{"id":2288,"date":"2017-10-21T08:46:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T15:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=2288"},"modified":"2017-10-22T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T18:35:53","slug":"more-core-practice-number-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnjohnston.com\/?p=2288","title":{"rendered":"More Core Practice Number Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

Core Practice #5: <\/strong>Design and carry out interactive reading and listening comprehension tasks using authentic cultural texts of various kinds with appropriate scaffolding and follow-up tasks that promote interpretation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Interpretive communication is receptive communication where clarification of meaning is not possible.\u00a0 The creator of the communication is absent.\u00a0 It is reading, listening, and viewing.\u00a0 It includes literal and inferential comprehension.\u00a0 Inferencing is a thinking process that involves reasoning beyond the text using generalization, synthethis, and\/or explanation.\u00a0 Readers interact with text and their background knowledge.\u00a0 Ask questions like what do you think will happen next?\u00a0 What kind of person do you think character X is?<\/p>\n

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Why authentic texts?\u00a0 Authentic texts present real language.\u00a0 They integrate authentic culture.\u00a0 Authentic texts stimulate interest in language learning.\u00a0 I agree with\u00a0Dr. Eileen Glisan in the ACTFL Core Practices webinar,\u00a0that students are motivated to interpret texts their counterparts are reading, viewing, or listening to in the target culture.\u00a0\u00a0Interpretive tasks should be motivated by a reason to use the language in the real world.\u00a0 Provide students with a scenario.\u00a0 For example, you are vacationing with your family in Paris.\u00a0 What is the best way to go sight seeing?\u00a0 Search the internet for transportation options and decide how you will get around Paris and what landmarks you will see.\u00a0 Use information from the text to respond.<\/p>\n

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Commercials from the target culture are authentic resources and a great way to practice inferencing and predicting.\u00a0 I saw this in a workshop with Donna Tatum-Johns this summer in Denver at iFLT and loved it!<\/p>\n