Best+Practices+in+Teaching+Yiddish

**Best Practices Basics**
@http://www.carla.umn.edu/about/lrc/documents/LRC_brochure.pdf (lrc's as key to best practices) http://wendybrownell.wikispaces.com/Best+Practices+WL (links to world languages' BP sites) http://www.nclrc.org/TeachingWorldLanugages/ (NCLRC practical guide w/principles, practices, resources) @http://www.columbia.edu/~rak23/website-images/index.htm (rakorb YIVO workshop) @http://nclrc.org/essentials/index.htm (NCLRC essentials of language teaching) ||
 * [[image:yiddish-bestpractices.jpg width="220" height="145"]] || @http://www.longwood.edu/staff/goetzla/span400/appendix1_2.pdf(BP's in world languages/Pittsburgh public schools)

**Using Yiddish to Learn Yiddish**:
@http://yiddishacademy.com/teach-yourself-yiddish/ (Lesson 1: Basic words to hear/repeat) @http://yiddishfarkinder.com/ (Worksheets / reading, writing, songs) http://www.is.vic.edu.au/teachers/learning/lote-resources.htm#yiddish (Victoria Independent School Yiddish workbook - audio) ||
 * [[image:yiddish-pop.jpg width="207" height="115"]] || @http://www.yiddishpop.com/ (Robot-Cartoon-Dialogs/Exercises)

**Planning and Providing Feedback:**
http://funnel.sfsu.edu/students.pdf (McTigue's discussion on backward design: planning instruction based on desired outcomes) @http://www.carla.umn.edu/assessment/vac/ (CARLA virtual assessment center) http://www.actfl.org/Can-Do_Statements.pdf (ACTFL "Can-Do" self assessment guidelines - pdf download) @http://www.nclrc.org/essentials/planning/plindex.htm (NCLRC teaching essentials -- See: planning a lesson!) ||
 * [[image:yiddish-assessment.jpg width="159" height="152"]] || @http://www.columbia.edu/~rak23/website-images/index.htm (RAKorb YIVO workshop on integrated performance assessment)

**Working with Authentic Materials:**
@http://yugntruf.org/yiddish-vokh/?lang=en (youth for Yiddish -- interesting site) @http://yiddish2.forward.com/archivepage/?p=3&y=2014 (radio archive -- check it out!) http://yiddish.forward.com/ (daily world news in Yiddish) @http://www.fema.gov/yiddish (FEMA disaster announcements for Yiddish language clients seeking hurricane disaster relief) @http://israblog.nana10.co.il/noblog.htm (Sholom Berger's Yiddish blog) @http://www.allyoucanread.com/israeli-newspapers/ (Israeli newspapers online) ||
 * [[image:yiddish-alphabet.jpg width="179" height="139"]] || @http://yugntruf.org/ (great source for Yiddish instructors)

**Learning Strategies:**
@http://www.yiddishdictionaryonline.com/ (fairly decent looking dictionary online) http://www.verterbukh.org/ ("comprehensive" online Yiddish-English Verterbukh) @http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/yiddish/dictionary.cgi (translator from Yiddish to English -- basic) http://www.yiddishslangdictionary.com/ (Yiddish slang flashcards) @http://www.nclrc.org/sailing/index.html (NCLRC Website: "Sailing the 5Cs with Learning Strategies") ||
 * [[image:vertebukh-small.jpg width="122" height="174"]] || @http://www.alphadictionary.com/directory/Languages/Germanic/Yiddish/ (Links to a wide assortment of Yiddish dictionaries / online)

**Yiddish-Resources Online Websites:**
@http://www.yivoinstitute.org/ (YIVO Institute for Jewish Research) http://www.yivo.org/max_weinreich/index (YIVO Weinrich Center online links list) @http://naomi.org/ (Foundation commemorating Naomi) http://www.yiddishsummer.eu/451-0-Overview.html (Yiddish - mostly music - summer program in Weimar) @http://jwa.org/search/site/Yiddish%20language (Jewish women archive -- tags for "Yiddish Language" http://www.columbia.edu/~rak23/yiddish-websites.htm (RAKorb YIVO-workshop Yiddish LInks 2007) ||
 * [[image:yiddish-keyboard.jpg width="209" height="126"]] || http://www.columbia.edu/cu/german/programs/yiddish/ (Columbia University Yiddish Program)

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