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Conversation ModelsStrategies & Assessment

ACTION PLAN

BEFORE PRACTICE

DURING PRACTICE

EXPANDING MODELS

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While reading

Before Practice

• Focus on familiar content• Highlight new vocabulary

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Become familiar:• Notice pictures, charts, etc.

Activate:• What do you know about the topic?

Predict:• What will the conversation probably say?

• Focus on familiar content as I read

• Say something about the topic

Before PracticeI can…

Excellent

Very good

Area to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

• Speculate on what the characters will say

• Say something about the pictures, etc.

• Highlight new vocabulary

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During

• Keep eye contact• Use gestures to show interest• Monitor intonation & fluency• Keep record of difficult sounds

During practice

After

• Change roles

Before

• Use class language:• Do you want to be “A” or “B” ?• I’ll be “A”, you can be “B”

• Monitor intonation & fluency

• Keep eye contact (look up technique)

During PracticeI can…

Excellent

Very good

Area to improve

How to improve it

Assessment – Please explain

• Use gestures to show interest

• Use classroom language

• Keep record of difficult sounds

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During

Change key information: Personalize

Expand ideas: Activate previous content• (Who, where, when, how often, comment , anecdote, etc.)

• React to new information in different ways

• Ask follow-up questions to continue interaction• Who…?, Where…?, When…, How often…, Why…?

Keep a record of areas to improve

After Evaluate your progress

• Expand info : Give additional info fluently

• Personalize : Change some information

ExpansionI can…

Excellent

Very good

What to improve

How to improve

Assessment – Please explain

• React to new information in different ways

• Ask follow-up questions to continue interaction

Action Plan

Planning

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Monitoring

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Strategies

• Identify the area you need to improve

• Set your goal

• Plan the action to achieve your goal

• Establish clear steps to reach your goal

• Monitor the progress done

• What material / strategies are you going to use ?

• What is your specific goal ?

Planning

Learning

Communication

LanguageWhat is the area that you need to improve?

• What activity are you going to do ? / When ?

Pronunciation

VocabularyGrammarExpansion Punctuation

WritingPreparationMonitoring

Action Plan

Monitoring

• What can you do differently to maximize results?

• How effective was the activity? Why?

Monitoring Progress

• What is the evidence of your progress?