Enacting the Work of Language Instruction, Vol. 2

by Richard Donato

The goal of Enacting the Work of Language High-Leverage Teaching Practices, Vol. 2 is to assist teachers in learning how to enact specific practices, referred to as high-leverage teaching practices, deemed essential to world language teaching and situated in theory and research. This second volume continues the discussion of HLTPs begun in Volume 1 by deconstructing an additional four practices that are complex and often not visible through observation or brief a Meaningful and Purposeful Context for Language InstructionPlanning for Instruction Using an Iterative Process for Backward DesignEngaging Learners in Purposeful Written CommunicationDeveloping Contextualized Performance Assessments Features of the book include deconstruction of each practice, activities for rehearsing the practices, rubrics for assessing performance, tools to assist teachers in enacting the practices, and discussion of how each practice relates to larger educational issues. This volume explains how teachers can move from deconstructing the practices to enacting them, and ultimately to using greater creativity in adapting the practices.

132 pages, Paperback

Published November 20, 2020

Reviews

[Don · Rating 5 out of 5]

This second volume of two, picks up where the previous title left off. It is a title well worth reading, and re-reading, since there is so much to learn from it. It is not light-weight reading, but rather, an academic text for World Language teachers. Every language teacher will gain ideas to explore, try out, and refine. It is one that I keep at hand to help me with lesson planning, coaching of language teachers, and more. Very worthwhile book for those who teach languages.