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Adapting the curriculum
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Standard 3A: Adapting Instruction for Individual Needs/ Diverse Learners
The teacher understands how students differ in their approaches to learning and creates instructional opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners.
Artifact: Center Based Unit Plan
Course: FL 561- Teaching Languages
National Foreign Language Standards
For each unit that I taught, I utilized centers as a final review of material. Students rotated through each one, so that they could use a variety of their language skills. I wanted to have a review that was communicative in nature. The strategies I gained while taking FL 561 on teaching languages helped me to accomplish this goal. The goal of having students work through centers is chiefly to diversify teaching methods, and to have students communicate in a variety of modes. Another benefit from this lesson is how pragmatic knowledge is incorporated through the unit.
In his article on teaching pragmatics in the foreign language classroom, Felix-Brasdefer (2012) asserts, “The ability to use and understand communication action in the target language requ...
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