90% Total Language Immersion

Here are my notes from the ACTFL Conference Presentation by the same name.  I LOVED this presentation and want to encourage us to do a district-wide workshop with this woman.  Very practical and useful for all languages and all levels.

90% TL Usage for Level One Secondary Students – Friday, November 21, 2014

                Ellen Shrager, Abington School District, PA

                + suggestions for implemtation

Transitions are when you lose the kids.

When do things fall apart? *not having video/audio cued up  *returning to seats after paired activity

What are the students doing when they are off-task? Let you mind run free!!!

+ Script your lesson so there is no down-time

+ 50 Survival Phrases – 1. Teacher orders, 2. Student Requests, 3. Student-Student Interactions

+ Laminated signs around the room – words and visuals

+ Can use a power point with the Survival Phrases in Sequence (tip-have a Power Point with all slides loaded and then delete the ones that you don’t use.

+ With visual support (the power point), you can take them through instruction.

+ Put sound cues on the PP. Put videos on PP. Songs with the words! Internet examples, pictures, cultural facts.

Presenter talked about prepping the students to write 3 paragraphs in Target Language – 1. Facts about me, 2. What I like to do, 3. Asking others about themselves and making comparisons.

+ Prewriting activity with options for blanks.  Everyone ends up with their own essay.

+ Start with one level, each year… add as you go.

Presenter uses Realidades and is able to imbed worksheets, videos, listening exercises from the publisher.

What is the snipping tool? It’s new on Windows 7, can cut and paste a part of the picture, to put on a slide.

+Vocabulary flash cards! Pictures, students say or write the words.  Students can also be prompted to use ‘comments’. Example: Show a picture of a Hamburger and a list of suitable comments that belong to that picture.  After practice, they can just see the picture and then they have a comment to say something appropriate.

+ Put a test on the Power Point, then you can incorporate a listening section (with sound cues), and show them with the pointer where the listening section is.

+ Use a standard outline for the day and use the previous days’ PP to modify and add.