Bridging Research and Practice
Professional Development Resources for L2 Teaching and Learning
In this module of Italian, students use real conversations from people to learn skills such as discussing quantities, reacting naturally in a conversation, and showing your personality.
In this module of Portuguese for Spanish Speakers, students use real conversations from people to learn skills such as discussing your career goals, reacting naturally in a conversation, and showing your personality in the workplace.
This unit is a collection of activities focusing on key aspects of the spoken interaction between health professional and patient. Instructors may bring the material to their students or create their own versions with the additional audio excerpts provided.
Maryam Emami and Hélade Scutti Santos (CLIC, Rice University): 1) introduce their approach to assessing first year L2 learners’ interactional competence; 2) provide examples of activities and assessments used in their program; 3) present a sample rubric for assessing IC
Meng Yeh (CLIC, Rice University) discusses on the steps that lead to establishing learning outcomes that are achievable for first year L2 Chinese students and the assessment procedures, both formative and summative, that were adopted to monitor the students’ progress
Fatima Baig & Katharina Kley approaching written vs oral authentic materials. Powerpoint Download Learn more about Baig Learn more about Kley
Jonathan Fleck & Cristina Giliberti discuss using the same authentic data to teach different linguistic aspects. Powerpoint Download Learn more about Fleck Learn more about Giliberti
Jayoung Song & Divya Chaudhry discuss converting an authentic language sample into teachable material. Powerpoint Download Learn more about Song Learn more about Chaudhry
Hélade Scutti Santos presents how the use of authentic language data develops communicative competence. Powerpoint Download Learn more about Santos
Luziris Pineda Turi & Aymara Boggiano discuss connecting textbooks to authentic data. Connecting Textbooks to Authentic Data Learn more about Turi Learn more about Boggiano
About this workshop Introduction Developing rubrics to assess Interactional Competence (IC) and then applying them to student interaction poses challenges for language teachers in terms of fairness and validity on one hand, and practicality on the other. This workshop aims
Minimal Expansions: What to say to continue the conversation.
Repair initiations: What to say when one doesn’t hear or understand.
In this lesson, students explore common responders in Spanish used to indicate that one is following and understanding what is being said during a conversation. Attention will also be paid to continuers such as “ah” and “ajá” and responders used
Students are guided to recognize common practices used to indicate that a conversation is winding down and that it is time to conclude it. Specifically, we look at pauses, interjections like bueno or pues (“well”), and phrases such as tengo