| course # ICC 324.501
Foreign Languages for the Elementary School. OM 224 M. 5:00-7:30 3 cr. h. |
Instructor: P. Martínez de la Vega Mansilla.
Office; Old Main 225C tel: 753 - 2050 e-mail: mansilla Office Hours: 11:00 - 12:00 a.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday; 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. on Mondays. |
TEXTS NEEDED FOR THE COURSE:
Constructing Curriculum for the Primary Grades. D. T. Dodge, J.R. Jablon, T.S. Bickart. Washington DC: Teaching Strategies, Inc. 1995.
Elementary Foreign Language Programs (FLES*) . G.C. Lipton. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Co. 1998.
Selected articles and journal readings will be assigned as pertinent
to course topics.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To provide undergraduate students interested in teaching languages other
than English (LOTE) in the elementary school (grades K-6) with the methodology,
psychology, rationale, current research, and practical classroom experience
necessary to teach LOTE at the elementary level.
COURSE OUTLINE:
1. The Elementary school: The school as a social institution.
Structure and characteristics.
Curricular objectives
Resources in elementary schools
Testing and grading
Articulation with:
3. FLES: Foreign Language in the Elementary School
Rationale for the study of FL at the elementary school level
FL teachers (FLES/FLEX)
Languages across the curriculum (LAC)
Different programs and proficiency outcomes
4. Methodology: the instructional process
NY State Syllabus and where FLES fits in
Implementation of 5 FL skills (listening, reading, writing, speaking,
and cultural awareness
Motivational and teaching techniques
Lesson plan construction: objectives (what, when, how, who)
Whole language learning and FLES
Materials, technology, and media
Evaluation/assessments
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture
Discussion
Student presentation
Group work
Materials workshop
Teacher demonstration
In-school mini-practicum
EVALUATION:
Exams: students will be required to integrate theory and practice
Promotion/Defense of FLES; students will develop a parent newsletter
or a presentation for the Board of Education that focuses on the necessity
of having a FLES program in the community
Creation of Unit plan for grades K-3 or 4-6: these units will contain
at least 6 lessons and will incorporate a wide variety of FLES activities
Creation of LAC Unit plant that uses FLES to support other core curricular
areas: students will select a core area and develop a FLES Unit plan that
coordinates with the subject area
Class presentations: students will do peer teaching in the FLES class
Teaching mini-practicum: students will teach mini-lessons in elementary
schools under instructor supervision.
GRADING:
2 exams 20%
2 Unit plans 20%
practicum 20%
participation 20%
homeworks 20%
9/13 Chapters V &VI pp. 37-64 and Chapter X pp 157-195 Practical
Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language Programs.
Chapter 1 Constructing Curriculum for the Primary Grades. pp
8-37
Bring the following materials:
9/20 Lesson planning.
9/27 Chapter VIII Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language
Programs. pp. 85-122.
Chapter 3. Constructing Curriculum for the Primary Grades. pp.
88-137
Bring the following materials:
10/11Chapter VII. Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language
Programs. pp. 65- 84
Bring the following materials:
10/25 Chapter X. Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language
Programs. pp. 157-196.
Chapter 6. Constructing Curriculum for the Primary Grades. pp.
208-241
11/1 Chapter IX Practical Handbook to Elementary Foreign Language
Programs. pp. 197-224.
Chapter 7. Constructing Curriculum for the Primary Grades. pp.
244-289
Bring the following materials:
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