Teaching Advanced Language Skills through Global Debate Theory and Practice - Brown, Tony (Georgetown University Press, 2014)
Description based upon print version of record. - C. Speaking Points Scoring Guide
Cover; Contents; Introduction; Rationale; Overview of Textbook Objective and Components; 1. Overview of Proficiency Guidelines; Description of Assessment Criteria for ACTFL Advanced and Superior Levels; Defining Our Terms: What Does a Rating of Advanced or Superior on an OPI Tell Us?; What Does a Rating in the Advanced Range Mean?; What Does a Rating of Superior Mean?; Description of Assessment Criteria for the Common European Framework of Reference; 2. Task-Based Language Learning; Definition; Background; In Practice; Open versus Selective Enrollment; Proficiency Testing; Class Size
Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Debate3. Teaching Reading; Proficiency Guidelines for Reading; Research on Reading; Background Knowledge; Linguistic Knowledge; Strategic Knowledge; Readability (Text-Based Factors); Discourse Organization; Vocabulary; Length; Content and Interest Level of the Text; Scaffolding the Reading Process; Activate Prior Knowledge; Build Vocabulary; Concept-of-Definition Map for Introducing New Vocabulary; Word Structure Analysis; Word Walls; Spaced Repetition: Memory Boxes; Teach Comprehension; Questioning Strategies; During Reading Activities
Teaching Students to Ask QuestionsImprove Reading Fluency; Why Consider Fluency?; Shadow Reading; Rate Buildup Reading; Repeated Reading; Oral Paired Reading; Class-Paced Reading; Self-Paced Reading; Rereading (Different from Repeated Reading); Develop Strategic Learners; Extensive Reading; 4. Teaching Listening; Proficiency Guidelines for Listening; Research on Listening; Scaffolding the Listening Process; Selective Listening; Other Types of Listening; Intensive Listening; Responsive Listening; Extensive Listening; Types of Texts; 5. Teaching Writing; Proficiency Guidelines for Writing
Research on WritingGenres; Genre Analysis; Teaching Writing; Designing the Writing Task; Using Detailed Assignment Instructions and Grading Rubrics; Suggestions for Writing Assignments; Preparing Learners to Write; Listing; Freewriting; Clustering; Talking; Invention; Drafting; Sharing and Responding to Writing; Revising; Editing; Publishing; Feedback and Correction; 6. Teaching Speaking; Speaking Proficiency Guidelines; Research on Speaking; Types of Arguments; Determining Positions; Corners; Value Line; Scaffolding the Speaking Process; Responsibilities of Speakers; The Debate Process
Keywords: Language and languages / Ability testing; Language and languages / Study and teaching; Language and languages; Second language acquisition; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Multi-Language Phrasebooks; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Readers; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Spelling; Linguistik; Sprache; Language and languages -- Ability testing; Language and languages -- Study and teaching