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Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices; Fruits of the Americas

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Series
Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices
Program
Fruits of the Americas
Program Number

110

Series Description

Teaching Foreign Languages K–12 is a video library illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages. The language classrooms shown in this library include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Chinese. All classroom videos are subtitled in English and are appropriate for K–12 teachers of any foreign language. Created in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the library includes a 30-minute introduction and 60-minute overviews of ACTFL’s Standards for Foreign Language Learning and new assessment practices, as well as 27 classroom programs. In the half-hour classroom programs, teachers from schools across the country model interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication throughout a range of grade and competency levels. Concepts of culture, comparisons, connections to students’ lives, and the importance of community are also integrated into the lessons. A Web site and print guide accompany the video programs, providing a complete professional development experience.

Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2003.

Series release date: 2002

Program Description

Series Description: Teaching Foreign Languages K–12 is a video library illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages. The language classrooms shown in this library include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Chinese. All classroom videos are subtitled in English and are appropriate for K–12 teachers of any foreign language. Created in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the library includes a 30-minute introduction and 60-minute overviews of ACTFL’s Standards for Foreign Language Learning and new assessment practices, as well as 27 classroom programs. In the half-hour classroom programs, teachers from schools across the country model interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational modes of communication throughout a range of grade and competency levels. Concepts of culture, comparisons, connections to students’ lives, and the importance of community are also integrated into the lessons. A Web site and print guide accompany the video programs, providing a complete professional development experience.

Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2003.

Duration

00:28:25

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Topics
Education
Creators
Browne, John (Series Producer)
Gay, Philip (Series Producer)
Citation
Chicago: “Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices; Fruits of the Americas,” GBH Archives, accessed December 7, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6225167C21F64238861F99706CA83838.
MLA: “Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices; Fruits of the Americas.” GBH Archives. Web. December 7, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6225167C21F64238861F99706CA83838>.
APA: Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices; Fruits of the Americas. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_6225167C21F64238861F99706CA83838
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