Helping Our Tutors Be Successful by Olga Thomason

created on Nov 02, 2021 modified on Dec 14, 2021 09:19

description:

Students will assist Russian-speaking academic professionals in adapting to new fast-paced academic environment in UGA by creating a website page with UGA logistic information.

publisher:
National Foreign Language Resource Center
publish_date:
Dec. 14, 2021
contributors:
copyright:
None
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Language: Russian

Subject Area(s): communities, language and literature, education

Instructional Context

Audience Location:
UGA

Product Description:
Website with UGA logistic information for Russian-speaking students, graduate students and teaching assistants

Product Target Culture:
Russian

Target Audience Description:
Russian-speaking professionals and students who come to work and study at UGA.

Audience Role:
readers/viewers of the created website

Heritage Learners:
mixed

Language Proficiency

ILR Scale Listening:
3

ACTFL Scale:
5 6 7 8 9

ILR Scale Listening:
2

ILR Scale Reading:
2 3

ILR Scale Speaking:
2 3

ILR Scale Writing:
2 3

World Readiness Standards

Comparisons
Cultural comparisons

Communities
School and Global

Cultures
Relating Cultural Products to Perspectives
Relating Cultural Practices to Perspectives

Connections
Making Connections

Communication
Interpretive
Interpersonal

Communities
Lifelong Learning

Communication
Presentational

Connections
Acquiring Information and Diverse Perspectives

Comparisons
Language comparisons

21st Century Skills

Life and Career Skills
Social and Cross Cultural Skills
Productivity and Accountability
Initiative and Self-Direction
Flexibility and adaptability

Information, Media, and Technology Skills
Creativity and Innovation
Collaboration
Communication

Interdisciplinary Themes
Global Awareness

Life and Career Skills
Leadership and responsibility

Project Sequence Overview

Preparing for the Project

1. Project idea development and establishing partners - Formulation of the main idea for the project, developing the four elements for the Product Square and connecting with prospective partners more detail

Launching the Project

1. Entry Event - Guest Speaker more detail

Managing the Project

1. Work in 2 groups - Initial analysis of the collected data and tagging more detail

2. Tagging #1 - Discussion of the suggested tag sets and creation of the final variant of tags. more detail

3. Partnering with students from Russia - Students partner with their peers from Russia and interview them more detail

4. Discussion of the gathered results - All students discuss the result of the collaborative work. more detail

5. Tagging #2 - Tagging of the results received from the collaboration more detail

6. Comparison of Table #1 and Table #2 - Comparison of the gathered data and adjustment of the tagging set more detail

7. Interviews with tutors - Each group conducts an interview with a Russian tutor (suggested by the instructor). more detail

8. Interviews and Table #3 - Discussion of the created video interviews and data in Table #3 more detail

9. Tagging and Table #4 - Tagging of hardships in Table #3 and creation of Table #4 more detail

10. Table #4 - Discussion of materials gathered in Table #4. more detail

11. Pilot video and accompanying note - Each group creates a video and an accompanying note more detail

12. Discussion of the pilot videos and notes - Students discussed the uploaded pilot videos and notes and reflected on the feedback that they have received from their UGA and Russian peers and tutors. more detail

13. Work in pairs and production of the final product - Students work on the final product. more detail

Assessment

1. Presentation and defense of the final product - Students present and defend their final products. more detail

2. Final Product - Creation of the webpage for the final product. more detail