[ola] Re: keeping students in target language
- From: Caleb Zilmer <caleb_zilmer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:09:46 -0600
Yes, the wait time is huge! I also like your Aquí Ecuador allá Oregon! Thanks
for sharing :)
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El 15/08/2013, a las 23:08, Karyn LaCroix <karynlacroix@xxxxxxxxxxx> escribió:
> Hi Andrew,
> I only have a year's experience with OWL, but I here's what I had success
> with:
> I put a flag and/or poster on the door which announces which country we are
> in for the 90 minute class. When a student gets so frustrated that they are
> about to lose it, I say and point, "Aqui Ecuador. No ingles. Alla Springfield
> (Oregon). Ingles. Necesitas Springfield?" Once outside the door, it's usually
> just a matter reassuring the student that he/she doesn't need to understand
> everything that is going on in the classroom. Other times, they actually do
> need a mental break (90 minutes is a long time!) and I let a student sit in
> Springfield for 5 minutes. My daily routine also includes the last 5 minutes
> for questions in English while they are writing down the vocab.
> You are lucky that you are able to start your career with OWL. Having come
> from 17 years of traditional curriculum, I had to learn to be okay without
> explicit explanations from me. My general advice is to have patience, don't
> always jump in to "help", and use a lot of wait time.
> Karyn
>
> From: andrewvanwagenen@xxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2013 15:17:35 -0600
> Subject: [ola] Re: July 22 - volunteers for video, Portland area!!!
> To: ola@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Hello hello fellow OLA and OWLers,
>
> First of all, best of luck to all of you as you start off the new school year!
>
>
> My name is Andrew and I was first introduced to OLA this summer at Century
> High School in Aloha, Oregon. The OLA conference there totally enlightened my
> mind and inspired me as I move into my first year as a teacher. Being both my
> first year implementing OLA and has a high school teacher teaching Spanish 1
> & 2, one of my biggest concerns is how to keep my level 1 and 2 kids, who
> don't know much yet, in the target language. I would love if any of you could
> share any strategies you use in helping your students only use the target
> language in class. Thanks in advance and again best of luck this year.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Andrew
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:15 PM, Darcy Rogers <rogersdr25@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hola OLAers (I mean OWLers ;)
>
> This is a call to arms for anyone near or around the Portland area! We are
> doing a professional video and I would like to extend an invitation to anyone
> who would like to be in the video. We are looking for OWL teachers who would
> like to lead a circle and also anyone who would just like to participate in
> it. You can bring friends, invite students, people off the street (jk!) ;)
> The point is that it would be awesome to have between 10-15 people who would
> be part of the experience and have different people actually leading the
> circle. I would really love to have as many of you who are free and would
> like to be in the video..it would be really wonderful to have a wide
> representation of who we are!!!!
>
> On a side note, we are also trying to finalize a location to do it in. It
> would only be for 2 hours on July 22 (time TBA). We have asked McMennamins if
> we can do it there, but if you know if a better location, or if you think
> your school might allow it, please let me know!!
>
> Please respond to this email at either rogersdr25@xxxxxxxxx or
> info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx to let me know if you can be there and/or know
> of a good spot!!!
>
> Im really excited about this and hope that some of you will be able to lead
> and/or join!
>
> Darcy Rogers
> Organic World Language
> Phone: 541.601.4509
> Fax: 541.776.4099
> Website: olaed.com
> Facebook: tinyurl.com/organic-language-facebook
>
>
>
> --
> Andrew Van Wagenen
>
> Department of World Languages
> Corner Canyon High School
> Draper, Utah
>
> andrewvanwagenen.blogspot.com
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