This presentation examined the National Standards for Learning Languages with the Common Core State Standards, to see how they are aligned with each other. Liu and Wong presented the Common Core strategies they have learned and showed how they implemented those strategies in their Chinese classes.
1. A Couple of Common Core
Strategies in Teaching Chinese
Song Wong
Eleanor Liu
Glen A. Wilson High School
Hacienda Heights
2. Alignment of the National Standards for Learning
Languages with the Common Core State Standards
http://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/Aligning_CCSS_Language_Standards_v6.pdf
• Developed by ACTFL in 2012
• Connects the English Language Arts Common Core
State Standards with:
• Standards of Language Learning
(5 Cs)
• National Standards’ three modes of
communication
(interpersonal, interpretive, presentational)
• ACTFL Proficiency Guideline Levels
(Novice, Intermediate, and Advanced)
9. Round Robin
• Students take turns responding orally.
• Content ideas: facts, examples of…,
predictions, etc.
10. Example #1
• An the end of Unit 1
• Students sit in group of 4: A,B,C,D
• Students get a handout of questions, in
characters and Pinyin.
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13. Example #1 (continued)
• A asks B the odd questions, B
answers; C asks D the even
questions, D answers.
• A and B switch roles; C and D
switch roles.
• Now without looking at the
handout, A and D will pair up, B
and C will pair up, do Q & A.
• Call A & C of each group to
present to the class.
14. Example #1 (continued)
• Then, pass out a copy like this for
students to fill out and do oral
presentation the next day:
19. Example #2 (continued)
• Students sit in groups of 4,
A,B,C,D.
• Given a piece of lined paper,
folded in half, A will write in the
left column a sentence using the
1st term in the list. B will imitate
the sentence by switching the key
term to the antonym, and making
necessary modification.
20. Example #2 (continued)
• C and D will make sentences using
the next pair of antonyms in the list.
• After 5 minutes, skip one person,
keep doing the same job. B and D
will initialize the sentences, C and A
will follow, using the antonyms.
• Follow the same routine till the
entire list is finished.
• Call students randomly to read out
their sentences.
23. Summary Writing
• Another Common Core
instructional focus to be
implemented in classroom.
• Not from Kagan
24. Example #3 (continued)
• At the end of Chapter 2
• Students use 4-5 sentences to write a
summary of the text.
• Call students randomly to read their summary.
28. Think-Pair-Share
http://www.readingquest.org/strat/tps.html
• Cooperative discussion strategy
• Developed by Frank Lyman and his colleagues in Maryland
• Consists of 3 steps:
• Think - The teacher provokes students' thinking with a question, prompt
or observation. The students should take a few moments just to THINK
about the question.
• Pair - Using designated partners to talk about the answer each came up
with.
• Share - After students talk in pairs, the teacher calls for pairs to SHARE
their thinking with the rest of the class.
32. Meeting Standards
CCSS
•Speaking and Listening 1 , 2 and 3
WLS
•1.1 – engage in conversation, etc…
•1.2 – understand and interpret written language
•1.3 – present information, etc…
3 Modes
•Interpretive, Interpersonal, Presentational
PL: Intermediate
•Sentence and string of sentences
•Collaborate to propose solutions to common real life
problems
37. Close Reading
• A.K.A. “Analytic Reading”
• Not a new strategy
• Described by Nancy Frey and
Douglas Fisher in Principal
Leadership, Jan. 2013
• Video demonstration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsnC4tfVlVs
41. Meeting Standards
(Close Reading)
• CCSS: Reading
• Domain 1 (main idea and supporting reasons)
• Domain 2 (interpret words and phrases)
• WLS
• 1.2 - understand and interpret written language
• 4.2 - comparison of cultures
• 3 communication modes
• Interpretive
• PL: Advanced level
• analyze the main ideas and significant details….
42. 1. number the paragraphs;
2. highlight the words you don’t know;
3. circle the important words;
4. left margin: what the author wanted to say (main idea of
the paragraph);
5. right martin: your reflection;
6. pay attention the transition word or the first or last
sentence of each paragraph.
7. make six questions for this reading.
Close Reading (continued)
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45. Meeting Standards
(Close Reading)
• CCSS: Reading
• Domain 1 (main idea and supporting reasons)
• Domain 2 (interpret words and phrases)
• Domain 5 (5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific
• sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text relate to
• each other and the whole)
• WLS
• 1.2 - understand and interpret written language
• 3 communication modes
• Interpretive
• PL: Advanced level
• analyze the main ideas and significant details….
• Determine meaning by using vocabulary knowledge,
• background knowledge, and possibly some
• contextual clues.
46. Conclusion
• Focus on what students can do with the language (results) instead of how
languages should be taught (means).
• Focus on modes of communication (Interpersonal, Interpretive,
Presentational) instead of isolated skills.
• Focus on making connections with real life, with other disciplines, and with
global perspectives.
• Focus on developing students’ high-end thinking skills (Bloom’s Taxonomy):
• Applying
• Analyzing
• Evaluating
• Creating