Course: Using Authentic Resources
Description
In this module, teachers learn how to design and carry out interactive reading, viewing, and listening comprehension tasks using authentic cultural texts of various kinds with appropriate scaffolding and follow up tasks that promote interpretation. Educators will learn how to gradually implement more of a constructivist approach wherein students make meaning.
Content Topics
Competencies
Knowledge: Selection of different text types.
Skills: Different ways of interacting with texts.
Mindset: Authentic resources are the best way to present language and culture in context. These interpretive tasks serve as springboards for interpretive and presentational communication.
In this module, teachers learn how to design and carry out interactive reading, viewing, and listening comprehension tasks using authentic cultural texts of various kinds with appropriate scaffolding and follow up tasks that promote interpretation. Educators will learn how to gradually implement more of a constructivist approach wherein students make meaning.
Content Topics
- Identify sources for selecting thematically relevant authentic resources that are age-appropriate and linguistic level-appropriate
- Present interactive reading and listening comprehension tasks using authentic cultural texts with appropriate scaffolding while promoting interpretation
Competencies
Knowledge: Selection of different text types.
Skills: Different ways of interacting with texts.
Mindset: Authentic resources are the best way to present language and culture in context. These interpretive tasks serve as springboards for interpretive and presentational communication.