L ls parent ppt
- 1. Lori Langer de Ramirez, Ed. D. Director, World and Classical Languages & Global Language Initiatives The Dalton School, New York
- 3. 21st Century Skills Communicating and collaborating with teams of people across cultural, geographic and language boundaries
- 4. FL Standards (ACTFL) Cultures Comparisons Gain knowledge and Develop insight into the understanding of other nature of language cultures and culture Communication Communicate in languages other than your own Connections Communities Connect with Participate in multilingual other disciplines and communities at home acquire information and around the world
- 5. Excellent language teaching and learning involves... Grammar and vocabulary in context rather than learning verbs and vocabulary from isolated lists.
- 6. Why? Some benefits... better greater problem- cognitive solving flexibility higher-order thinking skills
- 7. Excellent language teaching and learning involves... Connections to other disciplines reinforce what students are already learning; rather than lessons based on topics that are irrelevant to students.
- 8. More benefits... Research has shown that math and verbal SAT scores climb higher with each additional year of language study.
- 9. Excellent language teaching and learning involves... Incorporation of culture in all lessons; rather than language separate from its cultural context
- 10. More benefits... Knowledge of other cultures helps create more empathetic, skillful and responsible global citizens.
- 21. The Importance of Mother Tongue It is VERY important for students to continue to read, write, speak and understand their home language. If your child is able to read and write in your language, there will be better success in learning these skills in English !
- 22. Balanced Bilingualism With one big and one small wheel (one good and one not so good language) you can go farther and faster. With one wheel (one language), you can With two equal-sized wheels go from place to (two strong languages) you place. can comfortably go anywhere you want! (images courtesy of Jim Cummins)
- 23. Third-culture kids “A third culture kid is a person who has spent a significant part of his or her developmental years outside their parents’ culture. The third culture kid builds relationships to all the cultures, while not having full ownership in any. Although elements from each culture are assimilated into the third culture kid’s life experience, the sense of belonging is in relationship to others of the same background, other TCKs.”
- 24. How parents can be supportive
- 25. Courtesy of International School of Bangkok
- 28. Communicate… Ask about language classes Encourage real- world use of TL Seek out a broad range of conversation partners Connect with ISM teachers
- 29. Celebrate!