Scaffolding Interpersonal Communication:Building Proficiency

Cherice Montgomery, Ph.D.Brigham Young University

Cherice_Montgomery@byu.edu

What can you do proficiently?

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How did you develop your proficiency?

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Can you “prove” that you are proficient? Based on what evidence?

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Novice

Superior

Encouragement

& FeedbackEncourageme

ntv.

Assessment

Gave up too soon

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Montgomery

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“Nothing motivates

like success!” - Susan Gross

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How do your

students know if they are

succeeding?

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NOVICE-MIDVery Familiar

TopicsVariety of

Memorized/Practiced Words &

Phrases

NOVICE HIGHExchange

InformationFamiliar Topics

Phrases & Simple

SentencesAsk & Answer

Simple ?s

INTERMEDIATE LOW

Participate in ConversationsA Number of

Familiar TopicsSimple

SentencesAsk & Answer

Simple ?s

INTERMEDIATE-MID

Sentences & Strings of Sentences

Ask & Answer a Variety of ?s

INTERMEDIATE HIGH

Ease & ConfidenceNarration

DescriptionVarious Time

FramesUnexpected Complication

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Novice Intermediate

Advanced Superior

Length of Output

Words & Phrases

Strings of Sentences

Paragraphs

Connected

Paragraphs

Topic Scope (& Variety):

Immediate Personal

Needs

Self, Family, & Communit

y

Local or National Current Events

Global or Social

Issues & Personal Expertise

Level of Familiarit

y:

Personal, Familiar & Informal

Impersonal,

Unfamiliar &

FormalLevel of

Complexity/

Abstraction:

Simple & Concrete

Complex &

Abstract

Level of Creation:

Memorize &

Recombine

Create Circumlocute &

Elaborate

Justify & Defend

Shifting Proficien

cy

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Proficiency Guidelines

Conceptual Issues & Social

Problems

Transliteracy Critical Thinking

Proficiency Scaffolding

Abstract, complex theme that focuses on global ideas &

issues

3 texts(Different

media, genres, perspectives, &

cultures)

Create(Express, imagine,

hypothesize, synthesize, etc.)

Connected Paragraphs(Extended Discourse)

Classroom Climate

& Social

SupportsExpanded topic

focuses on international

3 texts Evaluate Paragraphs Pedagogical Strategies, Transitional

PhrasesExpanded topic

focuses on cultural

2 texts(Different

media, genres, or perspectives)

Analyze Connected Sentences

Activity Structures & Tech Tools

Expanded topic focuses on

social

2 texts(Same media,

genre, or perspective)

Apply Sentences Templates, Graphic

Organizers, & Sentence Frames

Topic focuses on personal

1 text Understand Phrases Context & Prior Knowledge

Concrete, familiar topic

No text Remember Words Cognates

Topic(s) Text(s) Task(s) Talk Tools

Proficiency &

Common Core on

the Complexi

ty Continuu

mDeveloped by Cherice

Montgomery, Ph.D.

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Progressively Develops Proficiency

Through Iterative

Interpersonal

Communication, Critical Thinking, & Synthesis

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Novice – Limited Immediate Needs

Intermediate – Personal & Social

Advanced – Work & School

Superior – Professional/Schola

rlyText Type

(How they talk)Isolated Words &

PhrasesSentences &

Strings of Sentences

(In any order)

Paragraphs(Relationships

among ideas clear, ordered,

sequenced)

Connected Paragraphs,

Extended Discourse

(to build a logical argument)

LanguageFUNCTIONS

(What they can do with language)

Label, list, name

Formulaic, memorized responses

(limited transfer)

Ask & answer simple questions

Create with language

(recombining and repeating input)

CircumlocuteCompare/contrast

pro/con, +/-Describe with

details/elaborationNarrate a sequence

of events

State an opinionSupport an opinion

w/o ref. pers. exper.

Justify & defend opinion

Hypothesize (state consequences)

CommunicativeCONTEXTS

(What they can talk about)

Common aspects of daily life

(basic survival needs)

Common, informal settings

Predictable, familiar topics

Daily Activities

Personal Environment

Informal settings, some transactions

Concrete discussion in participatory

manner

Current events

Topics of personal or general interest

Most informal & some formal

settings

Abstract, complex topics w/o hesitations

Wide range of public interest topics & special

expertise

Formal & informal settings

Proficiency 101 – Cherice Montgomery, Ph.D. Accuracy at Level

Sustained Performance

Cherice Montgomery

Credits• ACTFL. (2012). NCSSFL-ACTFL global can-do benchmarks. NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-do Statements:

Progress Indicators for Language Learners. Alexandria, VA: ACTFL. Retrieved June 24, 2014, from http://www.actfl.org/global_statements

• Gross, Susan. (2004). Susan Gross Educational Workshops & Consulting. Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://susangrosstprs.com/

• Kinsella, Kate. (2010, October). Academic language function toolkit. Sweetwater Union High School Districtwide Academic Support Teams. Retrieved June 29, 2016, from http://www.cojusd.org/cms/lib2/CA01001709/Centricity/Domain/198/Academic%20Language%20Functions%20toolkit.pdf

• Montgomery, Cherice. (2016, February 13). Carl climbs bowling ball head.• Montgomery, Cherice. (2016, February 13). The daggar in box canyon.• Montgomery, Cherice. (2014). Proficiency & Common Core on the Complexity Continuum. • Montgomery, Cherice. (2014). Proficiency 101. • Montgomery, Cherice. (2016). Shifting proficiency. Based on the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines.• Newsela. (2016). Spanish text sets. Newsela. Retrieved June 29, 2016, from

https://newsela.com/text-sets/#/spanish• Purcella, Bryce. (2013). Cherice Montgomery ice climbing. Fairbanks, Alaska.• Purcella, Bryce. (2013). Hiking Little O’malley. Anchorage, Alaska.• Purcella, Bryce. (2013). Ice climbing. Fairbanks, Alaska.• Traught, Elise. (2016, February 13). Cherice ice climbs deep throat maple.• Traught, Elise. (2016, Feburary 13). Cherice ice climbs the daggar.• Traught, Elise. (2016, February 13). Cherice in front of the daggar.