FAQ and Resources for the Pathways Project | OER Language Teaching Repository

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This document contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions for the Pathways Project | OER Language Teaching Repository Pathways Project, an initiative from the Boise State University Department of World Languages, is an open and collaborative network of instructional materials and professional development created by and uniquely for Idaho’s K-16 language teachers and students. Teachers and students participating in the Pathways Project come from different fields of study and schools across Idaho to create open (i.e., free), digital activities that support the teaching and learning of foreign languages and promote intercultural competence. We hope to impact the opportunities learners have to connect to the global world!

Material Type: Teaching/Learning Strategy

Authors: Amber Hoye, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Fall Bucket List, Intermediate Low, ASL

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In this activity, students will identify and interview a partner regarding their "bucket list" for fall. (While designed for fall, this activity could easily adapted for any season.) Once complete, they will also be present their list to the group and discuss some aspects of their daily routine during the fall.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

First Impression Mad Libs, Intermediate-low, ASL 201, Lab 01

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Students will introduce themselves to each other. They will also fill out a Mad-Libs sheet based on the information they know about a partner. Students will learn to describe each other and each other's personality.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Surprising State Laws, Intermediate-low, ASL

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In this activity, students will get to learn some state signs. State signs are different depending on location, so we're going over a few variations of all the states. In the warm-up we're going over everyday/common uses of a variety of classifiers.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Mimi Fahnstrom

Fingerspelling Quiz, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 201, Lab 04

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Students get to practice their receptive skills with a fingerspelling quiz. Students should be reading fingerspelling at a mid-fast speed. Students are also practicing receptive/expressive descriptions of places/images/etc.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Fast Food, Advanced-Mid, ASL 301, Lab 02

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Students will be comparing different dishes of food and defending their opinion on which is more healthy. After that, the lab assistant will facilitate an open discussion (via prompted questions) about the Deaf community interacting in fast food businesses compared to hearing people's experiences.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Gabi Jones, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Numbers & Shapes, Novice Low, ASL 101, Lab 04

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During the warm-up students will review how to sign shapes and the cardinal numbers from the slideshow. For the main activity, students will pair up and each grab a picture card without showing it to their partner. One student will describe the picture card being specific to location, color, etc, while the other draws what their partner just described to them. The partners will then switch roles.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Megan McAllister, Delaney Lyon, Sarra Foerster, Izabelle Finner, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Scattergories/Coffee Cards, ASL 201, Lab 08

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Students will play a game regarding a wide variety of topics to further their conversation skills. Students will describe objects using descriptors to work on fingerspelling.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Questionnaire, Novice Mid, ASL 101, Lab 05

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This lab will introduce ASL students to having conversations with others. Students will learn how to properly ask and answer questions, as well as how to feel more comfortable in a conversational atmosphere. Students will also learn how to describe each other's responses.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Megan McAllister, Delaney Lyon, Sarra Foerster, Izabelle Finner, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Fast Food Inclusion, Advanced-Low, ASL 301, Lab 03

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Students will be learning Fast Food slang vocabulary via a Google Slide Presentation. (Note: These signs have been verified with multiple Deaf adults). Students will also be given a prompt as to how to make a specific Fast Food business more accessible to the Deaf.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Student Theater, Advanced-Mid, ASL 301 Lab 05

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Students will review what theatrical interpreters consider when signing live performances. After creating a list together, students will be grouped into two or three, analyze their movie clip and work together to interpret it. Students will learn more about interpreting live performances, and how to best interpret performances.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Ideal Deaf Classroom, Advanced-Mid, ASL 301, Lab 06 0

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Students will have a fingerspelling quiz, both from the lab assistant and from other students in the lab. For the main activity, students will be designing their ideal classrooms fit to their learning styles, then comparing and contrasting their designs to ideal classrooms for the Deaf.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Deaf Education Law, Advanced-Low, ASL 301, Lab 07

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In this lab, we will be discussing Educational Law and researching current social and political issues in the Deaf community via The Daily Moth. Students will be attempting to match educational law acronyms, titles, and definitions by working together.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Deaf Art, Advanced-Low, ASL 301, Lab 10

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Students will be discussing their personal experience with art including dancing, singing, painting, writing poetry, etc. They will be introduced to a few examples of artistic expression from Deaf individuals and asked to analyze these performances.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Artistic Self-Expression, Advanced-Mid, ASL 301, Lab 11

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The week before, students were asked to bring in a representation of their artistic self-expressing to share with others in the group. In this lab, they will be sharing those experiences and representations. Students will be given a short, 10 word, fingerspelling quiz from the lab assistant.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Sarra Foerster, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Emotion Story Game, ASL Intermediate-Low, ASL Foundation

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Students will get the chance to learn some new emotion vocabulary. Students will tell stories about different emotions they have. They will learn to identify and express different emotions.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Musical Interpreting, Intermediate-High, ASL 202, Lab 07

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During this lab students get a glimpse at the cultural importance of interpreters in a musical setting. Students also get to experience interpreting a song first hand for an audience. Students will learn how to interpret a song for others, helping their speed and accuracy improve.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

All Around the World, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 202, Lab 06

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The lab will start off with some conversation starters having to do with numbers, each prompt has a quantitative aspect involved. During the main activity lab students will get to learn each other's experiences in other countries, focusing on country similarities.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

Taboo, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 202, Lab 05

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For this activity, students will practice their circumlocution skills concerning their recent vocabulary. They will be given a word to explain without using the exact word, or similar words.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom

First Date Horror Stories, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 04202, Lab

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In this activity students will get the opportunity to learn some Valentine's Day vocabulary and will be able to share and talk about a given prompt as well as personal stories. Students are given twitter excerpts about bad first dates, this allows them to explain a sequence of events by using different signs and classifiers.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Authors: Amber Hoye, Delaney Lyon, Camille Daw, Mimi Fahnstrom