Best Practices in the Language Acquisition Class

What was our Learning Target today?

• Analyze the main idea of the text

• Analyze Best Practices in the ESL/World Language class

• Create an iMovie

• Listen and follow directions

Our Goal as Language Acquisition Educators is

• for our students to participate in grade-level academic tasks

• to be able to listen, speak, read, and write independently

• o be 21st century literate and college/career ready

• all of the above

All of the following are principles of Language Acquisition, except

• Low-anxiety environment

• Motivation

• Meaningful Engagement

• Comprehensible Input

• Contextualized Instruction

Language Acquisition Educators must differentiate, scaffold instruction according to students' individual needs

• Always

• Sometimes

• Never

• If you like the students

Incorporating Relevant and Authentic materials is important for the ELD/World Language instruction

• True

• False

TPT stands for

• Total Participation Technology

• Total Participation Techniques

• Thinking Positive Thoughts

What is an example of a Total Participation Technique?

• Hold-Up

• Essay

• Quiz

• Homework

Communicative Competence Includes all of the following competences, except

• Sociolinguistic

• Dicsourse

• Technology

• Strategic

• Grammatical

Lesson planning should start with selecting appropriate Standards

• True

• False

Incorporating technology into lessons does not influence language acquisition in a positive way

• True

• False