1. American Council on the Teaching
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“Best of” ACTFL Toys 2011
ACTFL Teachers of the Year
Showcase the Three Modes
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Add your comments, etc.
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Interpersonal Mode

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Interpretive Mode

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Presentational Mode

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Interpretive Mode
Simply put, the Interpretive Mode refers to
the ability to listen to or
read a text and interpret its meaning.
It is NOT a translation;
It IS an opportunity for language
learners to construct their own
meaning at their own level
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What can students DO in the
Interpretive Mode?
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✦mark words, phrases, ideas they understand
✦ identify the main idea; find supporting
details and mark where located in the text
✦ infer meaning of words in context
✦ determine the theme of a song from rhythm,
chorus, visual clues in video
✦ draw what is being described / follow a route
on a map as it is described
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Resources for Interpretive Mode
authentic texts
All Languages - Virtual Picture Album (CARLA)
- Flickr photo galleries
- Google Maps
See lots more at
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Spanish - zachary-jones.com/ zambombazo
- prensaescrita.com
- University of Texas laits (Spn& French)
French - frenchified.com
- Bob Ponterio’s video links shared
through the FLTeach Listserv
- 7 jourssur la planète (TV 5 Monde)
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Interpretive Mode
for FLES and beyond
Understanding written and oral
authentic materials and reading
between the lines
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Songs
Catalogs and Ads
Zoo sites
Folktales
Fairy tales
Maps, Movie trailers
paired with with
Charts
Checklists
Questions
Drawing responses
Graphic organizers
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Euros El corte inglés, España Sanborns, México
Pesos
Jamón
Chocolate
Facebook
Caballeros
Juguetes
Videojuegos
Mujer
Portátil
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MORE WAYS TO LISTEN OR READ FOR A
PURPOSE…
check-off items from a list
put sentences in correct order…sequence!
put vocabulary in categories
create YOUR OWN questions from info in the piece
create a title or headline
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Interpersonal Communication
• Students engage in conversations, provide
and obtain information, express feelings
and emotions, and exchange opinions.
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• Provide opportunities for interaction – Get
‗em gabbin!
• Teacher talk vs. Student talk
– Think/Pair/Share
– ―Test your partner‖
– Surveys & Interviews
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• Think/Pair/Share
– Great for pre-reading/writing
– Brainstorming as part of anticipatory set
– Careful: ―Pair‖ is easy to forget!
• ―Pair‖ allows students to learn from each other
before they have to perform
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• Test your partner
– Manipulatives or visual practice
• ―Touch the picture‖, ―Show me the….‖
– Flows effectively from teacher-directed
practice
– Short time period
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• Surveys & Interviews
– Can be used at all levels
• Novice: teacher created questions or question
frames to provide student choice
• Intermediate +: student created questions
– Include ―information gap‖ that requires
students to learn something during the activity
– Report out = accountability
• Choose one and tell me…
• Venn diagram to report out on interview
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Successful Speakers …
• Know their content
• Balance spontaneity and using notes
• Maintain eye contact with audience
• Use multimedia
• Practice
• ―Read‖ the audience
• Engage the audience
— Shrum and Glisan's Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language
Instruction., 2005. 3rd edition. Thomson/Heinle
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Types of Presentations
• Descriptive
• Narrative
• Demonstrations
• Explanatory
• Transformative
— Shrum and Glisan's Teacher's Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction., 2005. 3rd edition. Thomson/Heinle
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•Descriptive – describe something or someone, experiences,
feelings, objects, places, people or events.
•Narrative – tell a story.
•Demonstrations – demonstrate understanding of how
something works or instructions on how to do something.
•Explanatory – provide evidence to justify why something is so.
•Transformative – persuade an audience to adopt the
presenter‘s point of view. [Note: this means convincing
someone to change their way of thinking, i.e. breaking a
stereotype.]
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Channel Surfing
Directions:
You will have five minutes create a ―show‖
based on the description on your card. All
members of your group must be involved
and play a role in the ―show‖ when you
perform it.
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• News, Weather & Sports
• Cooking Show
• Nickelodeon
• Reality TV
• Home repair / Extreme Make-over
• Arts & Entertainment Channel
• History Channel
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26. American Council on the Teaching
of Foreign Languages
The Integrated Performance
Assessment (IPA) is an
assessment featuring three tasks,
each task reflects one of the three
modes of communication--
Interpretive, Interpersonal and
Presentational.
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The three tasks are aligned
within a single theme.
✦standards-based
✦performance-based
✦can be used at any level
✦evaluated with rubric
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Example #2 IPA
School Supplies 1. Interpretive Task
2. Interpersonal Task
3. Presentational Task
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32. American Council on the Teaching
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The Keys to Assessing
Language Performance:
Teacher's Manual
by Paul Sandrock
Available at actfl.org
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Best of ACTFL TOYS Wikispace:
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Thank you
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