Course: Designing Lessons to Have Functional Goals
Description
This module will help you clearly specify the language and activities that are needed to support and meet the communicative objective. What are the steps you can take to a backward design approach with “can do” learning targets in mind as our goals? What can you do if your program is based on textbook chapters?
Content Topics
Competencies
Knowledge: Differentiate vocabulary lists from functions.
Skills: Break language down into its basic functions.
Mindset: Have a core set of functional abilities in the target language greatly propels learning and proficiency in the target language.
This module will help you clearly specify the language and activities that are needed to support and meet the communicative objective. What are the steps you can take to a backward design approach with “can do” learning targets in mind as our goals? What can you do if your program is based on textbook chapters?
Content Topics
- Move from teaching vocabulary and grammar in isolation to thematically-organized instruction
- Focus on using the language to perform tasks
Competencies
Knowledge: Differentiate vocabulary lists from functions.
Skills: Break language down into its basic functions.
Mindset: Have a core set of functional abilities in the target language greatly propels learning and proficiency in the target language.