801 Foreign Language Graduate Teaching Associate Seminar
Autumn Quarter, 2008
Before you arrive || Foreign Language Center TeacherTraining Workshop
.SPPO Teacher Training Workshop ||Au08 801 Seminar Syllabus
Objectives
- To present strategies and techniques for teaching Spanish at the college level to students whose native or second language is English
- To explore and discuss the basic theories of second language acquisition
- To explore textbooks, materials, computer equipment and multimedia resources used in the teaching of Spanish at the college level
Textbook
Teachers Handbook: Contextualized Language Instruction. Judith Shrum and Eileen Glisan. Thomson Heinle Publishers. 3rd Edition 2005 [ISBN: 1-4130-0462-8]
Requirements
- Attendance and participation in all classes
- Implementation of techniques and strategies from 801 workshop and class discussions in your daily class preparations
- Submission of four on-line open-book quizzes (Carmen) based on Teachers Handbook and selected readings.
- Using the lesson plan evaluation form from the GTA training workshop observe and submit a reflective journal on 4 Spanish classes (at least three different instructors).
- Completion of three class based projects related to your teaching assignments
Grading Scale |
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| Letter Grade | Numerical Equivalent |
|---|---|
| A | 93 - 100 |
| A- | 90 - 92 |
| B+ | 88 - 89 |
| B | 83 - 87 |
| B- | 80 - 82 |
| C+ | 78 - 79 |
| C | 73 - 77 |
| C- | 70 - 72 |
| D+ | 68 - 69 |
| D | 65 - 67 |
| E | 0 - 64.9 |
An additional component of your Spanish 801 grade is to observe four (4) classes (three (3) different instructors). The following instructors have been selected - although you may observe other colleagues, only observations from the below classes will be accepted for credit.
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101.01: I. Sanz-Valero(sanz-valero.1@osu.edu)
6:30PM – 8:48PM
TBA
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102.01: S. Sanderson (sanderson.58@osu.edu)
TBA
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102.01: A. Lovely (lovely.13@osu.edu)
TBA
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102.66: A. Lovely (lovely.13@osu.edu)
TBA
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102.66: K. Escondo(escondo.1@osu.edu)
TBA
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102.66: J. List (list.28@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.01: B. Woodring (woodring.14@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: B. Gilliam (gilliam.98@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: K. Hawkins (hawkins.323@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: K. Komocki (komocki.1@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: D. McCurley (mccurley.3@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: Catherine Sundt (sundt.1@osu.edu)
TBA
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103.66: J. Carter Taylor (taylor.1554@osu.edu)
TBA
- You must contact each instructor via e-mail two days before observing his/her class. No more than two observers will be permitted during one class period.
- Confirm the room location with instructors before the day of your observations.
- Graduate Teaching Associates and Lecturers must submit their observation reports to Dr. Macián (macian.1@osu.edu) and Dr. Robison (robison.25@osu.edu). Observations due: October 3; October 17; October 24; November 7.
- Lecturers are not required to enroll in Spanish 801 Autumn but must observe 4 classes (three different instructors). Observations due: October 3; October 24; November 7; November 21.
Date |
Time/Room |
Topic |
Homework |
Sept 29 |
HH 255 |
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Oct 3 |
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First observation due |
Oct 6 |
HH 255 |
Teaching Culture K. Hawkins & R. Gulish (tent) |
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Oct 13 |
HH 255 |
Listening for Retention Group composition/oral quiz grading & admin rehearsal |
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Oct 17 |
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Second observation due |
Oct 20 |
HH 255 |
Culture Swap Shop
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Oct 24 |
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Third observation due |
Oct 27 |
HH 255 |
Exam #2 Common Grading Culture Swap Shop |
Read Omaggio handout on Reading for Proficiency, pp 203-226 |
Nov 3 |
HH 255 |
Developing Oral and Written Communication Culture Swap Shop (continued if necessary) |
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Nov 7 |
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Fourth observation due |
Nov 10 |
HH255 |
Reading in the Foreign Language Classroom: |
K. Hawkins, Sample lesson |
Nov. 11 |
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Veterans Day |
Read Shrum and Glisan, Ch 11 |
Nov 17 |
HH 255 |
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K. Hawkins, R. Robison, S Sanderson |
Nov 24 |
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Due: 4th Quiz on Omaggio reading, Ch 6, 8, 9,11 |
Dec 1 |
HH 255 |
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What did you learn that’s worth remembering? |
Dec 5 |
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Video and self-critique due |
