Am I implementing Effective Second Language Teaching Practices?
(based on National Core French Study guidelines)
Communication and Experience
- Were students given opportunities for interaction?
- Were students given opportunities to experience activities involving written and oral comprehension in the target language?
- Were students given opportunities to experience activities involving written and oral production in the target language?
- Was the lesson/ activity related to the students needs and/ or experiences?
- Was there a clear experiential goal/ objective for the lesson or activity?
- Was the lesson part of a unit with a clear theme or field of experience?
Culture
- Did the lesson show the target language as a relevant and living language?
- Did this lesson sensitize students to the presence of the target language speakers in their community, province, country, and/or world?
- Did the lesson expose students to elements of the target language culture such as contemporary realities, history, music?
- Did the lesson incorporate authentic documents in the target language?
- Did the lesson make students aware of some socio-linguistic concerns related to communicating in the target language?
General Language Education
- Did the lesson incorporate the teaching of strategies to assist students in their language learning?
- Were students given the opportunity to reflect about their learning?
- Were students given the opportunity to reflect about language in terms of making comparisons with their language and culture and the target language and culture?
- Were students sensitized in some way to the role and use of language in a variety of oral and written contexts?
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