"Bringing culture and nonverbal expression into your foreign language instruction"
DATES: over a five day period HOURS: two hour block LOCATION: suitable room with moveable chairs and lab equipment
EQUIPMENT USED:
a. 1 presentation system consisting of: 1 videodisc player, 1 Macintosh computer any model (minimum 2Meg RAM), 1 MacRecorder (if no built-in Apple microphone), 1 TV monitor, cable for Mac-to-VD player, audio and video cables for VD player-to-TV monitor.
b. Camcorder.
DESCRIPTION:
During this 5-day workshop, attendees will receive background information on the theory behind and approach to incorporating co-verbal and nonverbal channels of communication in language teaching. Attendees will learn about a new approach to teaching these channels of commmunication. In becoming familiar with the In The French Body or In The German Body videodisc-based materials, attendees will experience the learning technique called the Wylie Exercise, named after Laurence Wylie, its creator. Attendees who want to implement this in their own courses will be invited to propose their own variations on the use of these materials in the months following this workshop. Opportunities to share the results of these experimental courses will be offered to participants in various follow-up activities supported by the grant through 1998.
TENTATIVE PLAN:
Day 1:
Introductions, project background.
Theory of teaching nonverbal; Loan of Bodily Communication by M. Argyle. Reading assignment.
Introduction to the video source material.
Some examples of native conversation in French and in German.
Introduction to the technology: SpeechLab. Sign up for Tues or Wed 40 min. observation
Day 2:
Documentary: "Communication With The French"
Physical exercises to encourage a more native-like delivery.
Begin the study of one conversational segment in French.
Comprehension exercises.
Memorizing a chunk of dialogue, verbal and nonverbal elements.
[9am-2pm Teacher observation of student use of SpeechLab.]
Day 3:
Theory: Communicational Elements. Examples from video.
Memorizing a chunk of dialogue, verbal and nonverbal elements (German)
Use of camcorder in classroom.
[9am-2pm Teacher observation of student use of SpeechLab.]
Day 4:
Seeing, incorporating, memorizing nonverbal elements: posture, distance, hands, etc.
Exploitation of cultural elements in content or context of the conversation.
Memorizing a chunk of dialogue, verbal and nonverbal elements (cont.)
Day 5:
Technology tutorial.
Issues in the teaching of co-verbal and nonverbal communication.