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

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

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

Flyswatter Vocabulary, Intermediate-Low, ASL 202, Lab 03

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With this activity students get the chance to have casual conversation in the warm up, about their favorite sports teams, players and influential commercials. The main activity is centered around numerical signs, getting familiar with different types of measurement (time, amount, etc.)

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Getting to Know You, Intermediate-Low, ASL 202, Lab 02

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Students will have a chance to get acquainted with the other students in their lab group. Additionally, they will review vocabulary they learned in previous semesters. Students will discuss their likes and dislikes, explaining their preferences. This is a great lab to start the year off.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Sign Language Interviews, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 202, Lab 08

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This warm-up should instigate meaningful conversation about accommodations made for deaf people in the workplace. The main activity gives students the opportunity to host an interview and ask some significant and specific questions about another person.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Gift Giving, Intermediate- Low, ASL 202, Lab 09

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For this lab, students will get the chance to ask in depth questions and get detailed answers about someone's likes and interests. Students will practice asking and answering in depth questions and explain preferences. They will also have the opportunity to talk about past experiences with gift giving.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Fingerspelling/Spelling Bee, Intermediate-Mid, ASL 202, Lab 10

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Students are exposed to a wide variety of things to do with this activity, each individual activity focuses on either expressive or receptive signs. All four activities work on improving fingerspelling skills, as well as reading fingerspelling. Students also get a chance to experience tactile signing in one of the activities!

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Service Animals, Intermediate- Mid, ASL 202, Lab 11

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In this activity, students get the chance to explore the possibility of deaf people needing service animals. The activity encourages conversation about important topics surrounding deaf individuals. Students will have the opportunity to converse unfamiliar topics and discuss potentially controversial topics.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

ASL Advertisement, Intermediate- High, ASL 202, Lab 12lab

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Students will talk about news and how they access it. In the main activity, students will make an ad supporting or opposing a certain product, they will have to make their case to the rest of the group.Students will learn how to discuss items and express opinions on items to a group.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Facial Expression Challenge, Intermediate-Low, ASL 201, Lab 09

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Students will get the chance to watch a CODA Comedian in the warm up and get a glimpse into what it is like to have deaf parents. In the main activity, students will be able to work together to understand just how important facial expressions in sign language are.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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

Vocabulary Battleship, Intermediate-Low, ASL 202, Lab 13

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Students will talk about their favorite board games. They will learn how to discuss preferences in board games. For the main activity, students are playing battle ship with some review of vocabulary signs from the semester.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

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