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** Read about our Elementary Language program and the benefits of early language learning☺ ** =**Coming soon ☺!**=

=** The National Standards 5 C’s for Foreign Language Learning **= ACTFL’s National Standards for World Language 1996 21st Century Skills/Recipe for Success

C ommunication C ultures C onnections C omparisons C ommunities

=** Bloom's Taxonomy For Higher Thinking Skills **= [|Bloom's Taxonomy Iowa State University] [|Bloom's Taxonomy]



=** 8 Multiple Intelligences **= (remember to develop all…not just one or two strengths- Gardner)

1.) Verbal/Linguistic 2.) Logical/Mathematical 3.) Visual/Spatial 4.) Bodily/Kinesthetic 5.) Musical/Rhythmic 6.) Interpersonal 7.) Intrapersonal 8.) Naturalist

=** ACTFL World Language 21st Century Skills- A Visual Introduction **= This short video will help you understand the 11 skill areas teachers consider and utilize when designing and planning lessons and units.

media type="youtube" key="CXurDF0IbuQ" width="425" height="350" = = = Learning a new language can have its challenges! = media type="youtube" key="4azD_gNz0rw" height="315" width="560" = = = = =** A Guide To Success In Spanish **=
 * Daily review and practice! Don’t wait until the day of a quiz or test! Review every day!


 * Flash cards! These are a great way to reinforce vocabulary and are easily carried everywhere. Review them when you have a few minutes each day. You can do it before dinner or bedtime, and even in the car as you’re going to after school activities!


 * Study buddy! Make sure you have the name and telephone number of a friend in the class. Call them for homework assignments when you are absent from class. Practice Spanish on the phone asking each other questions!


 * Bring all of your materials to class! Text, workbook, notes, pencil! These are important tools for success!! __This is a challenge when classes only meet every other day, but it is critical that you are prepared.__ Tape a note in your house where you will see it as you leave in the morning; mark your Spanish days on your calendar! Being prepared is crucial!!


 * __Never be afraid to ask a question!__ This is a completely different language you are learning! If you have a question, chances are there are other students who have the same question. Raise your hand and ask!!!


 * Extra help! The world language teachers have provided an extra help schedule to help any student who is struggling. Please take advantage and use this time. It doesn’t have to be with your particular teacher! (schedule on back of sheet)


 * Share the Spanish language with your family and friends! Practice with older or younger brothers and sisters! Label things in your house! Tell your parents what you have learned! You may be surprised to hear what they remember!


 * Watch Spanish television, listen to Spanish radio stations, and view a DVD movie in Spanish for fun! Spanish is all around us, and you have wonderful opportunities to develop your listening skills!

=** How To Learn A Foreign Language **= v **__Be organized__**You will need a loose-leaf notebook for Spanish. You will keep class notes, homework, tests, and other materials in this notebook. Bring it to class every day. You may want to make flashcards to help you study your new vocabulary.

v **__Keep up with your work on a daily basis__**Language, like math builds on previously learned material. Each lesson assumes that you have learned earlier lessons, and you will not be able to learn new material until you have established the base in more elementary structure. Learning a language requires daily work, lots of drill, and plenty of practice. This year we are aiming for greater fluency. v **__Pay attention in class__** Be a part of class. Follow the discussion and exercises carefully, listen to others, be ready to respond when it is your turn. ASK QUESTIONS when you don’t understand. Remember that it really is my job to help you make sense out of this stuff so that if I have not explained something clearly to YOU, you have every right to ask me to go over material again.

v **__Pay attention to details__**Foreign accents are full of little things like accents, spelling changes, and strange new combinations of letters. Do not fool yourself to think details are not important. THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT!!! (Just ask me how important!)

v **__Accept the language on its own terms__**Languages are very different from one another. Accept that difference, remembering to be “open-minded” and not, as Americans are stereotypically accused of being, ethnocentric.

v **__Listen and imitate__**Use the language you are learning. Listen to the teacher, the native speaker, and imitate. Put English sounds aside.

v **__Memorize__**You can’t avoid it; its part of language learning. There are very specific ways to memorize, and we will discuss some of them in class.

v **__Study out loud__**Not shout out loud, but move your lips as you work on Spanish. Language is spoken first, and even people who can’t read can talk, so read out loud. The reinforcement is fantastic. It means that your mouth and ears will be providing your eyes/brain/memory with extra support. If the assignment is one that you have written and are correcting, your ears will pick up errors that your eyes have missed. This also keeps you awake when you begin to fade!

v **__Correct old papers__**Keep your old tests and homework papers. Correct the mistakes you made. It is very important to reinforce correct answers.

v **__Review__**No matter how well you know something today, you will still need to review. This is one activity you can do with another person, as the two or three of you drill each other on material you have learned in class.

v **__Use all your senses__**It is not enough to just look at your book. Copy parts of the lesson, outline the chapter, write notes in the margin, listen to others, and study aloud.

v **__Learn from your assignment__**Language often requires “busy work”, it’s the nature of the beast! However, don’t go through the motions of filling up the page just to say you “did your homework”. Open your book; the homework is supposed to support what was learned in class. Please…don’t tell me you didn’t understand your homework if you didn’t go back to the text and your class notes.

v **__Let’s speak Spanish__**When we’re speaking, let’s forget about all the possible errors and work for understanding ourselves in another language.