Student-Centered Small Groups in Spanish Class

2/27/2019

2019 CLTA Session on Workstations - Virtual Activity

Take a look at some samples of teaching and learning through student-centered small groups. I have included sample videos from both primary and secondary contexts. Through the lens of autonomous student-centered learning in the world-language classroom, consider the following questions:

How were students in charge of learning in the video samples?
What did you notice about student engagement and collaboration?
What could be changed or added to the instructional or learning activities to make this a more effective student-centered environment for learning a world language?

6 Comments

High School Spanish 3+

3/1/2019 09:38:11 am

Students did the research comparing and contrasting Spanish dishes. They wrote their findings in the target language and took turns presenting it to the class also in the target language.

CLTA Conference

3/1/2019 09:41:56 am

We were surprised by how well the routines were established and so the kids knew what to do. We noticed that you had by in from the majority of the class, so the students were all motivated. We are wondering if you explicitly taught them to mimic your movements.

CLTA Conference link

3/1/2019 10:04:11 am

#6. We are interested in the classroom management piece of this video. What was the rest of the class engaged in while you worked with this sub group?

Gareth Love

3/1/2019 10:05:24 am

We were surprised at the students ability to actually talk about the grammar. They first produce the language and then undertake the process of editing/correction with the assistance of the teacher. The use of the whiteboard was very effective allowing the students to create a visible, correctable, work-in-progress.

Grupo de Maria link

3/1/2019 10:32:17 am

Students were using their own work as examples to learn from. Students were self correcting and reflecting. Fully engaged and self assess.

Tami

3/1/2019 10:49:42 am

There was interaction with the students on how to improve the city. Grammar with a purpose.

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