1. Welcome to the
2/8 Professional Development
Workshop
 Please sign in on sheet to verify attendance
 Grab a handout
 Discuss the common assessments and fill out the
SurveyMonkey survey—link is in your email inbox.
Meitsu Chuang-Mendel
Paris Granville
Edward Wang

2. The Future of World Languages
Washington ACTFL National
State Standards Standards
Our Curriculum

3. Today’s Resources
www. mmegranville.com

4. Meitsu Chuang-Mendel
Bio
International Baccalaureate (IB) lead examiner for
Mandarin ab initio 2004-2011
Instructor for IB Mandarin ab initio teacher training
courses
Education advisory board member for Confucius
Institute of State of Washington
Supervisor for PLU Chinese student teacher program
Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) training
Taught Chinese for more than 15 years in Taipei and
Beijing international schools
Currently teaching 3 classes at Newport High

5. Workshop on Interpersonal Speaking
Objective
Teachers will develop instructional strategies to
facilitate and assess students’ interpersonal speaking.

6. Interpersonal Speaking
Definition
Communication that includes active negotiation of
meaning among individuals. Clarifications can be made.
Example: a conversation
between a sales
associate and a
customer regarding a
product

7. Characteristics of Interpersonal
Speaking
Active negotiation of meaning
Two-way interactive communication
Improvised—UNSCRIPTED and UNREHEARSED*
Conversation often maintained by
Communication Strategies Get rid of
this script!

8. Example of Non-Verbal Strategies
(not completely serious!)

9. What are Communication Strategies?
Definition
Verbal and
non-verbal Metacognitive
strategies Strategies
Referenced from
Nakatani, Y. “The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on Oral
Communication Strategy Use.” The Modern Language Journal. 2005.

10. Communication Strategies
help seeking— “slower please”, “please repeat”
question asking
paraphrasing
circumlocution
appropriate body language to maintain conversation
fillers (or time-gaining strategies)– “well…”
comprehension checks
random reaction words/phrases— “really?”
Referenced from
The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.
Nakatani, Y. “The Effects of Awareness-Raising Training on Oral
Communication Strategy Use.” The Modern Language Journal. 2005.

11. Activity—Role Play
Take a role play card and please perform it with
someone using the language you teach
During the role play conversation, check off the
communication strategies you used on the handout

12. Share your Strategies
Examples of:
Filler words/reaction words to maintain
Um…then
conversation
the alligator
Non-verbal language
bit his head
(gasp) Yikes! off…

13. Gallery Walk
Walk around to see what strategies the other groups
brainstormed
Discuss/reflect on the various strategies listed

14. How to Scaffold Communication
Strategies—Strategy of the Week

15. Communication Strategy Diary
Raises students
metacognition:
“thinking about
their own learning”

16. Scaffolding Richness of Language
How to “jumpstart” communication
Conversation scaffold example:

17. Interpersonal Speaking Rubric
Overview of the gradations
Referenced from The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.

18. Interpersonal Speaking Rubric
Referenced from The ACTFL Performance Guildlines for K-12 Learners. 1998.

19. Common Assessment
• As quick and easy as possible
• Offer evidence of the level of
performance in Interpersonal
Speaking

20. Video Samples of Students
Please check your email for the links to the following
videos:
Chinese
French
German
Spanish
English (ESL Students)
Mark the performance
(more rubrics available)

21. Think-Pair-Share
Some possible questions you could discuss:
What were some challenges you faced while you
were assessing the speakers?
Did you mark the students at the same level that your
colleagues marked them?
Did you think the assessment was an appropriate
Interpersonal Speaking assessment? Why or why not?

22. In closing—we want to hear your
feedback
Please open your Outlook
Please find the Evaluation email
Click on the link to get to Regonline
Log in and complete the evaluation
Feel free to open the discussion on any topic
of interest