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Using comprehensible input to encourage student acquisition of foreign language

My main goal as a language teacher is for students to feel confident in their abilities and to want to use the language. For this reason, I need to provide them with input that they understand and give them the skills to grow as a language learner. Lewis emphasizes, “It is exposure to enough suitable input, not formal teaching, which is key to increasing the learner’s lexicon” (as citied in Larsen-Freeman & Anderson, 2011, p. 104). Student input involves storytelling, free voluntary reading time (FVR), movie and picture talks, and personalized questions and answers (PQA). Students understand and measure their acquisition using ACTFL's proficiency guidelines.

Teaching Demonstrations

Teaching Demonstration - Introduction Lesson

This lesson demonstrates how I work with target structures within a storytelling/comprehensible input framework. This is lesson 8 from the Somos curriculum that targets: busca, encuentra, sabe. This is a level one lesson.

Teaching Demonstration - Intercultural Competence

This lesson is a demonstration of adapting a lesson on bullfighting to highlight to students what roles animals play in festivals, celebrations, and holidays. We discuss how Guinea Pigs are used in celebrations in Ecuador. Students are using this lesson to make connections between using animals in the United States (such as cattle shows), bullfighting in Spain, and Guinea Pigs in Ecuador.

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