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Paul Beaufait

http://leighcherry.wikispaces.com/file/view/FLCAS+-+Horwitz.pdf - 8 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 10 Jun 13
     
    Foreign Language Classroom Anxiety Scale [English version, apparently from] Horwitz, E. K., Horwitz, M. B., & Cope, J. (1986). Foreign language classroom anxiety. The Modern Language Journal, 70(2), 125‐132.
  • Isabelle Jones on 26 Jul 13
     
    Thank you for sharing this-something I have suspected for a long time but that is denied by many foreign languages teachers.
Andrew Jeppesen

Building Peace - Thoughts on Modern Conflict - 0 views

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  • This is the crux: foreign language ability is not just about converting information from one format to another. It's about human relationships.
  • A few years ago, while General Abizaid was still CENTCOM commander, I flew a C-17 into Cairo to pick him up after a meeting. While I sat on the parking ramp with my engines running, knocking out checklists for the next takeoff, I looked out the window and saw General Abizaid moving among a circle of grinning Egyptian military officers. He was shaking hands, talking, doing the kinds of things a combatant commander is supposed to do: keeping our alliances strong at a time when the situation in Iraq was critical. Because he is fluent in Arabic, I presume he was doing at least some of this in Arabic. I remember thinking, Wow. This is why language matters.
  • Language is extremely hard. We need as many language solutions as we can get, and technology certainly can and should help fill the gap. But no matter how good the technology gets, no matter how prevalent English becomes, old-fashioned speaking of a foreign language still matters.
Matthew Mergen

YouTube - Why French Matters - Full Event - 9 views

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  • Matthew Mergen on 20 Apr 11
     
    Does French still matter? If so, why? This roundtable discussion is a response to recent concerns about the status of the study of French and other foreign languages and cultures in U.S. higher and secondary education at a time of increasing globalization. Five leading voices in different fields bring a variety of perspectives to bear in a lively discussion about why French matters today. *Adam Gopnik, writer and essayist for The New Yorker magazine*Charles Kolb, President of the Committee for Economic Development*Rosemary Feal, Executive Director of the Modern Language Association and Professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages, University at Buffalo, SUNY (on leave)*Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Professor of French and Philosophy at Columbia University*Antonin Baudry, Cultural Counselor, French Embassy in the U.S.This event is fully sponsored by the Florence Gould Foundation.
Paul Beaufait

So…how do we 'teach' listening? | The Language Gym - 6 views

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shared by Paul Beaufait on 29 Jul 15 - No Cached
  • Paul Beaufait on 29 Jul 15
     
    In this blog post, Conti reiterated inadequacies in methods from previous posts about teaching listening to secondary-level additional (modern) language learners in the UK. He then outlined skills and conditions necessary for successful listening comprehension. As he enumerated practical implications of those skills for learning and teaching activities, he provided illustrative sequences of tasks that teachers could set for learners to help them develop their listening comprehension.
Isabelle Jones

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  • Isabelle Jones on 06 Jun 08
     
    Social Networking to Improve Conversation in Secondary Modern Foreign Languages
Paul Beaufait

Technology in Modern Foreign Languages - A Practitioner's Perspective - 8 views

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  • Paul Beaufait on 22 Feb 10
     
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