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last modified: 4/1/10

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For external webpages and documents see links page.

List of CBI-related items (spring 2010) in my Language Pedagogy Database - also serves as Table of Content to the course CD-ROM (a few listings are not included on the CD-ROM)

Lists (PDFs) of all items (spring 2009) in document collection from my Language Pedagogy database, sorted by: number; title; author

BELOW HERE IS FROM PREVIOUS VERSION OF COURSE


Meeting 5 (Tuesday, 14 April 2009):

recommend from Stryker/Leaver: chapter 3 Italian (novice, intermediate); chapter 4 (Czech becomes Croatian and Serbian, novice [??])

1) Portland Public Schools "Recommendations for the Second Language Minimum Performance Standards" (#0010a)
2) Lesson plans (#0434, 0435) and websites:

FREE - Federal Resources for Educational Excellence <http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/index.shtml> - not just lesson plans; also links to organizations, competitions, etc.
thirteen ed online - huge collection of lesson plans, projects, etc. <http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/>
National Park Service - Wupatki National Monumen resources for teachers <http://www.nps.gov/wupa/forteachers/trt.htm>
The JASON Project (National Geographic Society) - curricular resources about great events and great explorers (5th-8th grades, but flexible <http://www.jason.org/Public/AboutUS/aboutUS.aspx>
Curriki - Wiki for lesson plans <http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/WebHome>

Can people find lesson plan collections for other langs? Here's one for German: Unterrichtsmaterial & Arbeitsblätter <http://www.unterrichtsmaterial-schule.de/index.shtml>

Background reading about overall directions in our profession: #0002, #0003



Meeting 4 (Thursday, 9 April 2009):


1) Subject-area standards for exiting high-schoolers in the state of Oregon (#0691 Second Languages; #0693 Visual & Performing Arts; #0694 English; #0695 Mathematics; #0696 Science; #0697 Social Science
2) Samples of reflections about Levine and Scheutz/ Colangelo
3) ••002, 003,
4) ••Portland Public Schools "Recommendations for the Second Language Minimum Performance Standards" (#0010a)
5) ••lesson plans (#0434, 0435 and websites); can people find lesson plan collections for other langs?



Meeting 3 (Tuesday, 7 April 2009):

1) You should be reading one or both of the main books (Stryker/Leaver, Kasper) at the rate of one chapter a week, in the order they appear in the books. Don't be surprised if they come up in class.
2) Fukushima, "Promotional Video in a Foreign Language Course" (#0175)
3) ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines (speaking #0012; writing #0013) - this should be review reading, not new; here are the older, language-specific guidelines for Spanish (#0032), German (#0033), French (#0034), and Japanese (#0042)
4) Subject-area standards for exiting high-schoolers in the state of Oregon (#0691 Second Languages; #0693 Visual & Performing Arts; #0694 English; #0695 Mathematics; #0696 Science; #0697 Social Science
5) Samples of reflections about Levine and Scheutz/ Colangelo

CBI Project 1: An instructional module for a single classroom meeting.




Meeting 2 (Thursday, 2 April 2009):

Chapter 1 of Stryker/Leaver (photocopy in first meeting, #0410b in course collection, for use until books arrive);
examples from my courses:
German 320 / 415 / 515 Business Simulation Course and its related "SpeakEasy Company Website"; also my ACTFL Conference presentation (November 2008); the course / company scoring guide (see handout from previous meeting or use this link)
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); also my PSU SINQ presentation (October 2008);
examples of other courses and projects elsewhere: Levine's second-year simulation courses (#0172, #0705); Ryan-Scheutz & Colangelo's beginner-level (!) drama production (#0019); the "Big Book" activity for middle-schooler FLES (#0407);
CBI activity scoring guide (see handout from previous meeting or use this link)

new: Kasper (preface, #0409a) - was in handout for meeting #1, but was not discussed; samples of reflections about Levine and Scheutz/ Colangelo




Meeting 1 (Tuesday, 31 March 2009):

Chapter 1 of Stryker/Leaver (photocopy in first meeting, #0410b in course collection, for use until books arrive);
examples from my courses:
German 320 / 415 / 515 Business Simulation Course and its related "SpeakEasy Company Website"; also my ACTFL Conference presentation (November 2008);
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); also my PSU SINQ presentation (October 2008);
examples of other courses and projects elsewhere: Levine's second-year simulation courses (#0172, #705); Ryan-Scheutz & Colangelo's beginner-level (!) drama production (#0019); the "Big Book" activity for middle-schooler FLES (#0407)