World Languages Curriculum Guide
Greetings, Courtesy & Conversation
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| Engage in basic dialogue including, "How are you?", " Hello", "Good-bye", "What's your name?", etc. | - Model greetings and culturally appropriate behavior with a
variety of prompts/materials. - Model correct pronunciation and structures. - Ask questions in the target language and then model appropriate responses using gestures to help clarify their meaning. - Provide "situations" for which students will need to act out a dialogue/skit. |
- Make up skits. - Develop accurate pronunciation through class drill. - Create flashcards. - Respond to questions using appropriate structures. - Role play. |
- Evaluate student conversation. - Evaluate verbal student responses. - Evaluate performances of students in skits, dialogues, role playing, videos.
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- Produce a video related to greetings, etc. - Converse with native speakers (community members, exchange students, pen-pals, Internet). - Produce a children's book related to topic. - Write a song. - Design a cartoon, mural, etc. related to topic. |
- Posters. - Total Physical Fun - AV materials (Films, video, cassettes, CD-rom) - Puppets. - Teacher-generated materials. - Appropriate props.
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| Exhibit culturally appropriate behavior, including shaking
hands, kissing as a greeting, formal/informal greetings, etc.
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- Direct student question and replies through drill and
repetition going around class to each individual student. - Use a variety of AV material (Film, CD-roms like Rosetta Stone, cassettes, etc.). |
- Develop dialogues in pairs or small groups. - Sing songs. - Play games. - Role play. - Complete teacher-generated materials individually or in groups.
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- Evaluate oral and written presentations. - Quizzes/Tests.
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- Model, role play in pairs spontaneously in front of class. - Interactive homework (involving family or friend).
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- Flashcards. - Textbooks and supporting written material. - Appropriate research materials (books, pamphlets, newspaper, periodicals interview, Internet, etc.).
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| Engage in conversation using appropriate structures and vocabulary. | - Direct student question and replies through drill and
repetition going around class to each individual student. - Use a variety of AV material (Film, CD-roms like Rosetta Stone , cassettes, etc.). |
- Develop dialogues in pairs or small groups. - Sing songs. - Play games. - Role play. - Complete teacher-generated materials individually or in groups.
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- Evaluate oral and written presentations. - Quizzes/Tests.
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- Model, role play in pairs spontaneously in front of class. - Interactive homework (involving family or friend).
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See Above.
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| 4
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| Be able to converse incorporating a variety of culturally appropriate formal, informal and colloquial structures. | Same as above incorporating advanced grammar, vocabulary and
structures.
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Same as above incorporating advanced grammar, vocabulary and structures. | Same as above evaluating advanced grammar and structures as
well as vocabulary and pronunciation.
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Same as above incorporating advanced grammar, vocabulary and
structures.
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See Above.
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