Redirection
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All sessions should be presented with the purpose of motivating participants to further explore world languages and cultures. To this end, they should focus on initial exposure to the language and/or culture. Instructors should not assume any prior knowledge of the language.
While the main target audience for WLF is high school students, we welcome content targeted to other age groups as well, including college students. However, presentations and lessons should focus on education, not on academic discussion. The following is a list of lesson categories and formats. Lessons are organized in the Canvas course into modules. We will assign one digital badge to each participant who completes a given module.
Individual Lessons | ||
| Categories | Format | Participation and Assessment |
| Presentations:Language-focused lessons Culture-focused lessons (e.g., introduction, demonstration, performance with background knowledge, and introduction of 3D cultural object or 360 videos) | Short Video: Each video should be between 5 and 20 minutes in length. or Embedded Slide Show: Published Google Slides are preferred. | Take a picture or scan and submit the document to the Canvas course. Participants will need to agree to share their completed page with the public to participate in the contest. If we do not collect enough coloring/tracing pages to host a contest, CeLT staff will be responsible for grading the submissions. If we collect enough coloring/ tracing pages to host a contest, the programs or instructors that provide the coloring pages will be asked to participate in the evaluation of the submitted work. |
| Longer Activities:This category applies to activities with step-by-step guides, templates, supply lists, etc. These include hands-on cultural activities that participants complete on their own time and at their own pace, e.g., recipes/cooking demonstrations, cultural crafts, songs, etc | same as above | Require learners to upload a document (text, image, video, etc.) or share a link indicating proof of completion. Instructors can view student submissions but are not required to do so. CeLT lab assistants will check for submissions on a weekly basis and assist with grading. If the submission is relevant, the activity will be considered complete, regardless of the quality of the submission. |
Organizer Coordinated Language Challenges
Coloring / Tracing Challenges
Examples include: illustrations of cultural activities, characters to be colored in, or letters and characters to be traced. We encourage EVERY language to come up with coloring and/or tracing pages.If we collect coloring/tracing pages in 5 or more languages and cultures, we will host a coloring contest.
Otherwise, all the coloring/tracing pages will be combined into one module. If we receive more than 10 pages, we will also create a WLF coloring/tracing book for participants to download and print.
You should submit:
PDF document of the coloring/tracing page
Copyright note: You must either have created the coloring/tracing pages on your own or have permission to distribute the graphics.
Participation / Assessment
Take a picture or scan and submit the document to the Canvas course. Participants will need to agree to share their completed page with the public to participate in the contest.
If we do not collect enough coloring/tracing pages to host a contest, CeLT staff will be responsible for grading the submissions.
If we collect enough coloring/ tracing pages to host a contest, the programs or instructors that provide the coloring pages will be asked to participate in the evaluation of the submitted work.
Tongue Twister Challenges
If we receive 5 or more tongue twisters, we will hold a competition. Otherwise, all tongue twisters will be combined into one module and treated as a separate asynchronous activity.
How you should submit:
An audio or video clip of a tongue twister along with the text script. Please record the tongue twister yourself. Please do not download audio or videos you find online unless you have permission to distribute them. You can provide links to audio/videos of tongue twisters found on the internet, but please bear in mind those videos may be removed from the internet at any time.
Participation / Assessment:
Upload your audio recording to the Canvas course.
Participants will need to agree to share their recording with the public if they wish to participate in the contest.
- All materials shared should be clear of copyright issues.
- You can find some 3D cultural objects at https://sketchfab.com/IU3D/collections, and 360 videos at https://www.360cities.net/