Think about all the fun things you can do, see, and learn about when traveling.  Many Spanish-speaking countries are enriched with culture and history. In this seminar you will be introduced to new verbs that you can do while traveling to a city and discovering new places.ACTFL StandardsCommunication: Interpretive Communication and Presentational CommunicationCultures: Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives:Communities: Lifelong Learning:Learning TargetI can write simple statements about where I live.Habits of MindApplying past knowledge to new situations.Critical Thinking SkillConstructing Support

Vamos por un viaje en el metro de Barcelona para visitar el catedral de Sagrada Familia.  Vas a ver videos, responder a preguntas y entregar una grabación de tus respuestas.  Videos credit: Sydnie Thomson

This OER, Vorstellungsgespräch / Interview, was created by Ashton Krueger and as part of the 2024 World Language OER Summer work and training. Educators worked with Chrystal Liu, Nick Ziegler and Dorann Avey to create OER Learning Plans and materials. The attached Lesson Plan is designed for 9–12 World Language Arts teachers for Novice Learners of German. Students will analyze and evaluate the elements of an interview and use background knowledge to clarify text and deepen understanding, as well as exchange information in a partner dialogue. This Lesson Plan addresses the following NDE World Language Standard(s): 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, and 4.1.It is expected that this Lesson Plan will take students 50 minutes to complete.

Research shows that engaging students in self-assessment positively impacts language learning, motivation, and learner autonomy. To help World Language Educators accomplish this, the Nebraska Department of Education invited experienced world language teachers across the state to create student-friendly assessments in the form of can-do statements in the summer of 2022.   This document is a student-friendly self-assessment activity for Novice Mid world language learners created based on the 2019 Nebraska World Language Standards. The language use described in all can-do statements is meant for the target language, except for the second for standard 3.1 and the first for standard 4.2.   It is recommended that word language teachers engage students with this document three times in an academic year: pre-course, mid-course, and post-course. Engaging students with this self-assessment activity will help students see growth over time and hopefully attribute growth to effective learning practices. Please feel free to contact chrystal.liu@nebraska.gov for any questions and concerns. 

Research shows that engaging students in self-assessment positively impacts language learning, motivation, and learner autonomy. To help World Language Educators accomplish this, the Nebraska Department of Education invited experienced world language teachers across the state to create student-friendly assessments in the form of can-do statements in the summer of 2022.  This document is a student-friendly self-assessment activity for novice high world language learners created based on the 2019 Nebraska World Language Standards. The language use described in all can-do statements is meant for the target language, except for the second for standard 3.1 and the first for standard 4.2.  It is recommended that word language teachers engage students with this document three times in an academic year: pre-course, mid-course, and post-course. Engaging students with this self-assessment activity will help students see growth over time and hopefully attribute growth to effective learning practices. Please feel free to contact chrystal.liu@nebraska.gov for any questions and concerns. 

This is a lesson that makes the students use three different resources for showing where they want to travel to a Spanish speaking land.  It also gives a rubric for grading this assignment.  They are to refer to a video, a website about the location and a website showing the demographic information of that location.  They also have to write their report in Spanish and all their resources have to be in Spanish as well.