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  • Instruction
    • Lessons based on authentic resources
    • Proficiency
    • Communicative Modes
    • Target Language
    • Scaffolds and Supports
    • Tiering Tasks and Text
    • Interpretive Mode
    • Authentic Resources
    • Intercultural Communication
    • Continuous Assessment
    • Assessment in World Languages
    • Responding to Student Data
    • Feedback
    • Grammar in Context
    • Questioning and Discussion
    • Meeting the needs of diverse language learners
    • Learning Centers
    • Supportive Learning Environment
    • Knowing the Learner
    • Student Engagement
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    • Flexible grouping
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Designing Tasks Around Authentic Resources
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Step 1:Search for and select authentic resources for your unit theme.
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​Step 2: Decide how the authentic resources can work for your lessons.

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​Step 3: Design tasks and lesson sequences around the authentic resources.
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Theme: Clothing
Authentic resources
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Authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Social media posts on the topic: French,   German,   Spanish

Fair trade authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish


Lesson resources

Novice learning centers (Spanish)

Lesson plan adaptable for all languages (includes graphic organizers)


Theme: Environment
Authentic resources

Environment authentic resources: French Chinese, German, Italian, Portuguese Spanish

Recycling authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish 

Recycling social media posts: French, Spanish

​Climate change/Global warming: 
French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Climate change social media posts: French, Spanish

Earth day: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Earth day social media posts: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Plastics in the environment: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Trees and forests: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Water and oceans: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

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Lesson resources

Recycling graphic organizer (Spanish)

​Protecting the environment graphic organizer (Spanish)

​Urban trees graphic organizer (Spanish)


Theme: Family
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Authentic resources

Family authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish

Pets authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish
Lesson resources

Family tiered activity

Pets graphic organizer: French, German, Portuguese, Spanish

Pets lesson example (Scenario #2)
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Theme: Free time activities
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Authentic resources

Free time activities authentic resources: French, German, Spanish

Free time activities social media posts: French, German, Spanish

Video games and games authentic resources: French, Spanish



Lesson resources

Free time graphic organizer (French)

Free time lesson example (Scenario #19) 



Theme: Healthy Lifestyle
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Authentic resources

Healthy lifestyle authentic resources: French, Chinese, German, Italian, Spanish

Cycling authentic resources: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish

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Lesson resources

Cycling graphic organizer: French, Italian, Spanish 

Walking graphic organizer: Spanish

Running graphic organizer: Spanish 
Theme: School
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Authentic resources

School authentic resources: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish

School lunches authentic resources: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

School lunches social media posts: Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish

Education authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish

Bullying authentic resources: French, German, Italian, Spanish

Le Bac authentic resources: French
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Lesson resources

School schedule lesson sequence example

Bullying graphic organizer: French, Spanish

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Le Bac graphic organizer: French

Backpacks graphic organizer: Spanish

School lunches graphic organizer: Spanish




Theme: Volunteering/Giving back
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Authentic resources

Authentic resources: Multiple languages

Social media posts on the topic: French, Italian,   Spanish

Lesson resources

Volunteering lesson sequence example

Volunteering lesson adaptable to all languages (includes graphic organizers)

Graphic organizer (French)
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