Pre-Ap: Strategies in World Languages and Cultures-

Building Proficiency

Ed WeissHaverford Township School

District

What is Proficiency?What is Proficiency?

Pro-fi-cien-cy - 1: the quality of having great facility and competence

2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"

Pro-fi-cien-cy - 1: the quality of having great facility and competence

2: skillfulness in the command of fundamentals deriving from practice and familiarity; "practice greatly improves proficiency"

1- Preparing students for class

1- Preparing students for class

Warm-upIntensity!!Grab their attentionMotivate them!!Keep them focusedLet’s share…

Warm-upIntensity!!Grab their attentionMotivate them!!Keep them focusedLet’s share…

2-Meeting needs of learners

2-Meeting needs of learners

Multiple IntelligencesHeterogeneous classesLearning stylesTools of the trade

Multiple IntelligencesHeterogeneous classesLearning stylesTools of the trade

3-Identifying proficiency3-Identifying proficiency

Levels of proficiencyACTFL guidelinesRubrics

Levels of proficiencyACTFL guidelinesRubrics

4-The 5 C’s4-The 5 C’s

Review national standardsKnow componentsIntegration a must!

CommunicationSkills - receptive & productiveModes - interpersonal, interpretive &

presentational

Review national standardsKnow componentsIntegration a must!

CommunicationSkills - receptive & productiveModes - interpersonal, interpretive &

presentational

CulturesCultures

ProductsPracticesPerspectives

ProductsPracticesPerspectives

ConnectionsConnections

Inter-disciplinary opportunitiesTechnology

Inter-disciplinary opportunitiesTechnology

ComparisonsComparisons

Nature of languageConcept of cultureInfluence

Nature of languageConcept of cultureInfluence

CommunitiesCommunities

Language beyond the classroomTechnology

Language beyond the classroomTechnology

5-Skills for Interpersonal Mode

5-Skills for Interpersonal Mode

Exchange of communication between individuals

All four skills at workReceptive & productive skills

Exchange of communication between individuals

All four skills at workReceptive & productive skills

6-Skills for Interpretive Mode

6-Skills for Interpretive Mode

Reading, listening & viewingPre-reading strategies Post-reading strategies

Reading, listening & viewingPre-reading strategies Post-reading strategies

7-Skills - Presentational Mode

7-Skills - Presentational Mode

Speaking, writing and showingVariety and authenticity are the

keysIt happens across curriculum!

Speaking, writing and showingVariety and authenticity are the

keysIt happens across curriculum!

8-Helpful Pre-AP strategies8-Helpful Pre-AP strategies

CircumlocutionGuessing & deriving meaning from

contextBuilding & retaining vocabularyDeveloping higher order thinking

skills

CircumlocutionGuessing & deriving meaning from

contextBuilding & retaining vocabularyDeveloping higher order thinking

skills

9-Assessment9-Assessment

Variety of evaluationsRubrics are useful

Variety of evaluationsRubrics are useful

In summary…In summary…

Let’s take a vertical look at curriculum…

Let’s take a vertical look at curriculum…