Examples of Teaching FL

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Not sure this is the right forum.

http://www.learner.org/resources/series185.html

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Teaching Foreign Languages K–12 is a video library illustrating effective instruction and assessment strategies for teaching foreign languages. The language classrooms shown in this library include Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Latin, Russian, and Chinese. All classroom videos are subtitled in English and are appropriate for K–12 teachers of any foreign language. Created in conjunction with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL), the library includes ....

Produced by WGBH Educational Foundation with the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. 2003.

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Specifically -- 6th grade American students in a suburb of Boston learnings Mandarin

11. Communicating About Sports

Chinese I, grade 6: In pairs and in small groups, Jie Gao's students develop interpersonal communication skills as they state their sports likes and dislikes. They practice writing Chinese characters for an ongoing activity—a letter they are composing and sending to Chinese students. At the end of the lesson, the students create skits to perform for their classmates.

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16. Exploring New Directions

Chinese II–IV, grades 9–12: In this lesson, Haiyan Fu's multilevel class explores direction—both literally and metaphorically. While Chinese IV students practice reciting Chinese cultural poems, students in Chinese II and III work on mapping the locations of nearby restaurants and providing directions to them.

I've only looked at 11. The video is free over the web, but you have to register.