7.0 – Module 7 Overview-ST Summer 20201

I. Looking Ahead

Now that you completed your second microteaching and feedback to your partner. You also leverage the use of authentic content to support student comprehension of the target language in elearning. Starting this module, you will collaborate with the other 2-4 teachers in developing the last microteaching experience. 

Our third live, synchronous session on Friday, February 19 at 5:00 p.m. PT/ 7:00 p.m. CT/ 8:00 ET with Ms. Lingling Xie will speak to us about using authentic content to support Intercultural communicative competence.

Please attend any language specialists’ office hours to discuss and ask questions about the upcoming micro teaching planning, and interact with our members. The office hours are not language-specific.

Module 7 focuses on TELL Learning Tools: The teacher provides students with a variety of resources that support the development of intercultural communicative competence. TELL LT3a – The teacher facilitates student investigation of and interaction with authentic materials in order to understand the perspective behind the products of the target culture. Throughout Module 7, you will implement tools and strategies to support students’ intercultural communicative competence during online language learning. 

Thursday, February 25 – All assignments are due.

II. Module 7 Learning Targets

1. I can collaborate with others to design a lesson focus on intercultural communicative competence 
2. I can utilize authentic resources with integration of technology to foster target language production 
3. I can design learning plans that ensure at least 90% of what students experience is in the target language
4. I can select varied checks for understanding to be sure my students are comprehending instruction
5. I can implement authentic content in learning plan to increase students’ linguistic and cultural awareness