EnterTheories of Language LearningWorld-Readiness Standards Category Name
This idea from Krashen states that acquisition only occurs when learners receive i+1 language from another source
Input hypothesis
Name the C that should be addressed in each and every language lesson
Communication
The five main levels on the 2012 ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Superior, Distinguished
This approach incorporates all other approaches according to the creative planning of the teacher
eclecticism
: ACTFL’s recommendation for the percentage of class you should spend in the target language
90%
This idea from Krashen states that language acquisition must occur in a context where anxiety is low in order for the learner to notice the input
Affective Filter hypothesis
What the 5 Cs stand for.
Communication, Cultures, Comparisons, Connections, Communities
The 21st Century Skills are designed to connect foreign language education with this
Other core academic areas / the US Education system / Common Core
In a pure content-based curriculum, students are assessed on this
Content
What are two definitions of authenticity?
things that someone might say in the target community, materials made by and for native speakers
This idea from Swain states that input is a necessary but insufficient condition for language development
Output hypothesis
The three Communication Standards
Interpersonal, Presentational, Interpretive
What are the names of the three main competencies in the Iowa World Language Competencies?
interpersonal, interpretive, presentational
This method often has students orally practice targeted language structures in pairs.
Communicative Language Teaching
What teaching method is used in immersion schools?
content-based instruction
Two distinctive ways of categorizing theories of language learning.
Cognitivist versus sociocultural
The words associated with “the 3 Ps,” and what they mean
Products, Practices, Perspectives
Foreign language teachers of commonly taught languages (Spanish, French, German) should be at this level on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines
Advanced-low
TPRS/CI is based in large part on the language learning theories of this individual.
Stephen Krashen
Name two historical teaching approaches that are no longer used precisely as they are today
grammar-translation, audio-lingual, natural approach
Spell the word said by your instructor, and identify one other major term associated with that word
Vygotskyan” and ZPD/scaffolding
What are the two Standards associated with the Connections C
Interdisciplinarity and use of authentic materials.
Name 3 of the 12 areas of the 21st Century Skills
Communication, Collaboration, Critical Thinking & Problem Solving, Creativity and Innovation, Information Literacy, Media Literacy, Technology Literacy, Flexibility and Adaptability, Initiative and Self-Direction, Social and Cross-Cultural Skills, Productivity and Accountability, Leadership and Responsibility
Give the words that correspond to all of these acronyms: CBI, TPRS, CI, CLT, IRE, and IRF.
Content-based instruction; Total Physical Response Storytelling or Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling; comprehensible input; communicative language teaching; initiation-response-evaluation; initiation-response-feedback.
Identify the differences between the cognitivist hypotheses of language learning of Krashen, Long, and Swain.
Krashen = input; Long = interaction; Swain = output