Pre-Ap: Strategies in World Languages and Cultures-
Building Proficiency
Ed WeissHaverford Township School
District
What is Proficiency?What is Proficiency?
Pro-fi-cien-cy - 1: the quality of having great facility and competence
2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"
Pro-fi-cien-cy - 1: the quality of having great facility and competence
2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"
1- Preparing students for class
1- Preparing students for class
Warm-upIntensity!!Grab their attentionMotivate them!!Keep them focusedLet’s share…
Warm-upIntensity!!Grab their attentionMotivate them!!Keep them focusedLet’s share…
2-Meeting needs of learners
2-Meeting needs of learners
Multiple IntelligencesHeterogeneous classesLearning stylesTools of the trade
Multiple IntelligencesHeterogeneous classesLearning stylesTools of the trade
3-Identifying proficiency3-Identifying proficiency
Levels of proficiencyACTFL guidelinesRubrics
Levels of proficiencyACTFL guidelinesRubrics
4-The 5 C’s4-The 5 C’s
Review national standardsKnow componentsIntegration a must!
CommunicationSkills - receptive & productiveModes - interpersonal, interpretive &
presentational
Review national standardsKnow componentsIntegration a must!
CommunicationSkills - receptive & productiveModes - interpersonal, interpretive &
presentational
CulturesCultures
ProductsPracticesPerspectives
ProductsPracticesPerspectives
ConnectionsConnections
Inter-disciplinary opportunitiesTechnology
Inter-disciplinary opportunitiesTechnology
ComparisonsComparisons
Nature of languageConcept of cultureInfluence
Nature of languageConcept of cultureInfluence
CommunitiesCommunities
Language beyond the classroomTechnology
Language beyond the classroomTechnology
5-Skills for Interpersonal Mode
5-Skills for Interpersonal Mode
Exchange of communication between individuals
All four skills at workReceptive & productive skills
Exchange of communication between individuals
All four skills at workReceptive & productive skills
6-Skills for Interpretive Mode
6-Skills for Interpretive Mode
Reading, listening & viewingPre-reading strategies Post-reading strategies
Reading, listening & viewingPre-reading strategies Post-reading strategies
7-Skills - Presentational Mode
7-Skills - Presentational Mode
Speaking, writing and showingVariety and authenticity are the
keysIt happens across curriculum!
Speaking, writing and showingVariety and authenticity are the
keysIt happens across curriculum!
8-Helpful Pre-AP strategies8-Helpful Pre-AP strategies
CircumlocutionGuessing & deriving meaning from
contextBuilding & retaining vocabularyDeveloping higher order thinking
skills
CircumlocutionGuessing & deriving meaning from
contextBuilding & retaining vocabularyDeveloping higher order thinking
skills
9-Assessment9-Assessment
Variety of evaluationsRubrics are useful
Variety of evaluationsRubrics are useful
In summary…In summary…
Let’s take a vertical look at curriculum…
Let’s take a vertical look at curriculum…