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<\/a><\/p>\nIn addition to the personalized approach, I have incorporated some flipped classroom aspects particularly with the grammar concepts that are needed to communicate one’s ideas in a sophisticated manner. I handed the students the curriculum again and they were asked to put a check mark beside the structures they understood and could implement into their communication in speech and in writing. They were then asked to put a circle beside the ones they wanted to review but had an idea of, and a circle with a line through it if they had never heard of or seen the structure before. This turned out wonderfully! They were thinking about their gaps and based on this information, I could prepare the next Google Moderator – for which two structures were offered via video and students voted on the one they wanted to work on. Afterward, they created a dialogue to demonstrate that they fully understood the situational use of the structure. They presented these in front of the class and they students who were not a part of that group were exposed to the proper or improper use of the structure. This lead to even greater learning and student participation.<\/p>\n
Initially I wanted to create my own videos and this is still something I would like to pursue, however this part of the action research will be put on hold for the time being so I can focus on fostering this style of learning in more of my classes.<\/p>\n Students initial informal reaction to this approach has been positive, they are excited to be in the drivers seat of their learning. One of the challenges, is ensuring that they move beyond the surface and start to critically explore topics instead of simply restating what they read. More direct practice exploring effects and the why of what we’re learning is definitely needed and I am open to hearing what some other people are doing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stay tuned as we’re just starting a new unit and there is much more to come!<\/p>\n Bringing it all back to the group to share the learning and ask questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using personalized learning approaches in Modern Language classrooms is like freeing yourself from the confines of the grammar driven lessons, and allows us to bank on our most valued asset Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[39,16],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personalized-learning","tag-personalized-learning","tag-shared-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cohort21.com\/derekdoucet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n