1. Welcome to the 2/8 Professional Development Workshop Please sign in on sheet to verify attendance Grab a handout Discuss the common assessments and fill out the SurveyMonkey surveylink is in your email inbox. Meitsu Chuang-Mendel Paris Granville Edward Wang

2. The Future of World Languages Washington ACTFL NationalState Standards Standards Our Curriculum

3. Todays Resources www. mmegranville.com

4. Meitsu Chuang-MendelBio International Baccalaureate (IB) lead examiner for Mandarin ab initio 2004-2011 Instructor for IB Mandarin ab initio teacher training courses Education advisory board member for Confucius Institute of State of Washington Supervisor for PLU Chinese student teacher program Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) training Taught Chinese for more than 15 years in Taipei and Beijing international schools Currently teaching 3 classes at Newport High

5. Workshop on Interpersonal Speaking Objective Teachers will develop instructional strategies to facilitate and assess students interpersonal speaking.

6. Interpersonal SpeakingDefinition Communication that includes active negotiation of meaning among individuals. Clarifications can be made. Example: a conversation between a sales associate and a customer regarding a product

7. Characteristics of Interpersonal SpeakingActive negotiation of meaningTwo-way interactive communicationImprovisedUNSCRIPTED and UNREHEARSED*Conversation often maintained byCommunication Strategies Get rid of this script!

8. Example of Non-Verbal Strategies (not completely serious!)

9. What are Communication Strategies? Definition Verbal and non-verbal Metacognitive strategies StrategiesReferenced fromNakatani, Y. The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on OralCommunication Strategy Use. The Modern Language Journal. 2005.

10. Communication Strategies help seeking slower please, please repeat question asking paraphrasing circumlocution appropriate body language to maintain conversation fillers (or time-gaining strategies) well comprehension checks random reaction words/phrases really?Referenced fromThe ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.Nakatani, Y. The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on OralCommunication Strategy Use. The Modern Language Journal. 2005.

11. ActivityRole PlayTake a role play card and please perform it withsomeone using the language you teachDuring the role play conversation, check off thecommunication strategies you used on the handout

12. Share your StrategiesExamples of: Filler words/reaction words to maintain Umthen conversation the alligator Non-verbal language bit his head (gasp) Yikes! off

13. Gallery WalkWalk around to see what strategies the other groupsbrainstormedDiscuss/reflect on the various strategies listed

14. How to Scaffold CommunicationStrategiesStrategy of the Week

15. Communication Strategy DiaryRaises studentsmetacognition:thinking abouttheir own learning

16. Scaffolding Richness of Language How to jumpstart communication Conversation scaffold example:

17. Interpersonal Speaking Rubric Overview of the gradationsReferenced from The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.

18. Interpersonal Speaking RubricReferenced from The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.

19. Common Assessment As quick and easy as possible Offer evidence of the level of performance in Interpersonal Speaking

20. Video Samples of StudentsPlease check your email for the links to the followingvideos: Chinese French German Spanish English (ESL Students)Mark the performance(more rubrics available)

21. Think-Pair-ShareSome possible questions you could discuss: What were some challenges you faced while you were assessing the speakers? Did you mark the students at the same level that your colleagues marked them? Did you think the assessment was an appropriate Interpersonal Speaking assessment? Why or why not?

22. In closingwe want to hear your feedbackPlease open your OutlookPlease find the Evaluation emailClick on the link to get to RegonlineLog in and complete the evaluationFeel free to open the discussion on any topicof interest