THE NATURAL APPROACH QUESTION SEQUENCE (NAQS)

Qinjuan (Rita) Wu, HudsonWay Immersion School

Jian (Monk) Liu, Power My LearningLead Teacher at

Global Language Project STARTALK2016

NYU-DCLTDecember 9th, 2016

AGENDA • •OPENING INTRODUCTION• •LEARN ABOUT YOU! (KAHOOT!)• •GENERAL OVERVIEW: LEARNING TARGET • •GENERAL OVERVIEW: THE 3 MODES OF COMMUNICATION• •MINI LESSON/ACTIVITY DEMO: MAGIC BOX/BAG• •THE NATURAL APPROACH QUESTION SEQUENCE (NAQS)• •CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING (KAHOOT!)• •CLOSING: Q & A

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LEARNING TARGET (CAN DO STATEMENT)

• I CAN DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEARNING OBJECTIVE AND LEARNING TARGET

• I CAN RESTATE WHAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF COMMUNICATION

• I CAN OUTLINE THE FOUR STEPS IN THE NATURAL APPROACH QUESTION SEQUENCE

LEARNING OBJECTIVE V.S. LEARNING TARGET

LEARNING OBJECTIVE

• TEACHER FOCUSED• GUIDE INSTRUCTION

LEARNING TARGET

• STUDENT FOCUSED• GUIDE LEARNING

LEARNING TARGET FORMULAI can + Language Function +Context =Learning Target

LEARNING TARGET (CAN DO STATEMENT)

• I CAN DISTINGUISH THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LEARNING OBJECTIVE AND LEARNING TARGET

• I CAN RESTATE WHAT ARE THE THREE MODES OF COMMUNICATION

• I CAN OUTLINE THE FOUR STEPS IN THE NATURAL APPROACH QUESTION SEQUENCE

THE 3 MODES OF COMMUNICATION

•INTERPRETIVE•INTERPERSONAL •PRESENTATIONAL

USING THE TARGET LANGUAGE AND PROVIDING COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

MINI LESSON DEMO

•LEARNING TARGETS:• I CAN IDENTIFY THE COMMON ANIMALS’ NAMES

• I CAN INTRODUCE THE COMMON ANIMALS

ACTIVITY DEMO: MAGIC BOX/BAG

THE NATURAL APPROACH QUESTION SEQUENCE (NAQS)•STEP 1: POINT OR ASK A DIRECTIVE QUESTIONS

•STEP 2: ASK A YES/NO QUESTION•STEP 3: ASK AN EITHER/OR QUESTION•STEP 4: ASK A WH QUESTION

REFERENCE • LEARNING TARGET [PDF]. (N.D.).

MARYLAND: TELLPROJECT.• USING THE TARGET LANGUAGE

AND PROVIDING COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT [PDF]. (N.D.). MARYLAND: TELLPROJECT.

• CURTAIN, H. A., & DAHLBERG, C. A. (2016). LANGUAGES AND LEARNERS: MAKING THE MATCH: WORLD LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION IN K-8 CLASSROOMS AND BEYOND. BOSTON: PEARSON EDUCATION.

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