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Don Doehla

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines - 0 views

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    "Welcome to the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 online. Here you will find the most current version of the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines for Speaking, Writing, Listening, and Reading made interactive through the inclusion of glossed terms and multimedia exemplars. You can explore the Guidelines by skill or by level, listen to and read samples in English that represent abilities at each of the major proficiency levels."
Don Doehla

ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines 2012 revised FINAL - 0 views

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    The ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Don Doehla

Sra. Spanglish Rides Again: Proficiency Portfolio Re-design - 1 views

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    You need a portfolio for two reasons: to reflect well and look good. Reflection Selecting work to go into a portfolio is a metacognitive process that requires you to compare what you have actually accomplished with the desired end. I would like students to do this more frequently than the end of each grading period, and I plan to make portfolio updating at least a biweekly process. To this end, I've created a whole page within my newly revamped site template for this reflective process (hint: this should also be a gold mine for Assessment of Student Work "time lapse artifacts" for me to show my fitness as an educator). I want students to see their progress in stages.
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    You need a portfolio for two reasons: to reflect well and look good. Reflection Selecting work to go into a portfolio is a metacognitive process that requires you to compare what you have actually accomplished with the desired end. I would like students to do this more frequently than the end of each grading period, and I plan to make portfolio updating at least a biweekly process. To this end, I've created a whole page within my newly revamped site template for this reflective process (hint: this should also be a gold mine for Assessment of Student Work "time lapse artifacts" for me to show my fitness as an educator). I want students to see their progress in stages.
Sharin Tebo

For the first time, Denver students to get diploma recognition for language skills | Ch... - 1 views

  • And in the event a school can’t find a nearby community that speaks that language, they will contact a consulate, embassy or school system in that country to find an assessment that will give students the opportunity to demonstrate that proficiency, he said.
    • Sharin Tebo
       
      Can't the STAMP, AAPPL or an AP exam suffice?
  • Offering these awards and the seal gives students something to strive for, Garcia said, because it will formally acknowledge their bilingual skills.
  • Students can receive “pathway awards” in third, fifth and eighth grade if they demonstrate skills in two or more languages and are on the path to earning a seal at the end of high school.
    • Sharin Tebo
       
      This could be  something for our elementary and middle school dual language students. 
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  • “Students go through programs where they basically study in two languages, however, they graduate like everyone else and there’s not really a recognition of that,”
  • “This would help existing (dual language) programs give students the recognition they deserve because many of them have been in a program for many years working on these proficiencies…it gives students a reason to become more proficient than just being able to order at a restaurant in French.”
  • mployers and colleges will see the seal and know that student’s bilingual abilities are formally recognized. It gives students a competitive edge.
  • here are nearly 82,000 unfilled jobs nationwide that require bilingual speakers.
  • “(The seal) makes students highly marketable and prepared for any type of opportunity, college or career,”
Don Doehla

A New Resource for World Language Teachers | Edutopia - 4 views

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    A new resource from the National Capital Language Resource Center - a must read for WL teachers who are seeking to implement a true standards-based, proficiency-oriented language program.
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    A new resource from the National Capital Language Resource Center - a must read for WL teachers who are seeking to implement a true standards-based, proficiency-oriented language program.
Don Doehla

World Languages: PALS - 0 views

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    Rubrics from Fairfax County, VA for WL proficiency assessments.
Don Doehla

Welcome to Digital Storyteller - 0 views

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    A digital story combines text and images with narration in the student's own voice to form a short digital movie. Digital Storyteller is a web-based tool that offers teachers and students frictionless access to digital images and materials that enable them to construct compelling personal narratives. Digital Storyteller was developed as an initiative of Primary Access.
Don Doehla

ToniTheisen - Languages, 21st Century Skills, Common Core - 0 views

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    Toni's resources shared at #CLTASB13 Summer Seminar
Don Doehla

Use of the Target Language in the Classroom | American Council on The Teaching of Forei... - 0 views

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    ACTFL's position statement on 90% rule
Don Doehla

Open Thinking Wiki - 0 views

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    "Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share knowledge, wisdom, and values. Stories have taken many different forms. Stories have been adapted to each successive medium that has emerged, from the circle of the campfire to the silver screen, and now the computer screen." 
Don Doehla

Why learn a foreign language? Benefits of bilingualism - Telegraph - 0 views

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    Great article! We could share with students new to learning a WL!
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