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Main Topic(s): Introduction to the Course, of course; our group; What is 'CBI'? |
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materials: Chapter 1 of Stryker/Leaver (photocopy in first meeting; until books arrive: link to PDFs [link to come shortly]); examples from my courses: GER 320/ 415/ 515 "SpeakEasy S-GmbH"; GER 399 "Science Fiction Radio Drama Production" and its earlier version, the "Papa Joe" Project; the "Humboldt Project", and its earlier versions, FLL 399 (2006W) and GER 427/527 (2006F); examples of other courses and projects elsewhere: Levine's second-year simulation courses (0172); Ryan-Scheutz & Colangelo's beginner-level (!) drama production (0019); Colville's "Big Book" activity for middle-schooler FLES (0407);
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(15) Welcome new people. Review Tuesday meeting. Professor Fischer reports about his reading this morning: 1996 chapter about email between ESL in NYC and BW in South Carolina; and from yesterday: similar about "Computers & Kids"
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(10) A page from the ESL CBI book - about optimal learning moments; application to our own experiences; application to CBI, as far as we understand it so far. This discussion got beyond the intended dimensions. Oh well.
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(20) Discussion of the articles by Levine (simulations) and R-S/Colangelo (staging Italian drama); can we map those activities onto ACTFL Guidelines?
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(10) Break: Go get your coffee or your snack, but bring it back. We'll start promptly after 10 minutes, with or without you!
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(20) SpeakEasy - life in the CBI trenches. Also got lengthy, but needs more attention later - can serve as a source of good and bad features.
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(20) What (will) this class (will) do?/. Reading, reflection, discussion, reports, writing, small & large project(s) (individual, group), field trips and outreach, grant-seeking
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