Documents & Media

last modified: 4/9/09

Dated items will be posted with the newest at the top.
For external webpages and documents see links page.

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


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)