1. Learning World Languages Through Discovery and Exploration Chris Livaccari Associate Director, Education and Chinese Language Initiatives clivaccari@asiasociety.org
2. All learning is language learning Let’s Tell Our Language Stories
3. Wittgenstein’s Lion “The limits of my language are the limits of my world.” “If a lion could speak, we could not understand what he/she was saying.”
4. National Standards, ACTFL Standards, State Standards, Local Standards, Global Competence, 21st Century Skills… Where Do We Begin????? Perhaps not here!
5. Noble Ancestors: Montessori and Rassias Maria Montessori: “The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination.” John Rassias: “Language is a living, kicking, growing, flitting, evolving reality, and the teacher should spontaneously reflect its vibrant and protean qualities.” Rassias on languages
6. This is what happens if your language program is not situated in the proper context TheDaily Show
7. Schools with Global Visions CSI High School for International Studies Herricks Middle School Medgar Evers College Preparatory School
8. So how do we begin linking our world language programs with a larger vision for developing globally competent students? First Day of Chinese Class: Top Ten Images of China
14. THIS IS CHINESE I am your teaching robot. I only respond to the following commands in Chinese: UP – DOWN RIGHT – LEFT FORWARD – BACK Achieve every student’s dream: Get me out of the room using these commands!
15. Daniel Pink’s “A Whole New Mind” Design Symphony Story Play Empathy Meaning