Genre in World Language Education

Ideal for methods and foundational courses in world languages education, this book presents a theoretically informed instructional framework for instruction and assessment of world languages. In line with ACTFL and CEFR standards, this volume brings together scholarship on contextualized, task-based performance assessment and instruction with a genre theory and pedagogy to walk through the steps of designing and implementing effective genre-based instruction. Chapters feature step-by-step lesson designs, models of performance assessment, and a wealth of practical and research-based examples on how to make languages explicit to students through a focus on genre. Including sections on Arabic, French, Spanish, Italian, and other major world languages, this book demonstrates how to effectively teach and assess world languages in the classroom.

Francis John Troyan is Associate Professor of Teaching and Learning at The Ohio State University, USA.

PART I Genre and Functional Linguistics as a Foundation for World Language Assessment and Learning Chapter 1 Genres in Contextualized World Language Assessment and Learning Francis John Troyan Chapter 2 Developing a Critical Functional Linguistic Knowledge Based for World Language Teachers Francis John Troyan and Sabrina Sembiante Chapter 3 Modelling a Genre-Based Approach to Backward Design: The Landmark Description in Spanish Francis John Troyan Part II Teaching and Assessing Written Genres Chapter 4 Memories of Childhood: The Genre of Anecdote in German Marianna Ryshina-Pankova Chapter 5 A Genre-Based Approach to Teaching and Assessing the Recount of Habitual Events in Arabic Myriam Abdel-Malek Chapter 6 Il Était une Fois: Co-constructing Narratives in French Nicole King and Ahmed Bramli Chapter 7 Teaching Explanation in an Intermediate Japanese Language Classroom Shinji Kawamitsu Chapter 8 The Poster: A Genre to Develop and Assess Academic English Writing Skills Ida Chavoshan Chapter 9 Developing Academic Writing of Spanish Heritage Language Learners through Biographies in Spanish Díana Goméz Part III Teaching and Assessing Spoken Genres Chapter 10 Developing Oral Interaction in Italian through the Generic Structure of Typified Situations Loretta Fernandez Chapter 11 A Genre-Based Approach to Planning and Assessing Interpersonal Communication Francis John Troyan and Steven Wisnor with Madison J. Brandfass, Jane M. Cassidy, Lexie Neider, Sara E. Nippert, Haley C. Waldo, Emily M. Warburton, Caroline D. Hennebert, Mary E. Jenkins, and Maryann Kusmer