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CLASS SYLLABUS

PRACTICUM IN TEACHING FRENCH, GERMAN, SPANISH (411)

FALL 2000 Professor:            Dr. Susan Knight
Office:                318 Pearce Hall
Office Hours:        1:00-2:00 Mondays and Wednesdays (and by appointment)
Class Hours:         5:00 - 6:20PM Mondays and Wednesdays

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

      Techniques for teaching and testing foreign language skills; planning lessons and units; selecting
      texts, cultural materials and teaching aids. Practical experience through mini-teaching situations.

PREREQUISITES:
     1. Successful completion of required language courses.
      2. Language Proficiency Test.
      3. Permission of instructor.

REQUIRED TEXTS:
      1. Shrum, Judith & Eileen Gilsan. Teacher's Handbook, Second
             Ed. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle, 2000.

      2. Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century.
             National Standards in Foreign Language Education Project.
             Lawrence, KS: Allen Press, Inc. 1999.

      3. One secondary-school foreign language textbook or Curtain, H.
             and C. Pesola. Languages and Children: Making the Match.
             2nd ed. White Plains, NY: Longman, 1994. (For elementary
             minors only.)

RECOMMENDED TEXTS FOR REFERENCE:
       1. Chastain, K. Developing Second-Language Skills. San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich,
             1988.
      2. Curtain, Helena Anderson, and Carol Ann Pesola. Languages and Children-Making the Match:
             Language Instruction in the Elementary School. White Plains, N.Y.: Longman, 1994.
      3. Lightbown, P.M. & N. Spada. How Languages are Learned. Oxford: Oxford University Press,
             1993.
      4. Richard-Amato, P. Making it Happen: Interaction in the Second Language Classroom,
             FromTheory to Practice. NY: Longman, 1988.
      5. Rivers, W. M. et al. Teaching Spanish: A Practical Guide. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook,
             1988.
      6. Hadley, Alice Omaggio. Teaching Language in Context. 2nd Ed. Boston, MA: Heinle & Heinle
             and Heinle, 1993.   (on reserve at the library)

OBJECTIVES FOR STUDENTS:

	To acquire a basic understanding of the teaching/learning process in foreign language education.
	To learn about, discuss, and practice effective techniques for teaching and evaluating foreign language students in the middle and secondary schools.
	To become familiar with resources available to enhance foreign language teaching and learning.
	To engage in experiences that allow for self-assessment and improvement of teaching; that lead to examination of attitudes and beliefs related to foreign language instruction.
	To formulate personal philosophy of foreign language teaching and learning in terms of the theoretical base.

EVALUATION: (See Project Packet for information on each task)

        ATTENDANCE OF MFLA CONFERENCE               20 POINTS
        TESTS                                                                100
        MICRO TEACHINGS/PLANS                                200
        STANDARDS-BASED, THEMATIC UNIT PLAN        85
        FL RESOURCE FILE                                             50
        PORTFOLIO CHECK                                             50
        WARM UP                                                           15
        WWW ACTIVITY/TASK                                         50
        PROFESSIONAL READING                                   20
        TEXTBOOK EVALUATIONS / EXERCISES              25
        CLASSROOM OBSERVATION                              10
        CLASS DISCUSSION                                            30
                             TOTAL                                        655 POINTS

GRADING SCALE:

       95-100% = A
       90-94%   = A-
       87-89%   = B+
       83-86%   = B
       80-82%   = B-
       77-79%   = C+
       73-76%   = C
       70-72%   = C-
       67-69%   = D+
       63-66%   = D
       60-62%   = D-
        0 -59%   = E

CMU provides students with disabilities reasonable accommodations to participate in educational programs, activities or services. Students with disabilities requiring accommodations to participate in class activities or meet course requirements should first register with the Office of Student Disability Services (250 Foust Hall - 517-774-3018) and then contact me as soon as possible.

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