Infrastructure Building Grant-2015

AUDIO-VISUAL HINDI MODULE PROJECT

Rakesh Ranjan

Columbia University

May 07, 2016

THE NATIONAL STANDARDS-

WORLD-READINESS STANDARDS

The National Standards- the 5C’s

• Communication

• Communities

• Cultures

• Comparisons

• Connections

National Standards 5 Cs

• Communication is at the heart of second language study, whether the

communication takes place face-to-face or in writing.

• Communities: to use the language to participate in multilingual

communities in a variety of contexts and in culturally appropriate ways.

• Cultures: to gain a knowledge and understanding of the cultural contexts

of the target language.

• Comparisons and contrasts to develop insight to view the world in

multiple ways.

• Connections: to additional bodies of knowledge that may be unavailable

to the monolingual English speaker.

Global Tasks and functions(5Cs:Communication, Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities)

Use of a language in

• real world situations.

• spontaneous interaction and non-rehearsed

contexts.

• manners acceptable and appropriate to native

speakers of the language.

Importance of Activities/Tasks

• Interpretive

• Interpersonal

• Presentational

Modes of communication:

Interpretive

Modes of communication:

Interpersonal

Modes of communication:

Presentational

Activities to develop language skills

Planning for creating modules

�Pre-shooting:

Selection of families, people, shops and locations

�Shooting:

Shooting took place in Jaipur and its neighborhood

and Pushkar (5-18 July 2015)

In Delhi

�Post-shooting:

Creating language learning modules

ACTFL Guidelines-Activities

Self

Daily Routine

Community

Global Tasks

Themes

1. Family, Friends and City

2. Primary Schools

3. Restaurants

4. Amer Fort

5. Embroidery and Block Printing

6. Village life

7. People, Art, Culture and Profession

8. Folk Art

9. Hobbies

Features of Modules

�Real life situations

�Spontaneous interaction

�Unscripted

�Non-rehearsed

�Short (1 to 3 minutes)

�Independent and non-sequential

�With vocabulary, transcript and lesson plans

Modules are supported by

• Short description

• Transcript

• Vocabulary

• Lesson Plan (20)

Why these modules?

�Real people, real language and real situations

�Spontaneous Speech Samples

�Authentic Cultural Settings

�Theme based

�Independent and non-sequential

�With vocabulary, transcript and lesson plans

�Easy to rearrange according to the curriculum

THANK YOU!