40 - I can advocate for Spanish studies in my school by explaining to administrators how my classes fit with world language course requirements at a variety of Kentucky colleges and universities. Target Audience: Middle, Secondary, Post-Secondary, Dual Language Immersion, Advanced Placement Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: English, Spanish Strand(s): Student Engagement, Leadership and Advocacy
ROUND 8 Saturday 11:00 AM-11:50 AM Darby Dan S805 Building Advanced Speaking Skills David DiMeo - david.dimeo@wku.edu Description: Do your students struggle to get beyond sentence level exchanges? Are they frustrated when trying to go beyond the classroom and talk to native speakers? Reaching the advanced level in speaking involves much more than vocabulary and grammar structures, but anxiety and the ambiguity of unstructured conversation can overwhelm the most dedicated of learners. This session will discuss building engaging activities to help learners overcome that anxiety and flourish at in conversation. We will look at specific activities, games and challenges that can be used in any class beyond the absolute beginner level, and talk about how to incorporate these into your program. I Can Statements: - I can identify affective barriers to optimal speaking performance and ways to counter them - I can design simple classroom speaking activities to engage students - I can incorporate speaking activities into a comprehensive language program Target Audience: Secondary, Post-Secondary, Dual Language Immersion, Advanced Placement Language of Session: English Applicable/Useful for: Any Language, Arabic Strand(s): Language Proficiency, Student Engagement
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