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World Languages

Chapter 5: Resources

 

Human Resources


Professional Educational Organizations

 

Advocates for Language Learning

African Language Teachers Association

Alaska Association of Bilingual Education

 

Alaska Council of Teachers of English

Alaska Foreign Language Association

Alaska Society for Technology in Education

Alaska State Literacy Association

Alaska Teacher Researcher Network

American Association for Applied Linguistics

 

American Association of Teachers of Arabic

 

American Association of Teachers of French

American Association of Teachers of German

American Association of Teachers of Italian

  

American Association of Teachers of Slavic and East European Languages

 

American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese

 

American Classical League

 

American Council of Teachers of Russian

American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages

Association of Departments of Foreign Languages

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Association of Teachers of Japanese

Center for Applied Linguistics

Chinese Language Teachers Association

National Association for Bilingual Education

National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NADSFL)

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education

National Center for Research on Cultural Diversity and Second Language Learning

National Council of Secondary Teachers of Japanese

 

National Council of Teachers of English

 

National Foreign Language Resource Center

National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL)

 

Pacific Northwest Council for Languages

 

Sociedad Honoraria Hispanica

Societe Honoraire de Francais

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

 


Alaska Native Languages and Materials

 

Aleut

Yakov E. Netsvetov School
PO Box 47050
Atka, AK 9547

Telephone: 907-839-2210
Fax: 907-839-2212

 

 

Pribilov Islands School Dist.
PO Box 905
St. Paul Island, AK 99660

Phone: 907-564-2222
Fax: 907-564-2327

 

 

Alaska Native Language Center
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Telephone: 907-474-7874
Fax: 907-474-6586
E-mail: fyanlp@uaf.ed

 

Aleutiiq

Rick Matiya
Kenai Peninsula Borough S.D.
148 N Binkley St.
Soldotna, AK 99669

 

Telephone: 907-262-5846
Fax: 907-262-9645

 

 

Alaska Native Language Center
Box 757680
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Telephone: 907-474-7874
Fax: 907-474-6586
E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

Cup'ik

John Pingayak
Kashunamiut School District
985 KSD Way
Chevak, AK 99563

 

Telephone: 907-856-7713
Fax: 907-856-7328

 

Deg Hit'an

Iditarod Area School District
Box 90
McGrath, AK 99627

 

Telephone: 907-524-3303/3599
Fax: 907-524-3217

 

 Gwich'in

 

Alaska Native Language Center
Box 757680
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Telephone: 907-474-7874
Fax: 907-474-6586
E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

 

Caroline Tritt Frank
Arctic Village School
PO Box 22049
Arctic Village, AK 99722

 

Telephone: 907-587-5211
Fax: 907-587-5210

 

 

 

Lillian Garnet / Kathy Sikorski
Alaska Native Language Center
PO Box 757680
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Telephone: 907-474-7874
Fax: 907-474-6586
E-mail:fnkrs@uaf.edu

 

Inupiaq

Bering Strait School District
PO Box 225
Unalakleet, AK 99684

 

Phone: 907-624-3611
Fax: 907-624-3099

 

 

Hannah B. Loon
NANA Corp.
PO Box 749
Kotzebue, AK 99752

 

Telephone: 907-442-3301
Fax: 907-442-2866

 

 

Mollie Pederson
North Slope Borough S.D.
PO Box 169
Barrow, AK 99723

 

Telephone: 907-852-5311

Fax: 907-852-5984

 

 

Ruth Sampson

Northwest Arctic Borough S.D.

PO Box 51

Kotzebue, AK 99752

 

Phone: 907-442-3472

Fax: 907-442-2392

  

Nome City Schools

Box 131

Nome, AK 99762

 

Phone: 907-443-2231

Fax: 907-443-5144

 

Alaska Native Language Center

Box 757680

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Phone: 907-474-7874

Fax: 907-474-6586

E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

North Slope Inupiaq

James M. Kari, PH.D.

Deni'inaq' Titaztun

1325 Shruos Drive

Fairbanks, AK 99709

 

Phone: 907-474-6585

 

Inupiak Research Institute

Arctic Sivunmun Ilisavik College

PO Box 7337

Barrow, AK 99723

 

Phone: 907-852-3333

Fax: 907-852-2729

 

 

Inupiak Studies Program

Arctic Sivunmun Ilisavik College

PO Box 7337

Barrow, AK 99723

 

Phone: 907-852-3333

Fax: 907-852-2729

 

 

North Slope Borough Commission on Inupiat History, Language and Culture

Box 69

Barrow, AK 99723

 

Phone: 907-852-0320

Koyukon

Yukon/Koyukuk S.D.

4762 Old Airport Way

Fairbanks, AK 99709

 

Phone: 907-474-9700

Fax: 907-474-0657

 

Alaska Native Language Center

Box 757680

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Phone: 907-474-7874

Fax: 907-474-6586

E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

Tlingit

Nora and Dick Dauenhauer

Sealaska Heritage Foundation

One Sealaska Plaze, Suite 201

Juneau, AK 99801

 

Phone: 907-463-4844

 

 

Alaska Native Language Center

Box 757680

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Phone: 907-474-7874

Fax: 907-474-6586

E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

Upper Kuskokwim

Iditarod Area School District

Box 90

McGrath, AK 99627

 

Phone: 907-524-3303/3599

Fax: 907-524-3217

 

 

Alaska Native Language Center

Box 757680

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Phone: 907-474-7874

Fax: 907-474-6586

E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

Central Yup'ik

Cecilia Martz

UAF Kuskokwim Campus

PO Box 368

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4500

Yup'ik

Alaska Native Language Center

Box 757680

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-7680

 

Phone: 907-474-7874

Fax: 907-474-6586

E-mail:fyanlp@uaf.edu

 

  

Andrew Paukan

St. Mary's School District

PO Box 171

St. Mary's, AK 99658

 

Phone: 907-438-2311/2411

Fax: 907-438-2831

 

Bilingual Program

Lower Yukon S.D.

PO Box 32089

Mt. Village, AK 99632

 

Phone: 907-591-2411

Fax: 907-591-2449

 

Nita Rearden

LKSD

Box 305

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4800

Fax: 907-543-4910

 

 

Nome City Schools

Box 131

Nome, AK 99762

 

Phone: 907-443-2231

Fax: 907-443-5144

 

 

Yup'ik Language Center

Kuskokwim Campus, UAF

PO Box 368

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4500

Fax: 907-543-4527

 

Vera Kaneshiro

Department of Languages

3211 Providence Drive

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-786-4030

Fax: 907-786-1750

 

  

Yupik Language Center

Gambell Schools

PO Box 169

Gambell, AK 99742

 

Phone: 907-985-5229

Fax: 907-985-5413

 

 

Yupiit School District

Box 100

Akiachak, AK 99551

Phone: 907-825-4428

Fax: 907-825-4827

 

 


Other World Languages

 

French

Jeanne K. Hageman

Dept. of Foreign Language/ Literature

PO BOX 756440

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, AK 99775-06440

 

Phone: 907-474-3796

E-mail: FFjkh@aurora.alaska.edu

 

Barbara Hecker

West High School

1700 Hillcrest Dr.

Anchorage, AK 99517

 

Phone: 907-274-2502

Fax: 907-272-6176

 

 

Terry Higley

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

German

Jo Sanders

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

Japanese

Hirofumi (Kanji) Nagaoka

Lathrop High School

901 Airport Way

Fairbanks, AK 99701-6094

 

Phone: 907-456-7794

Fax: 907-452-6737

 

 

Makoto Nishikawa

Department of Languages

3211 Providence Drive

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-786-4030

Fax: 907-786-1750

E-mail: afmmn@uaa. alaska.edu

       

 

Ray Stein

Mr. Edgecumbe High School

1330 Seward Ave.

Sitka, AK 99835-9438

 

Phone: 907-966-2201

Fax: 907-966-2442

Spanish

Dr. Ted Kassier

Department of Languages

3211 Providence Drive

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-786-4030

Fax: 907-786-1750

E-mail: aftlk@uaa.alaska.edu

 

Russian

Michelle Whaley

East High School

4025 E. 24th. Ave.

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-263-1297

Fax: 907-277-8512

 

 

Susan Kalina

Department of Languages

3211 Providence Drive

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: 907-786-4030

Fax: 907-786-1750

E-mail: afsmk@uaa. alaska.edu

       

 

 


Delivery Models

 

Bilingual

Beth Hartley, Ph.D.

Anchorage School District

605 W. Fireweed Ln.

Anchorage, AK. 99503

 

Phone: 907-696-1303

Fax: 907-278-4500

E-mail: Hartley_Beth@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us

 

Bev Williams

LKSD

Box 305

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4850

Fax: 907-543-4924

E-mail: Bev_Williams@ddd-Alaska.org

 

Mike Travis

PO BOX 221663

Anchorage, AK 99522

 

Phone: 907-349-0651

Fax: 907-243-6108

E-mail: mtravis@akrac.k12.ak.us

 

 

Southeast Regional Resource Center

210 Ferry Way,Suite 200

Juneau, AK 99801

 

Phone: 907-586-6806

Fax: 907-463-3811

E-mail: SERRC@PTlaska.net

 

Immersion, Elementary

Janice Gullickson

Anchorage School District

PO BOX 196614

Anchorage, AK 99519-6614

Phone: 907-269-2277

Fax: 907-269-2325

E-mail: gullickson_janice@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us

       

 

Laurel Derksen

Chugiak Elementary School

PO BOX 670030

Anchorage, AK 99567

 

Phone: 907-688-2111

Fax: 907-688-0807

 

 

Sara Jenkins

Sand Lake Elementary School

7500 Jewel Lake Road

Anchorage, AK 99502

 

Phone: 907-243-2161

Fax: 907-243-6025

 

 Immersion, Two-way

Ledwina Ayapan Jones

Mikelnguut Elitnaurviat

PO Box 900

Bethel, AK 99559

 

 

 

Marissa Zamora-Pearson

Government Hill School

525 Bluff Drive

Anchorage, AK 99501

 

Phone: 907-272-5018

Fax: 907-277-4224

 

Cooperative Learning

Jo Sanders

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

Distance Delivery

Bev Williams

LKSD

Box 305

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4850

Fax: 907-543-4924

E-mail: Bev_Williams@ddd-Alaska.org

       

 

Maria Zelesky

Palmer High School

1170 W. Arctic Ave.

Palmer, AK 99645

 

Phone: 907-745-3241

Fax: 907-746-0569

 

Proficiency (video portfolio)

Rosemary Spenser

Service High School

5577 Abbott Rd.

Anchorage, AK 99507

Phone: 907-346-2111

Fax: 907-346-3911

 

 

 


Student Activities

 

Camps

Jo Sanders

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

 

Janice Gullickson

Anchorage School District

PO Box 196614

Anchorage, AK 99519-6614

Phone: 907-269-2277

Fax: 907-269-2325

E-mail: gullickson_janice@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us

       

Contests, Declamation

Janice Gullickson

Anchorage School District

PO BOX 196614

Anchorage, AK 99519-6614

Phone: 907-269-2277

Fax: 907-269-2325

E-mail: gullickson_janice@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us

       

 

Susan Oakley

Gruening Middle School

9601 Lee St.

Eagle River, AK 99577

 

Phone: 907-694-5554

Fax: 907-694-5647

 

 

Native Youth Olympics/

Nenena Culture Camp

Judy Tolbert

Lathrop High School

525 5th Ave.

Faribanks, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-456-7794 x167

Fax: 907-452-6735

E-mail: lthfjmt@northstar.k12.ak.us

       

Russian Olympiad

Michelle Whaley

East High School

4025 E. 24th. Ave.

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-263-1297

Fax: 907-277-8512

 

 

 Technology

 

Pat Spence

Juneau Douglas High School

10014 Crazy Horse Drive

Juneau, AK 99801

 

Phone: 907-463-1900

Fax: 907-463-1919

 

 

Travel with Groups

Janice Gullickson

Anchorage School District

PO BOX 196614

Anchorage, AK 99519-6614

Phone: 907-269-2277

Fax: 907-269-2325

E-mail: gullickson_janice@msmail.asd.k12.ak.us

 

French

Terry Higley

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

 

Judy Tolbert

Lathrop High School

525 5th Ave.

Fairbanks, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-456-7794 x167

Fax: 907-452-6735

E-mail: lthfjmt@northstar. k12.ak.us

       

German

Rosemary Spenser

Service High School

5577 Abbott Rd.

Anchorage, AK 99507

 

Phone: 907-346-2111

Fax: 907-346-3911

 

 

Jo Sanders

Bartlett High School

25-500 N. Muldoon

Anchorage, AK 99506

 

Phone: 907-337-1585

Fax: 907-338-3654

 

Spanish

Crickett Schmidt

East High School

4025 E. 24th. Ave.

Anchorage, AK 99508

Phone: 907-263-1297

Fax: 907-277-8512

 

 

 


Professional Development Resources and Opportunities

 

Professional Development: A Necessary Component For Change

Professional development, like all learning, is a lifelong process from the first day of preservice through retirement. It includes "deliberate learning activities undertaken by individual teachers or groups of teachers to improve policy, curriculum, or the teacher's professional knowledge and skills with a view toward more effectively teaching all students." (Teachers as Leaders, 1994, p.125)

Professional development must be an integral piece of the bigger picture if the World Languages Standards are to be implemented. Teachers must be empowered as both learners and leaders of this quest.

Because teachers will be responsible for carrying out the World Languages Standards, they should be part of a team to assess the needs of their school and its community as they relate to the standards. Those needs should then help determine specific areas to be addressed through professional development. This team may best be developed at the school level and should include all segments of the school community: staff, students, parents, community leaders, policy makers, and members of university faculty. Classroom-based research projects, networking, conferences and institutes, workshops, courses, consultations, mentoring, and independent study and reflection are possible avenues for the professional development needed.

Professional development must be designed to meet the needs of the district and relate to the World Languages Standards as well as the Alaska Teacher Education Standards. The steps for a curriculum development committee to design such professional development are:

  1. do a needs assessment to determine what topics are appropriate for your audience;
  2. review the World Languages Standards and the Alaska Teacher Education Standards listed in the appendix of this document;
  3. after determining topic(s) based on a needs assessment, fill in the goals/activities that would teach to the topic while speaking to the World Languages Standards and the Alaska Teacher Education Standards;
  4. contact appropriate individuals and/or organizations to help teachers meet the professional development goals. (Many are listed below.)

 

Professional Development Resources

 

(See also Professional Education Associations for exchanges, seminars, conferences, workshops)

Assessment

Center for Applied Linguistics

CAL

1118 22nd Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

 

Phone: 800-321-NCBE

Fax: 202-659-5641

 

English As A Second Language (ESL)

Bev Williams

Lower Kuskokwim S.D.

Box 305

Bethel, AK 99559

Phone: 907-543-4850

Fax: 907-543-4924

E-mail: Bwilliam@unicom-Alaska.com

       

 

School of Education

University of Alaska, Fairbanks

PO Box 756280

Fairbanks, AK 99775

 

Phone: 907-474-7341

Fax: 907-474-5817

 

 

Vicki Lee Ross

Anchorage School District

Bilingual Resource Center

2650 E. Northern Lights Blvd.

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-257-8363

Fax: 907-257-8362

 

 

Language Policy

Roy Iutzi-Mitchell

Ilisagvik College

PO Box 749

Barrow, AK 99723

 

Phone: 907-852-3333

Fax: 907-852-2729

 

 

Native Languages/Curriculum Development

Liz Rose (Inuit)

Yellowknife, NWT

 

Phone: 403-920-3415

 

Native Languages/

Science

 

Nita Rearden (Yup'ik)

LKSD

Box 305

Bethel, AK 99559

 

Phone: 907-543-4800

Fax: 907-543-5904

 

Oral Proficiency Interview

Dr. Margritt Engel

Dept. of Languages

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage

32111 Providence Ave.

Anchorage, AK 99508

 

Phone: 907-786-4032

Fax: 907-786-4190

E-mail: AFMAE@orion. alaska.edu

Sabbatical

Judy Tolbert

Lathrop High School

525 5th Ave.

Faribanks, AK 99508

Phone: 907-456-7794 x167

Fax: 907-452-6735

E-mail: lthfjmt@northstar.k12.ak.us

       

 

 


Reference Kit Contents


 

THE STARTING POINT

A. Oscar Kawagley, A Yupiaq World View: A Pathway to Ecology and Spirit, Prospect Heights, Illinois: Waveland Press, Inc.

Alaska Framework: World Languages. Alaska Department of Education, September, 1997

Akula Elitnaurivik's Yupik Studies Program Kasigluk Alaska, Akula Elitnaurivik Yupik Studies Committee, Kasigluk Alaska and Bethel Alaska: Lower Kuskokwim School District

Bonstingl, John Jay. Quality Paradigm Shift in Education from Teaching and Testing to Continuous Learning and Improvement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995.

Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon and Martin G. Brooks. In Search of Understanding: the Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1993.

David Charlie, Quinhagak Committee, Kuingnerarmiut Yugtaat Elitnaurarkait Program. Quinhagak and Bethel Alaska: Lower Kuskokwim School District.

Galbraith, Paul and Kris Anstrom. "Peer Coaching: an Effective Staff Development Model," NAEA Advisory, Reston, VA: NAEA, Spring, 1996.

Global Education from Thought to Action: the 1991 ASCD Yearbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1991.

INFOBRIEF. Alexandria, VA: ASCD, 1996.

Kramsch, Claire J. "New Directions in the Teaching of Language and Culture," NFLC Occassional Papers. Washington: National Foreign Language Center at the John's Hopkins University, April, 1989.

Overview of Second Language CIM Outcome. Oregon: N.p.: n.p.,1994.

Reason for Studying a Foreign Language

Redesigning High School Schedules. Appleton, WI: Wisconsin Association of Foreign Language Teachers, 1994.

Rivers, Wilga M. "Ten Principles of Interactive Language Learning and Teaching," NFLC Occasional Papers, Washington: National Foreign Language Center at the John's Hopkins University, February, 1989.

Ronald D. Anderson. "Curriculum Reform: Dilemmas and Promise," Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 33-36, September, 1995.

Tang, Winnie , Ed.D. Challenges and Oppportunties. San Francisco Unified School District, CA, 1990.

 

CONTENT

ASCD Curriculum Handbook. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1992.

Handbook for Planning and Effective Foreign Language Program. Sacramento, CA: California State Department of Education, 1985.

Model Competency-Based Foreign Language Program. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Education, 1995.

Standards for Foreign Language Learning: Preparing for the 21st Century. New York, NY: National Standards for Foreign Language Education, 1995.

Statement on Competencies in Languages Other than English Expected of Entering Freshmen: Phase 1-French, German, Spanish. Sacramento, CA: California State Department of Education, 1986.

The Indiana Foreign Language Proficiency Guide: Ticket to Unlimited Experiences. Indianapolis, IN: Indiana Department of Education, 1995.

World Languages. Palmer, AK: Mat-Su School District, 1991.

 

CURRICULUM

A Guide to Curriculum Planning in Foreign Language. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Public Instructiuon, 1985.

A Guide to Curriculum Planning. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Public Instructiuon, 1985.

French l Resource Guide. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Education, 1992.

French ll Resource Guide. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Education, 1992.

German ll Resource Guide. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Education, 1994.

Glatthorn, Allan. Developing a Quality Curriculum. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1994.

Guide to Curriculum Development in Foreign Language. Des Moines, IA: Iowa Department of Education, pp. 8-10, 49-54, 197-200, n.d.

Spanish ll Resource Guide. Atlanta: Georgia Department of Education, 1994.

Teaching Reading and Language Arts in the Immersion Classroom: Kindergarten-Grade 2. Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Public Schools, 1990.

Elementary School (K-8) Foreign Language Teacher Education Curriculum. Washington: ERIC, 1992.

 

INSTRUCTION

A Guide to Proficiency-Based Instruction in Modern Foreign Languages for Indiana Schools. Indianapolis: Indiana Department of Education,

A Teacher's Guide: Japanese for Communication. Madison: Wisconsin Department of Education, 1995.

Bonstingl, John Jay. Quality Paradigm Shift in Education from Teaching and Testing to Continuous Learning and Improvement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1995.

Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon and Martin G. Brooks. In Search of Understanding: the Case for Constructivist Classrooms. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1993.

Caine, Renate Nummela and Geoffery Caine. Making Connections: Teaching and the Human Brain. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1991.

Foreign Language Immersion: an Introduction. Rockville, MD: Montgomery County Public Schools, 1989.

Kessler, Ann and Toby Allen. Improving Student Academic Success through Teacher Training. Juneau, AK: Alaska Department of Education, 1994.

Kinder Lernen Deutsch Materials Evaluation Project. Cherry Hill, NJ: American Association of Teachers of German, 1988.

Legutke, Michael K., ed. German for the Learner-Centered Classroom. Olympia, WA: Washington Department of Public Instruction, 1991.

Marzano, Robert J. A Different Kind of Classroom: Teaching the Dimensions of Learning. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1992.

National Council of State Supervisors of Foreign Languages (NCSSFL) and ACTFL Position Statements .and LKSD English Language Proficiency Continuum Chart :ACTFL, n.d.

Rhodes, Nancy C. and Audrey R. Schreibstein. "Immersion Language Programs in the Elementary School," Foreign Language in the Elementary School: a Practical Guide. Washington, D.C.: Center for Applied Linguistics, pp. 17-22, n.d.

Teacher Handbook, Second Language Studies K-12. Raleigh: North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 1994.

Teaching Culture in Grades K-8: a Resource Manual for Teachers of French. Rockville, MD: Montogmery County Public Schools, 1994.

Teaching Reading in Chinese, Volume l. Yonkers, NY: The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, n.d.

 

ASSESSMENT

"Foreign Language in Assessment in the Elementary School." FLES News. Iowa City, IA: FLES, p. 3 and p. 6, n.d.

Cawelti, Gordon. ed. Handbook of Research on Improving Student Achievement, Chapter 2 and 4. Arlington, VA: 1995.

Herman, Joan L., Pamela R. Aschbacher and Lynn Winters. A Practical Guide to Alternative Assessment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1992.

Perrone, Vito. ed. Expanding Student Assessment. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 1991.

Thomas, Lynn. K-8 Foreign Language Assessment: a Bibliography. Washington: ERIC, 1995.

Kane, Michael B. and Nidhi Khattri. "Assessment Reform: a Work in Progress," Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 30-32, September, 1995.

Criteria for Excellence: Foreign Languages. Juneau, AK: Alaska Department of Education, 1988.

 


ELECTRONIC RESOURCES


INTERNET ADDRESSES

Center for Applied Linguistics

Address: http://www.cal.org/

 

The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development, Center for the Study of Language and Education in Washington, DC

Address: http://www.gwu.edu/~gsehd/

 

Lathrop High School, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Education Goals

Address: http://www2.northstar.k12.ak.us/schools/lth/organizations/ane/ane_homepage.html

 

National Clearinghouse for Bilingual Education: Home Page

Address: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu

 

NCBE Publications Proceedings of 3rd National Research Symposium on LEP Student Issues, Focusing on Middle and High Schools

Address: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/ncbepubs/symposia/proceedings.html

 

Stabilizing Indigenous Languages

Address: http://www.ncbe.gwu.edu/miscpubs/stabilize/

 

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Address: http://www.TESOL.edu

 

K-12 Student (list will take you to high school and other electronic K-12 newspapers. Great way of getting ideas for publishing an electronic newspaper in your school.)

Address: http://www.yahoo.com/news/.

 

Yahoo (a Web site list on a wide variety of topics. Check the education and languages sections for lists of Web sites of interest.)

Address: http://www.yahoo.com

 

Others For an introduction, teachers may wish to start with the Yahoo list at http://www.yahoo.com or through the State Library Electronic Doorway (SLED) available through school and public libraries.

 

 

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VIDEOS

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Facets Video (Italian video materials)

1517 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 02141

 

PICS/The Project for International Communication Studies (Catalog of authentic foreign videos and free booklet entitled PICS videoguidelines)

University of Iowa, 270 International Center

Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1802

 

Letter from Japan

The Asia Society, Department AS, Box 40

Vernon, NJ 07462

 

Quality Bilingual Education: Portraits of Success

Hope, Inc.

165 Brookside Ave. Extension

Jamaica Plain, MA 02130

Mass. Coalition of Bilingual Education

 

 


 Classroom Support Resources


 

 


Textbook Evaluation Forms

Language Level _______________

This evaluation form is designed to aid teachers in their review of the important features of a modern language textbook which is being reviewed for possible adoption. The focus is on proficiency-oriented textbooks.

 

Text Name (one per column)

The following statements are provided to describe proficiency oriented materials. * (Mark YES or NO)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Contextualized language-practice activities, affording abundant practice in a range of contexts likely to be encountered in the target culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Personalized and creative practice activities that encourage students to express their own meaning in their own words as early in the program as possible

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Suggestions for group work and active communicative interaction among students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Authentic language in exercises, readings, and dialogues, as well as abundant realia throughout the text, integrated with language-practice activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Functional-notional concepts, together with ample opportunities to practice a range of tasks using these concepts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Clear and concise grammatical explanations that enable students to work toward accuracy goals from the beginning of instruction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Appealing topics, themes, readings, and activities that respond to the needs and interests of students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. Cultural material integrated with language-practice activities, selected to reflect both deep and surface culture phenomena and incorporating both "hearthstone" and "Olympian" culture in a balanced fashion that will appeal to students' interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COMMENTS:

 

 

 

 

 * Alice Omaggio, Teaching Language in Context: Proficiency-Oriented Instruction (1986). Shawnee Mission School

 

Text Name (one per column)

1. Communicative aspects -
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1. Students are given numerous opportunities to use the language in conversational situations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.2. There is a variety of communicative activities (role playing, interviews, skits, simulations) throughout the book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.3. A variety of pair, small group, and whole group activities is included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.4. Communicative activities, rather that mechanical drills, predominate in the textbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5. Communicative activities build from easy to more difficult.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.6. Communicative activities are realistic and purposeful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.7. Communicative activities are sequenced so that the students are prepared with the necessary vocabulary and grammatical structures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

2. LANGUAGE SKILLS -
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1(low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.1. Adequate attention is given to the development of all four skills and culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.2. Activities provide for the integration of language skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.3. Skill development activities including grammar and vocabulary are purposeful and contextualized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.4. There is sufficient practice to develop skills.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.5. Grammar explanations are clear and concise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.6. Material is presented in manageable increments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.7. The language is current.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

3. RECEPTIVE SKILLS -
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1. Listening/reading material is interesting to students for whom the book is suggested.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.2. Listening/reading material is authentic or realistically simulated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.3. Comprehension is checked through a variety of strategies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.4. Reading material includes various forms of printed texts (menus, maps, schedules, signs, announcements, articles, stories, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.5. Use of strategies for the development of skills (predicting, skimming, scanning, guessing from context, pre-listening and pre-reading activities, summarizing)-are they in the student texts?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.6. Literature (e.g., excerpts from short stories, poems, plays) is included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

4. PRODUCTIVE SKILLS -
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.1. Speaking/writing activities provide opportunities for students to practice using the language for real communication.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2. Students are provided with opportunities to develop skills in a variety of language functions (e.g., asking questions, giving information, apologizing, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.3. Topics and activities for speaking and writing are of interest to students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.4. Activities provide for the use of creative language and negotiated meaning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5. Writing skills are taught as a process (brainstorming, prewriting, revising, editing, publishing) as a part of the text.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

5. CULTURE -
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.1. The cultural information presented is interesting and useful to students.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.2. Cultural information is integrated with the presentation of language in each unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.3. Various countries where the foreign language is spoken are represented.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.4. Nonverbal behaviors are described.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.5. Cultural material is current and reflects the diversity within that culture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.6. Cultural information is presented in the foreign language whenever possible.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

6. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS-
Rating scale 5 (high) to 1 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.1. Units in the text are presented thematically.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.2. Activities promoting higher level thinking skills are included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.3. A useful appendix is included at the end of the text book. (Included are vocabulary, grammar tables, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.4. Drawings or pictures are used to illustrate vocabulary items where appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.5. Various kinds of maps are included in the textbook.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.6. Design of the text is clear, colorful, and aesthetically appealing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.7. Illustrations are authentic, clear, and related to the content they support.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.8. The text provides for a wide variety of student activity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

7. THE TEXTBOOK SERIES-
Rating scale 5 (high) to 0 (low)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.1. Bridging activities are presented/included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level I to II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level II to III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level III to Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.2. Content coverage of the series is appropriate (e.g. grammar should be covered over three years, rather than two) and is evenly divided throughout the series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.3. Degree of difficulty is appropriate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level II

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Level III

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Advanced

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.4. Content spirals systematically within each level and throughout the series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.5. The text can be finished in an academic year without undue stress.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.6. A scope and sequence is provided for all levels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

8

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

8.1 A teacher's resource binder or equivalent is included.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.2 Audio material and tape script are available for listening comprehension activities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.3 Lab manual/workbook is provided.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.4 Additional activities are included for reteaching.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.5 Additional activities are included for enrichment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.6 Suggestions are provided to address the needs of native speakers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.7 Audio visuals to accompany the text are available.

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

    • Video cassettes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Transparencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Blackline Masters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Posters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Cue/conversational cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Audio cassettes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Videodisks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • CD-ROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Computer software other than CD-ROM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Test generators (software)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.8 Proficiency-oriented tests/quizzes are provided.

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

    • Chapter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Review units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Semester

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8.11 Tests reflect the content and skills emphasized in the material covered.

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

    • Listening

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    • Culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Text Name (one per column)

1) 35 points* - Communicative Aspects

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) 35 points - Language Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3) 30 points - Receptive Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4) 25 points - Productive Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5) 30 points - Culture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6) 40 points - General Considerations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7) 50 points - The Textbook Series

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8) 50 points - Ancillary Materials and Other Components

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Total possible points for each section indicated above.

COMMENTS: _______________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________

Prepared by participants in the 1988 UT-TEA Summer Institute for Foreign Language Supervisors, July 1988

Adapted and modified as a chart by Jean Teel, Shawnee Mission Schools, Shawnee Mission, Kansas

 

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