for MaFLA Members

MaFLA offers the following videos for loan to its membership for one school week. The only cost of the loan is first class return postage, insured for the amount indicated.

NEW TO THE VIDEO LOAN COLLECTION:
Carole Fredericks TANT QU'ELLE CHANTE ELLE VIT! DVD and manual. Connie Fredericks-Malone (Carole's sister) wrote, "I am delighted to know that teachers within the organization (MaFLA) will have access to these materials. The unit's music videos provide a wonderful, visual entrée to contemporary France. Each video is supported by lessons and activities which reinforce grammar and vocabulary. Of course, there is the added advantage of a personal connection to the materials through Carole's childhood in Springfield, MA."

Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Classroom Practices Library, Annenberg/CPB  The Teaching Foreign Languages K-12 video library and professional development guide bring to life the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in the 21st Century. Illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies, the series documents 27 teachers and their students in K-12 classrooms around the country as they study eight languages across a range of competency levels." (Annenberg/CPB. (2003). Teaching Foreign Languages K-12: A Library of Classroom Practices Video Library Guide, p. 1).

The Effective Teacher - This 8 part video series is correlated to the book "The First Days of School: How to be an Effective Teacher" by Harry K. Wong and Rosemary T. Wong. Both the video series and the book are based on the following research:

1. There are three basic characteristics of effective teachers.
2. The most important factor governing student learning is classroom management.
3. Effective classroom management practices must begin on the first day of school.

INTRODUCTION TO TRP STORYTELLING   For all ages and levels, this video shows the important aspects of TPR.  The approximately two-hour video includes one hour of explanation and one hour of teaching how to teach TPR.

SURF THE WORLD - A FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROMOTIONAL VIDEO  This 15-minute video promotes the study of French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Chinese, and Russian and explores the practical reasons for studying foreign languages.

MOTIVATION FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGES by Richard Schmidt, director of NFLRC. Developed under a grant from the U.S. Departmant of Education. (1996)

PUTTING THE WORLD INTO WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION  Produced in collaboration with the National Coalition on Asia and International Studies in the School and narrated by Morley Safer of 60 Minutes, this video communicates the urgent need to expand our nation's international knowledge and skills.  The video is 13 minutes long and can be used to promote dialogue by school boards, state policy-makers, administrators, and parent groups.

WE CAN TALK Cooperative Learning for LEP Classrooms (45 minutes) Kagan Cooperative Learning. Package includes Activity Booklet. Language minority students experience both academic and language gains from cooperative learning. Watch the theory of language acquisition come alive in a wide range of classrooms across the range of grades and content areas.

 MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES AND THE SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNER 1998 (40 minutes), National Professional Resources, Inc. Observe first–hand how innovative programs in California are incorporating multiple intelligences. Learn how the teacher can reach and teach the second language learner in creative ways that focus on educational environments that recognize multiple intelligences.

SPRINGFIELD SCHOOLS FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROGRAM. A profile of Springfield’s unique K-12 World Language Program

INTEGRATING LANGUAGE AND CONTENT INSTRUCTION by Helena Curtain. Produced by the National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC) at the University of Hawaii.

HOW-TO WORKSHOP FOR FLES* TEACHERS - A Georgia ESFL Model Program Teacher Training video produced by the North Georgia RESA.

INTERNET FOR EDUCATORS - Two video set produced by Educational Video, presenting the newest classroom applications.

OPEN YOUR WORLD WITH FRENCH - Promotional video produced by the AATF

COOPERATIVE LEARNING - Produced by NYSAFLT. An investigation into the use of cooperative learning in the FL classroom.

A CHANGING WORLD: TEACHING ALL STUDENTS A SECOND LANGUAGE - NYSAFLT. Sections on teaching for proficiency through a functional curriculum, learning styles, classroom management, testing speaking and teaching all students a second language.

POESIE DE LA FRANCOPHONIE - Gessler. A collection of 67 short poems from all over the Francophone world. Each is accompanied by music and illustrated by colorful images.

POETRY AND THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES - National Textbook. Incorporates the study and the creation of poetry into language teaching at all levels. Methodology and in-service seminars.

TEACHING FOR COMMUNICATION: SPOTLIGHT ON STUDENTS - NYSAFLT. Presents communicative skills approach activities. Useful for new and experienced teachers.

LANGUAGES AT WORK: ORAL TEACHING TECHNIQUES FOR THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSROOM - National Textbook. Demonstrates a variety of teaching techniques used to promote oral skills.

THE WORLD SAYS WELCOME - Presents the advantages of another language for future careers. Suitable for parents assemblies, and classroom use.

FLES PROGRAMS IN ACTION - Basic program models for foreign language in the elementary school.

REACHING OUT - NYSAFLT. Presents the advantages of foreign language study.

For more information contact:

JaneEllen Shepherd

REMEMBER! Video loans are only available to members in good standing.