Staying+in+the+Target+Language


 * Today's Objectives:**


 * Students will define and explain //comprehensible input//.
 * Students will justify and defend the practice of teaching in the target language.
 * Students will identify key strategies for making input comprehensible.
 * Students will analyze the content and pedagogy of a variety of communicative language activities.


 * Guiding Questions:**

1) What is //comprehensible input////?// 2) Why is teaching in the target language so important? How does it benefit students? 3) How might language teachers make input comprehensible for students?


 * Key Principles: **


 * **Comprehensible input** provides students with building blocks for language production.
 * **Contextualization** supports language learning by making it easier for learners to see patterns in the target language and to connect language with meaning.
 * **Scaffolding** assists students in producing language, creating meaningful products, and interacting with others while negotiating meaning.
 * **Affective** elements can support or constrain language learning.
 * **Feedback** is an essential part of language learning.


 * Today's Agenda:**

Communicative Activities: Examples with Debrief of Linguistic Content & Pedagogical Processes


 * [|Clock Partners]
 * Other Ways to Form Partners:[[file:Making Groups Work.doc]]
 * Sentence Diagramming [[file:Sentence Building.pdf]]
 * Story Squares (Cuadros y cuentos) [[file:Cuadros y cuentos.doc]]
 * Inside/Outside Circles (Círculos concéntricos) [[file:Inside Outside Circles Getting Acquainted Activity 378.docx]]
 * Story Switches
 * M&Ms (Colores y conversaciones) [[file:Colores y Conversaciones Instructions.ppt]]
 * Comics & Conversation [[image:MoreComicsAndConversation.jpg link="http://www.jagpublications-esl.com/products/comics-and-conversation"]]
 * Story Sequencing with Wordless Books // (Carlos y la calabaza; A Flying Saucer Full of Spaghetti) //
 * Conversation in the Classroom [[file:Conversation in the Classroom.doc]]