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OPENING THE WINDOW TOFOREIGN LANGUAGE

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Target language (TL): the language you are studying

Native language (NL): your own natural language

Language window: a metaphor referring to how easily it is to learn a second language

Exposure: an introduction of the sounds and concepts of the target language

Fluency: the ability to communicate in the target language

Immersion: a style of learning a target language without using any of your native language

Partial immersion: a style of learning a target language that uses your native language as a bridge to learn the target language

Weave: a style of learning that gradually introduces the target language into the native language and adds more of the TL as student increase fluency

Novice: someone new to learning a language

Formal assessment: objective methods to show what students know or do not know, such as a written exam

Informal assessment: casually determining what your student does or does not know, such as in a conversation

Notes:

Helpful Vocabulary Terms to Know:

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Novice Ideas Full immersion 5 minutes of exposure time a day Songs and videos Repeat same lesson for a week and assess learning Imitate sounds __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Advanced Ideas Songs and videos Flash cards Simple vocabulary workbook with pictures Repetition Imitate sounds __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Products Little Pim® Bilingual Preschool (Sara Jordan) Bilingual Beginners (Sara Jordan) French & Spanish Bible Songs Cha, Cha, Cha: French Learning Songs Whistlefritz Spanish for Kids Sing to Learn Chinese Mission ABC Programs (French or Spanish) Language Tree DVDs for Beginners Let’s Play in Spanish La Clase Divertida Learn Chinese with Jade __________________________________________ __________________________________________

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Age 0-7 years:

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Age 7 -11 years:

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Novice Ideas Exposure Imitate sounds Compare native language to target language Look at map/globe __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Advanced Ideas Talk about where people speak the target language Add written component (workbook) Settle on daily lesson length/time Make flash cards using only target language Listen to native speakers as much as possible __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Products Skill Builders workbooks (French or Spanish) DK Spanish Language Learner kit Word Puzzle books Bilingual Flash Cards Foreign Language Number Dice Teach Them Spanish! Let’s Speak Spanish workbooks Cat in the Hat (French or Spanish) Language for Children by McGraw-Hill

(French, German or Spanish) Excelerate Spanish First Start French (Memoria Press) Risas y Sonrisas La Clase Divertida Speedy Spanish __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________



Age 11-14 years:

Novice Ideas Exposure and more Audio component with writing component Short lessons every day Flash cards __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Advanced Ideas Program with audio and writing Daily lessons Flash cards Language dice __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Products DK Spanish Language Learner kit Easy Spanish Step-By-Step Let’s Speak Spanish The Learnables® Rosetta Stone® Easy French Level 1 & 2 First Start French (Memoria Press) DK Complete Language Packs Spanish for Children / French for Children

(Classical Academic Press) Adventure Readers (French, German or Spanish) Tin Bot Language Readers Asterix and Adventures of Tintin books Good bilingual dictionary SparkCharts for quick reference SparkNotes Study Cards Easy ____ Reader (Spanish or French) Getting Started (w/ French, w/ Spanish or w/ Latin)



Age 14-18 years:

Novice Ideas Program with audio and writing Dictionary Grammar workbook Flash cards Short lessons every day to start Repeat same lesson until it clicks Keep a vocabulary notebook __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Advanced Ideas Serious program done daily Listening and writing daily Choose a goal Vocabulary notebook Weekly parent/student conferences __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

Products Rosetta Stone® Breaking the Barrier (French or Spanish) The Learnables® Bob Jones (French or Spanish) McGraw Hill’s Big Book of Verbs Grammar Drills Schaum’s Guides to Foreign Language

(French, German or Spanish) Easy French Level 1 & 2 Switched-On Schoolhouse (French or Spanish) Instant Immersion Good bilingual dictionary SparkCharts for quick reference SparkNotes Study Cards 501 Verbs


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