Immersion Gimmicks Classroom Management

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Immersion Gimmicks Classroom Management

• Presented by Noah Geisel
• East High School
• noah_geisel_at_dpsk12.org

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Gimmicks are hooks

• Your classroom management is shiny
• Students like shiny things
• Students come to like management, even helping
  you to reinforce your expectations

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Classroom Management Immersion Easy Math

• The idea is that you know how to best manage your
  classroom and that you are able to convey that
  expectation to your students in the target
  language, using comprehensible input.
• Classroom management as instruction
• Target vocabulary is introduced via Classroom
  Management

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Gimmicks

• Listos, listos?Sí estamos listos!
• Uno, dos, silencio
• Ese comentariono es necesario
• Preparación
• Abre los ojos (de Vanilla Sky)
• Levanta la mano. Baja la mano. (x3)

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Management Gimmicks

• Lava las manos
• Es apropiada o es inapropiada?
• Es obligado o es opcional?
• Respeto! Respétame! Respétale a __!
• Positividad! Negatividad?
• TEXTIANDO! Es suave o no es suave?

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Reinforcement Gimmicks

• Uno, dos, tres Olé!
• Aplausos, aplausitos de golf, un aplauso
• Muy bienpero no (incorrecto, negativo,
  izquierda)
• Allí, allí, allí está portero
• Queremos gol! Queremos gol!
• Qué bárbaro!
• Eso! Toma!
• Mi-e-do! Mi-e-do!

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But what about Kailah?

• Assign phrase or character with an accent. In
  Ks case, she reinforces the obvious by declaring
  in the most uppity attitude she can muster (not
  too tough for her!)Es obvio! By doing this,
  Ive told her OK, so you like to give me major
  attitude. Cool, I like attitude. But I think
  you can do it with EVEN MORE attitude than that,
  and youre smart enough to know when to do it on
  queue. Thats when it is OK. Entiendes? On
  queue, bueno. Off queue, malo (show death stare
  that pretty much says, go ahead, say something.
  I am crazy.) The result is a more controlled
  Kailah and acquired vocabulary. Kailah might not
  remember what shes supposed to say but her peers
  will.

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Ks Catchphrases

• Prrrrróximo
• Dios mío!
• Ay, pobrecito
• Ay, qué lindo
• Tú saaaaabes!
• O sea

• Posi!
• Peeeero
• (Beat box) Eso es. Uh. Eso es. Uh.
• Or, as wed say in Argentina (ll words)

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More accents/characters

• Italian Sí, hombre, come. Es mi plato
  especial.
• French Muy chistoso. Me río. Hehehe.
• Arnold does despedidas Hasta la vista, bebe.
  Nos vemos. Cuídate.
• Borat Me gusta
• Mr./Mrs. Perfect Yo? Impossible.

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More accents/characters

• La Llorona Mis hijos. No es justo.
• El Padrino Un día, te voy a pedir un favor
• Rocky Balboa interrogatives Hey Adrian, Dónde
  estás?
• The Rock Hueles lo que está cocinando El Rock?
• Waterboy Sí, tu puedes.

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More characters

• Dave Chappelles Lil John
• Qué? Sí

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But what about Kirby?

• This student makes you dread teaching the word
  fiesta, especially if youve just done clothing
  vocab
• Good for winter vocab Tienes frío?
• Or for summer Cómo está tu parilla?
• The Language Lab problem

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Nicknames

• No, tu estás tripiando. Eres el Tripiador.
• Jota-Ve (as opposed to Varsity)
• Es suave? No es suave?
• Pelotero, El Gallo, Periscopio
• Plays on student names Sr. Trabajo, Sr.
  Asconickle, Raybaja
• Know your audience