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- 1. Multiple Choice
ACTFL's Core Practices are also referred to as
Guiding Principles
World-Readiness Standards
Proficiency Descriptors
High-leverage teaching practices
- 2. Multiple Choice
Facilitating target language comprehensibility is about
Students memorizing as much language as possible
Students hearing large quantities of input
Maximizing exposure by providing a language-rich environment
Focusing on speaking and writing
- 3. Multiple Choice
Research shows that
Students learn by translating the target language into English
Students acquire language through meaning-making with others
Students engaged in meaning-making understand and retain what they hear and they use it to form their own messages
Target language use by teachers and students can be optional
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Examples of strategies that support using the target language include
Supporting comprehension and production through context/gestures/visual support
Conducting comprehension checks to ensure understanding
Negotiating meaning with students and encourage negotiation among students
Teaching students strategies for requesting clarification and assistance when faced with comprehension difficulties
- 5. Multiple Choice
Why is guiding learners through interpreting authentic resources an important practice?
Authentic materials provide real-life examples of language used in everyday situations
All students love to read in the target language
You can find authentic resources that match your vocabulary list
Authentic materials can provide information about the target culture
- 6. Multiple Choice
The mantra for using authentic resources with your students is
Gloss unknown words, rewrite the text
Adapt the text, not the task
Adapt the task, adapt the text
Adapt the task, not the text
- 7. Multiple Choice
Authentic resources should be
accessible
anonymous
appropriate
appealing
- 8. Multiple Choice
The third core practice is to design oral __________ communication tasks
interpretive
presentational
interpersonal
daily
- 9. Multiple Choice
The purpose of interpersonal communication is to
create and convey meaning
understand and be understood by others.
exchange information
understand what is listened to, view, or read
- 10. Multiple Choice
Planning with backward design begins with
planning learning experiences and instruction
identifying the desired learning results
creating lesson plans
determining the acceptable evidence
- 11. Multiple Choice
Strategies for teaching grammar as a concept in context include
Discovery model
Showing grammar through authentic resources
PACE model
Memorizing conjugations
- 12. Multiple Choice
The reasons for teaching grammar in context include
Grammar should be learned implicitly through target language use and explicitly through the discovery of grammar rules through use of meaningful examples.
Research shows explicit teaching of grammar has little effect on language acquisition.
Research shows that tools such as verb conjugation charts are not useful.
Thinking of grammar in terms of concepts will broaden learners’ understanding and use of the target language
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Core Practice of providing appropriate oral feedback encourages teachers to
wait to provide feedback at the end of the unit
have students self-assess
correct errors and have students revise their work
provide learners with feedback that leads to growth in proficiency
- 14. Multiple Choice
Feedback
promotes student ownership.
focuses learners on their learning.
allows learners to make changes that impact their language performance.
builds confidence so learners can identify areas of strength.
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