Language Instruction
Antes de preparar un examen...
A couple of things to think about before preparing a quiz. Read more.
Approaches to Teaching Grammar
This session from the Penn FLTA orientation developed by Dr. Nicole Mills in French, introduces the participants to deductive and inductive approachi to teaching grammar. Read more.
Communicative Language Teaching
The opening session of the FLTA orientation at Penn gives the participants an introduction to Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) with a brief view of methods and approaches that preceded it in the ... Read more.
Communicative Lesson Plan Sample
Communicative approachi sample lesson plan for a fifth class of elementary Spanish. Introduction of regular verb conjugations. Review of the verb "to be" and adjectives of personality. Read more.
Content-based lesson plan: Comparative exercise on "Crucifixions in Spanish Art"
Description of a content-based lesson plan. Advanved language/culture course: "Aspectos culturales de España a través de su Arte". Comparative exercise in preparation for a comparative essay. Read more.
Culture Pedagogy in the Foreign Language Classroom
This handout accompanied the Introduction to Teaching Culture session by Dr. Erin Kearney at the Penn FLTA Orientation in 2007. Read more.
El primer día en la clase de español
Discription of a first day of class (Spanish Elementary). Intended for an instructor teaching for the first time. Read more.
Ficha pedagógica de autoevaluación
This worksheet is a tool for comparing a lesson’s objectives with what actually happened in class. Read more.
Focus on Speaking
This powerpoint accompanies a teaching demo from the Penn FLTA orientation done by Dr. Christina Frei in German. Read more.
Listening and Reading Comprehension: the interpretive mode
In this powerpoint from the Penn FLTA orientation Dr. Kathryn K. McMahon introduces the participants to some basic principles underlying teaching the interpretive mode (particularly listening). Read more.
