Watched @jhaxhi & @psandrock #nflcvirtualsummit presentation "Focus on proficiency - Planning with Can Do Statements." A thread of my takeaways 👇 #langchat #wlteach #heritagelang #earlylang 1/
Reminder of what sts CAN do in TL to show intercultural competence w/in a task. Novice -identify products & practices. Int: make comparisons. Adv: explain perspectives #teach4ic #nflcvirtualsummit #langchat 2/ 
Set your interpersonal task within the language function of what you want sts to be able to do. Love how this shows interpersonal functions building & expanding throughout the proficiency levels #langchat #nflcvirtualsummit 3/
❤ this example-how learners move thru proficiency levels w/ the type of ?s they ask. Provides flexibility 4 #heritagelang sts completing a similar task but their performance can be at a different proficiency level & they see a personalized pathway that fits their unique needs 4/
"It’s what they CAN do,not what they always MUST do"@psandrock. An IL st can ask a few follow up ?s, but not every ? will be a follow up ? as that would be an awkward conversation🙃Great reminder 2 keep the conversation real w/ proficiency goals in mind #nflcvirtualsummit 5/
Text type building w/ proficiency level. Reminder about tenses 📣 A nov st can use past tense w/ memorized structures: I went, I saw, I said... Speaking in a certain tense does NOT determine proficiency level. 👏 #nflcvirtualsummit #langchat #earlylang #heritagelang 6/
#distancelearning colander: "How does this unit/lesson move my learners toward their proficiency target? If I can't answer that question, then maybe I don't need that unit/lesson" @jhaxhi 👏👏👏 #nflcvirtualsummit #langchat 7/
#distancelearning idea: Activate prior knowledge & build your own vocab list by looking at these pictures & listing what you see (colors, nature, location). Now use any of these words to describe YOUR neighborhood #langchat #nflcvirtualsummit 8/
