Language Proficiency: Envisioning the Win in the High School Spanish Classroom

Autor/in	Egnatz, Linda
Titel	Language Proficiency: Envisioning the Win in the High School Spanish Classroom
Quelle	In: Hispania, 100 (2017) 5, S.107-113 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2133
Schlagwörter	Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Spanish; Language Teachers; Secondary School Teachers; Teaching Methods; Student Motivation; Learning Motivation; Grammar; Intercultural Communication; Bilingual Education Programs; Educational Change; Immersion Programs; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Spanisch; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulische Motivation; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Grammatik; Interkulturelle Kommunikation; Bildungsreform; Immersionsprogramm; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	This current study suggests that future secondary Spanish language teachers must be more like athletic coaches to ensure student success and score a so-called win in the classroom. Teachers must retool and redesign outdated and ineffectual curricula and instructional strategies to improve student performance. Focusing on language proficiency, measurable performance, and the development of life skills, as American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' (ACTFL's) Teacher of the Year in 2014, the author reflects on myriad changes in the educational landscape such as dual language immersion programs and the adoption of the State Seal of Biliteracy. Pressures to produce a multilingual workforce are causing secondary teachers to rethink their traditional classroom practices to motivate students to perform. The abandonment of the verb charts and stale grammar lessons for the inclusion of real-world tasks and intercultural experiences in and beyond the classroom produces a win for teachers and students. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, Inc. 900 Ladd Road, Walled Lake, MI 48390. Tel: 248-960-2180; Fax: 248-960-9570; e-mail: AATSPoffice@aatsp.org; Web site: http://www.aatsp.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01