LARC: Crossing the Advanced Border (Listening / Speaking)

Helping Intermediate-Mid to Advanced-Low students strengthen listening & speaking. Key for 200- and 300-level instructors. Share your ideas
About this Event

Description:

After digging into our diagnostic grid data, this session zeroes in on students working to cross from Intermediate into Advanced, focusing on listening and speaking. This one is especially relevant for instructors teaching 200-level classes — as well as those teaching 300-level classes, since a subset of students coming home from missions still need to strengthen the advanced floor.

We want to hear what's actually working in your classroom — the activities and strategies that have genuinely helped students break through at this stage. Plan to trade ideas with colleagues teaching the same levels.

Troy will follow with a look at what it actually takes to reach Advanced, walking through the ACTFL major-level criteria as laid out in the 2024 revised Proficiency Guidelines.

This year's LARC Proficiency Lineup:
October 21 — Crossing the Intermediate Border in Listening/Speaking/Reading/Writing
November 11 — Crossing the Advanced Border in Listening/Speaking
December 9 — Crossing the Advanced Border in Reading/Writing
January 27 — Crossing the Superior Border in Listening/Speaking
February 24 — Crossing the Superior Border in Reading/Writing
March 24 — The Role of Grammar in a Proficiency-Based Curriculum