30 years are quite compelling: students do not understand in the most basic sense of that term. They lack the capacity to take knowledge learned in one setting and apply it appropriately in a different setting.” Gardner “We’ve got to do fewer things in school. The greatest enemy of understanding is coverage.” Gardner