Training Resources: Urdu ◊ Arabic
A. Language-Specific Resources
1. ACTFL Speaking Proficiency Guidelines for Hindi : The Hindi Guidelines were revised in 2014 with support from STARTALK@NYU by Prof. Vijay Gambhir and Prof. Susham Bedi.
2. Hindi and Urdu ACTFL Oral Proficiency Interviews with rating rationales (written in English and audio-recorded in Hindi): Project sponsored by Hagop Kevorkian Center, New York University and STARTALK. The interviews are conducted by ACTFL certified trainers, Susham Bedi and Shaheen Parveen, and by ACTFL certified tester, Rajni Bhargava. The rationale was developed by Susham Bedi and the audios recorded by Susham Bedi and Tahira Naqvi.
3. World Readiness Standards for Language Learning in Hindi: Mini project developed by Prof. Susham Bedi sponsored by STARTALK@Kean University.
4. Principles for Effective Teaching in Hindi and High Leverage Teaching Practices in Hindi: Mini projects developed by: text – Susham Bedi, audio-recording in Hindi – Shilpa Parnami and in Urdu – Romeena Kureishy. It is sponsored by STARTALK, STARTALK@Kean University and STARTALK@NYU.
5. Sample Curricula and Teaching Materials for Hindi
6. Authentic Materials for Developing Reading Comprehension: Texts with Activity Sheets (1991 ACTFL-Based Project developed with a grant from the Department of Education by Vijay Gambhir, Manindra Verma, Susham Bedi, Herman Van Olphen, Rosane Rocher)
7. Student Activity/Assessment Sheets
8. Hindi Transliteration Conventions
9. Heritage vs. Foreign Language Learners (HLLs vs. FLLs)
10. Language structures in authentic materials
11. Tess India Resources and Video Tutorials
132. Rishi Valley Schools, Andhra Pradesh, India
B. Generic Resources: 21st Century Skill Map
1. Rubrics for Evaluating:
2. NCSSFL-ACTFL Global Can-Do Benchmarks
3. ACTFL Performance Descriptors
4. TELL Project
5. ClasRoad Collection
7. More Resources (courtesy by Fowdy and Hendrickson)
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