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FLTA Workshop: Teaching Less Commonly Taught Langauges

FLTA Workshop: Teaching Less Commonly Taught Langauges. Tuesday 8/16/11 Syracuse University Professor Erika Haber. Learning Outcomes. To understand the concept of LCTL To identify your target audience and its needs To learn how to choose suitable pedagogical practices

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FLTA Workshop: Teaching Less Commonly Taught Langauges

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  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/)

  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.jsp SCOLA http://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.html How to write Cyrillic and more pronunciation help: http://masterrussian.com/blalphabet.shtml Russian Names: http://knigaimen.narod.ru/imena/all/a.html Russian Word of the Day: http://shininghappypeople.net/rwotd/ Russian Language Learning Resources: http://www.sras.org/library_russian_language Russian grammar, dictionaries and games: http://www.gramota.ru/

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

  12. Resources, continued II UCLA Language Materials Project: 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/RGOs/lctl.html (Resources for journals, books and websites)

  13. Turkish Resources Princeton Turkish Language resources: http://www.princeton.edu/~turkish/ Columbia’s Turkish language sites: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/indiv/mideast/cuvlm/Turkey.html University of Oregon Turkish lessons: http://babel.uoregon.edu/ylc/selfstudy/turkish/lessons/ About Turkish: http://www.turkishlanguage.co.uk/about.htm UCLA Language Materials Project: http://www.lmp.ucla.edu/Search.aspx?doBasicSearch=true

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