Blood, Teeth & Selfies Engaging Elementary Language Learners

ACTFL 2014, San Antonio Leslie Davison, NBCT www.lesliedavison.com @lesliedavison

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People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou

H U G E R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y

Comprehensible Input

Teaching for Proficiency

Comprehensible Input

Teaching for Fluency

• Reading or Listening

• Message MUST be understandable

• 100 % comprehensible

• Listening will lead to speaking

• Don’t force writing

• More talking is not necessarily the answer

• Reading or Listening

What is CI?

•Repetitive

•Funny

•Personal

•Compelling

•Repetitive

•Engaging

•Weird or strange

•New learning

•Cultural

•Repetitive

How many reps does it take?

60-120

Mai--repetition

13 ways to make your CI more compelling

word choice

lleva tres flores

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choices

They have to touch it.

http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61586

stuff

kids

Stories

What?

Who?

Where?

¿Quién?¿Qué?

¿Dónde?

Story is the most effective delivery vehicle for your content

--Kendall Haven

“Whoever tells the best

come-eats

http://www.solofoods.com/sites/solofoods.com/files/images/dog-eats-cupcake.jpg

What?

Who?

Where?

¿Quién?¿Qué?

¿Dónde?

San Antonio

Costa Rica

unexpected

pop culture

acting

OSOgames

bear

Global Connections

Video Star

Songs

Let them create

wants goes

Selfie

Stuff San Antonio

Create a story in groups of 4

5 X !

Include:

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