Curricular Models

Question 0

What type of program is this?

Schooling is conducted through the medium of a new language
No less than 50% of the school day (of the school cirriculum
One Way:
All students are learners of the new language
Two Way:
Two groups of students, 1/2 are native speakers of each language

Answer 0

Immersion Program

Question 1

What type of program is this?

Schooling conducted in two languages
New language is no less than 50% of the instructional day

Answer 1

Bilingual program

Question 2

How long does it take to learn Spanish (Intermediate) according to the
DLI (Defense Language Institute)

Answer 2

Spanish = 400 hours (8 weeks)

FYI:
Secondary School
150 contact hours (180 days x 50 mins)= 150 hours
Reality: 150 days x 50 minutes = 125 hours

Elementary Pullout
60 mins per week x 40 weeks = 40 hours
150 mins per week x 40 weeks =100 hours

50-50 Immersion
12.5 hours per week x 40 weeks = 500 hours

Question 3

According to ACTFL how much of class time should be in the target language?

Answer 3

95%

Question 4

What does DLI represent?

Answer 4

Dual language immersion

Question 5

According to Mimi Met, what are the five characteristics of productive communication in a FL classroom?

Answer 5

Communication needs to be meaningful, purposeful, frequent, authentic and unrehearsed.

Question 6

What is Content Based Instruction (CBI) ?

Answer 6

It is the integration of language teaching aims with subject matter instruction

Question 7

Who is the author of the Comprehensible Input Hypothesis?

Answer 7

Krashen

Question 8

Who is the author of the Comprehensible Output Hypothesis?

Answer 8

Swain

Question 9

Who is the author of the Zone of Proximal Development?

Answer 9

Vygotsky

Question 10

What is FLES (Foriegn Language in the Elementary School)?

Answer 10

Consists of a traveling language teacher who teaches 20-30 mins at a time several times per week.

“Content-enriched” FLES is better: curriculum is supported by FLES teacher

Question 11

What is the Theme-Based Model?

Answer 11

Selected topics or themes provide the content of the language learning

Question 12

What is the Sheltered Model?

Answer 12

Deliberate separation of second/foreign language students from native speakers of the target language for the purpose of content instruction.

Question 13

What is the Adjunct Model?

Answer 13

Content-based approach in which students are concurrently enrolled in a language class and a content course. Exists a coordination between language and content instructors.

Question 14

What are some strategies for successful Content-Based Instruction?

Answer 14

"unpacking" the content, ie. scaffolding
modifying input
using contextual cues
checking for understanding
designing appropriate lessons
using learner grouping strategies

Question 15

What is the difference between a goal and an objective?

Answer 15

Goals: broad, general purposes for learning a language

Objectives: more specific than goals, 1+ objectives for each goal, Task or performance elemen-what the learner is to do

Question 16

What are language functions?

Answer 16

Communicative purposes that are achieved through language (apologizing, advising, etc.)

Question 17

What is the difference between a target task and a pedagogical task?

Answer 17

target task: something the learner might conceivably do outside of the classroom

pedagogical tasks: unlikely to be used outside of the classroom. created in order to push learners to communicate in the classroom, helping the acquisition process

Question 18

What are the goals of immersion programs?

Answer 18

Goals:
functional proficiency in L2
mastery of subject content of district curriculum
cross-cultural understanding
Comparable achievement in English language arts curriculum

Question 19

What are the goals of FLES programs?

Answer 19

functional proficiency in L2 (not as high of proficiency as immersion programs)
Listening and speaking tend to be more emphasized

Question 20

What is FLEX (Foreign Language Exploratory or Experience)?

Answer 20

sampler programs: students don’t attain any degree of proficiency
self-contained, short-term (3 weeks-1 year)
frequently at middle school/junior high
introduces language primarily through high-quality language learning experience, or is a course about language taught in English

Question 21

What are the goals of a FLEX program?

Answer 21

Goals
introduction to language learning
awareness and appreciation of foreign culture
appreciation of the value of communicating in another language
enhanced understanding of English
motivation for further language study

Question 22

Mimi’s list of what impacts language learning

Answer 22

Time
Comprehensible Input
Output/Interaction
Intensity (attention and engagement)
Culture

Question 23

What are two examples of teacher controlled output?

Answer 23

Rote/Mechanical: looking for a word for word response. Teacher is controlling what the student says so they can get it right.

Contextualized Rote: same as above but framed in a more meaningful context

Question 24

What are two examples of student controlled output?

Answer 24

Meaningful structured: You may give them a prompt, but the student has to come up with their own idea.

Meaningful open-ended

Question 25

What are the following types of feedback?

Explicit correction
Recast
Clarification Request
Metalinguistic
Elicitation
Repetition

Answer 25

Explicit correction: Correcting the student
Recast: repeating what the student says minus the error
Clarification Request: Asking a question to clarify what the student says.
Metalinguistic: “The verb isn’t conjugated correctly, can you correct it?”
Elicitation: fill-in-the-blank, “Tengo tres libro -} “Tienes tres______?”, or How do you say that? or Will you say that again?
Repetition: Teacher repeats the error with a question mark?