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It takes a Village: Gaining Foreign Language Proficiency in a Virtual town

Author: Elizabeth Luscombe, Jacquelyn Germain

Grade Level: Grade 7/8

Overview: The purpose of this project is to provide foreign language students with an opportunity to actively practice communicating in Spanish or French using a student-constructed classroom town. This unit will provide a real-life setting in which students may practice essential vocabulary as required in Checkpoint A of LOE standards. Students will create a village where interactions using learned vocabulary and common cultural practices of the community take place. Students will be challenged to create and solve common problems one might encounter as a tourist or foreign exchange student in a non-English speaking country. The focus will be to reinforce skills needed to attain proficiency and comfort in speaking the foreign language.

Connection to NYS Learning Standards

LOE Standard 1 Use a language other than English to communicate, Standard 2

Develop cross-cultural skills and understandings

Connection to District Learning Standards: Critical Thinker, Effective Communicator, Responsible Citizen, Lifelong Learner