Question: How do we develop Spanish oral competence in a bilingual program? Teachers have many tools in our tool belt to help develop oral speaking skills in the target language. The Neurolinguistic Approach (NLA) has become one of our favorites at Eugene Coste School and within the CBE's language programs (French Immersion, Bilingual) and for English Language Learners. Backed by current research in neuroscience, the NLA follows a literacy loop focusing on oral production and moving to reading, then writing, and back again to oral. Describing Characteristics of Animals - El Traje Perdido
Animales de Peru (Animals of Peru)Step 2 - Sharing, reading, discussing: ¿Cómo es la llama? ¿Qué come la llama? ¿Dónde vive la llama? Step 3 - Pre-writing, writing, post writing: Step 4 - Pre-reading, reading, post reading: (Back to) Step 1 - Oral questioning and response: Creando Nuestras Proprias Criaturas Fantásticas |
Step 1 - Oral questioning and response: ¿Qué tiene tu criatura? (What does your creature have?) Mi criatura tiene... (my creature has...) In partners ¿Qué tiene tu criatura? (What does your creature have?) Mi criatura tiene... (my creature has...) As a group ¿Qué tiene la criatura de tu pareja? (what does your partner's creature have?) La criatura de mi pareja tiene... (my partner's creature has...) | Repeat: * ¿Dónde vive tu criatura? (where does your creature live?) Mi criatura vive... (My creature lives...) *¿Cómo es tu criatura? (How is your creature?) Mi criatura es... (my creature is...) *¿Qué come tu criatura? (What does your creature eat?) Mi criatura come...(My creature eats) |
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