Using Authentic Materials on the Web to Address the 5 Cs
 
Jean W. LeLoup, SUNY Cortland
Robert Ponterio, SUNY Cortland
MFLA 2000 Conference: Global Mosaic for a New Millennium
October 26 - 28, 2000

Overview


1. Why use technology in the first place?

  • "A Communications Technology Module for the Foreign Language Methods Course"

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  • Venue : Where you use technology may determine what you can do.


    • 2. National Standards for Foreign Language Learning
     

  • The 5 C's: Communication (3 modes:  interpretive, interpersonal, presentational), Cultures, Connections, Comparisons, Communities


    • 3. FLTEACH: Foreign Language Teaching Forum

    http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/


    4. Browser Tips

  • Bookmarks (editing); useful files, folders
  • History
  • Find in page; pulldown menus + keyboard shortcuts
  • Scrollbar, forward, back
  • Saving an image
  • Cutting and pasting text from the web
  • Copyright

    • http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/mm-course/copyright.html
    Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia - ADEC


    5. Authentic Materials in the World Languages classroom:

  • Where to find authentic materials:


    • Collections - FLTEACH Resources page
    http://web.cortland.edu/flteach/flteach-res.html#collections

    Typical Topics for the World Languages classroom: e.g. the New York State Syllabus:
    1. Personal Identification
    2. House and Home
    3. Services
    4. Family Life
    5. Community/Neighborhood
    6. Physical Environment
    7. Meal Taking/Food/Drink
    8. Health and Welfare
    9. Education
    10. Earning a Living
    11. Leisure
    12. Public and Private Services
    13. Shopping
    14. Travel
    15. Current Events
    (Modern Languages for Communication.  New York State Syllabus.  (n.d.)  Albany, NY:  The State Education Department.  pp. 13-17)
    6. Searching on the Internet:
     
    7. Renewable Media: look at print & audio sources
     


    8. Standards-based web activity creation
     


    9.  Lessons currently available on the web


    10.  Questions?


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