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This is the official program for SWCOLT/PLAN 2022.
Join us Friday and Saturday, March 25-26, 2022 at the Grand Sierra Resort & Casino (GSR) in Reno, Nevada.
Pre-conference workshops are scheduled for Thursday, March 24, 2022.
Register for the conference and reserve a hotel room at this link: Information & Registration.

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Thursday, March 24
 

9:00am PDT

Workshop: Level up your Comprehensible Input Teaching (Ticket Required)
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This three hour session will be jam packed with tools and strategies to make providing CI easier for you and more enjoyable for everyone! AnneMarie Chase will dive into a range of topics, including tricks to assess without stress, getting the most of our Free Voluntary Reading and of course, we’ll play a few of her favorite classroom games that give students loads of input. This session will be taught in English and will be applicable to teachers of all levels and languages.  Participants will receive digital resources, with links to videos demonstrations for further exploration, plus a few freebies!
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AC

Thursday March 24, 2022 9:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  Half-day workshop

9:00am PDT

Workshop: Raising the Value of Bilingualism with State and Global Seal of Biliteracy Credentials - CANCELLED
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NOTE:  THIS WORKSHOP HAS BEEN CANCELLED & RESCHEDULED AS A PRESENTATION DURING SESSION 8.
This workshop is about the transformative power of a Seal of Biliteracy program. The workshop is broken up into three parts: (1) Research: Explore data that shows how a Seal of Biliteracy program that includes pathway awards builds excitement, learner autonomy and program retention.  (2) Gamification: Discover how benchmark testing provides learners with motivating feedback, improves curriculum and instruction, and accelerates language acquisition.  (3) Pathway Implementation: Learn more about the Global Seal of Biliteracy program, a free language credentialing program with a three-tiered pathway of serial-numbered certifications for language learners and users of any age. Participants will have the opportunity to create an implementation plan for students at the middle school, high school and/or university level that will lead to greater student engagement and success. Discussion includes: goal-setting, benchmark testing, combining State and Global Seal of Biliteracy recognition tools, and the Global Seal opportunity for university students and adults. Included is information on how the Global Seal of Biliteracy is being used for teacher certification and language pay differentials.
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avatar for Linda Egnatz

Linda Egnatz

Executive Director, Global Seal of Biliteracy
Linda Egnatz is the Executive Director of the Global Seal of Biliteracy, a free international language credential program designed to fill the opportunity gap for bilinguals of any age who want to celebrate and certify their language skills. In 2013, she was awarded the Golden Apple... Read More →

Thursday March 24, 2022 9:00am - 12:00pm PDT
TBA
  Half-day workshop

1:00pm PDT

Workshop: High-Leverage Teaching Practices Lead the Way (Ticket Required)
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Dive deep into how to create meaningful contexts for language learning in your classroom, then collaborate with others to put it into practice. Several past participants of the Leadership Initiative for Language Learning (LILL) will share their journeys of leading from the classroom with high-leverage teaching practices to affect change in their spheres of influence. Acquire strategies for dealing with challenges and setbacks when leading change. Create a personal plan of action to apply the learning back in our classes and communities. This workshop has four segments: learning about the high-leverage teaching practice (HLTP) of establishing a meaningful and purposeful context for language instruction; collaborating on ways to integrate this into classrooms; learning from LILL Advocates how they impacted their spheres of influence with HLTPs; and collaborating on an Action Plan advocating for change in our learning communities. Participants will be able to: 1) Explain the importance of and how to create a purposeful context for language learning; 2) Identify ways to lead a focus on high leverage teaching practices; 3) Plan strategies to be an agent of change in one’s sphere of influence.
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EG
avatar for Beckie Bray Rankin

Beckie Bray Rankin

French Teacher, Lexington High School
Beckie’s passion for teaching French evolved from a love of travel, music, food, and new ideas. Now teaching at the HS level in Lexington, MA, she focuses not only on instilling lifelong learning into her students, but also embedding social justice and social emotional concepts... Read More →

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Joe Vallina

ACTFL
Providing vision, leadership and support for quality teaching and learning of languages, ACTFL is an individual membership organization of thousands of language educators and administrators from elementary through graduate education, as well as government and industry.

Thursday March 24, 2022 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  Half-day workshop

1:00pm PDT

Workshop: Leading Successful DLI Programs: What We've Learned from Those Who Have Done It (Ticket Required)
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Very few building, district or state level administrators have had prior training and/or experience before they step into the responsibilities of their leadership role with a DLI program. Many of these new administrators find themselves learning the needed knowledge and skills while on the job, adding to an already full load of tasks and, often, stress. Need to know: 1) Know program model and pros of the one you’ve chosen vs other options; 2) Know and apply criteria for hiring staff; 3) Describe effective instructional practices and recognize them when you see them; 4) Cite research on outcomes; 5) Adhere to non-negotiables; 6) Schedule regular parent meetings to ensure parents have the most up to date information; 7) Report and explain student L2 progress. Participants will identify their roles in DLI leadership. Communication will be two-way; participants will ask questions of presenters, and presenters will question audience members in order to facilitate deeper and more natural conversation. The presentation will include video clips, examples of leadership tools, and other visual support to serve as both evidence as well as stimulate further questions and conversation.
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MC

Thursday March 24, 2022 1:00pm - 4:00pm PDT
Nevada 8/9
  Half-day workshop
 
Friday, March 25
 

8:30am PDT

Best of New Mexico: Rebuilding Our Classroom Communities
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This presentation focuses on priorities for a classroom’s ongoing, post-calamity educational recovery. First of all, it will review the three Rs of classroom community as the foundation for breaking barriers and rebuilding trust. Additionally, it will consider the nature of communities as ever-changing dynamics of interactions that can be re-shaped not only by the addition and attrition of persons but by the experiences of vulnerable constituents. Finally, rebuilding our classroom communities demands attention to the metaphor of re-stitching, referenced in the conference theme. Participants brainstorm to (1) assess where their students are in terms of relationships, (2) articulate a vision of what the classroom community will be, and (3) identify tactics to achieve the desired community.
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GF

Friday March 25, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 11
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Leveraging Immersion Activities/Tasks
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Immersion is an excellent experiential learning tool that occurs inside or outside of the classroom where students observe a situation, engage in the target language to enhance learning, and reflect on the experience. It is a learning strategy that is not limited to the traditional classroom. By allowing students to interact with the local population, it increases their language and cultural awareness. Not only do students enhance their communicative skills, but they also gain more confidence. The framework of Bloom's taxonomy is essential in preparing an immersion program. The outcomes from immersions are crucial to the school's mission and the student's learning experience.
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CQ

Consuelo Quijano

Filipino Instructor, Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center (DLIFLC)

Friday March 25, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 8/9
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Playing Towards Proficiency
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Like to play games? Students should be speaking, reading, writing, and listening in the WL classroom to increase their proficiency and what better way to get that happening than with games! Come join this session to play games and learn how to use and modify them for the classroom! Participants will leave with games ready to play Monday morning with their students. All teacher created materials and resources will be shared with participants.
Speakers
avatar for Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Educator, Northwest Career and Technical Academy CCSD
I teach Spanish II, Spanish III, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature and Spanish V.  I love to collaborate and work in PLCs with other teachers.  I am the Professional Development Chairperson for the Professional Language Association of Nevada (PLAN-the Nevada state world... Read More →
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Zita Myers

Teacher, CCSD

SWCOLT Playing toward proficiency pdf
Friday March 25, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 10
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Teaching Language Communicatively: From Research and Theory to Practice
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The goal of communicative language teaching (CLT) is for learners to attain communicative competence. Unpack the theory and research on communicative competence, including the four competencies (grammatical, sociolinguistic, discourse, and strategic) that all language learners must acquire to be communicatively competent in a second language. Examine practical tools, resources, and activities for fostering these competencies in traditional, hybrid, and/or online teaching environments. Identify how to use multimedia resources for developing intercultural communicative competence among language learners; specifically, attendees will explore digital storytelling and virtual exchanges for connecting their students to the target language and cultures beyond the classroom walls.
Speakers
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Dr. Victoria Russell

Professor of Spanish & Foreign Language Education, 2022 ACTFL President, Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University's (VSU) Department of Modern and Classical Languages offers fully online MAT programs in Foreign Language Education (Spanish and French) and in ESOL that are accredited by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, CAEP, and ACTFL. Earn your certification... Read More →

Friday March 25, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

Silver Strike: Developing Intercultural Competence Through Project-Based Inquiry
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Project-based inquiry models can be used as a method to help students develop intercultural competence in intermediate-level courses. Topics will include integration of ACTFL’s World Readiness standards and tips and challenges in utilizing this method for language instruction.
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Rebecca Borden

WLE Program Area Coordinator, University of Oklahoma

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

9:45am PDT

Silver Strike: Let's Get Cooking: Bringing the Classroom into the Home and the Home into the Classroom
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Video-conference tools have broken barriers between home life and the classroom -- often in unintentionally amusing or even invasive ways -- but bridging that gap can also have far-reaching and highly positive effects on student engagement, sparking more effective, present, and personal intercultural connections between students both at home and in global communities. Using a coordinated series of home-cooking projects and events as a case study, this presentation showcases some of the ways that video-conference tools allow instructors and learners to create more immediate, culturally-targeted language communities, bridging the space between home and classroom and providing unexpected benefits such as family and friend participation and engagement as well as participation from students abroad. Presenter Jessica Wood is a Senior Lecturer of German at Northern Arizona University with over 20 years’ experience in both the language classroom and home kitchen.
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JW

Jessica Wood

Senior Lecturer of German, Northern Arizona University

SWCOLT 2022 Jessica Wood Presentation pdf
Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

9:45am PDT

ALL Means ALL: Leveraging Your Language Program to Remove Educational Barriers for Students While Creating Opportunities for ALL Students
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Is it possible to create an environment of equitable opportunities for all students? Absolutely! School districts and individual schools can utilize their robust language programs to create a culture of inclusion and celebration, especially when talking about marginalized populations. By removing barriers and providing multiple opportunities to students, including offering classes in students’ home language, institutions can provide students with the tools they need to be successful in the future. In this session, participants will gather ideas to make their classrooms and schools an environment of collaboration, innovation, rigor, and equitable opportunities for all students. The presenter, an Assistant Principal, will share examples from his urban middle school, located in the center of Reno, Nevada, of how he used General Spanish and Spanish Literacy programs to increase student achievement and create opportunities for all middle school students.
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Ryan Smith

CTE Coordinator / AVID Director, PLAN
I am the AVID Director and Career and Technical Program Coordinator from the Washoe County School District in Reno/Lake Tahoe, Nevada, the Past President of PLAN (Professional Language Association of Nevada), and the 2018 NADSFL Supervisor of the Year.

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

Best of Oklahoma: Implementing Diverse Perspectives into Your Curriculum
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Participants will learn how to naturally incorporate the "language specific" - speaking world into their daily routine. We will look at how "Calendar Talk" can be rich in cultural products and perspectives and how this simple task can engage students on a deeper level of cultural understanding.
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WS

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 3
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

Critical Conversations: ACTFL Initiatives to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Educator Pipeline and Beyond-EXHIBITOR SESSION (ACTFL)
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Does our teaching profession reflect the diversity of our learners? Tap ACTFL initiatives and resources to bring in, develop, and nurture current and future language educators. The pipeline begins with encouraging a more diverse group of learners (such as students achieving the Seal of Biliteracy) and supporting heritage/native speakers to explore teaching as a career. Identify ways to support candidates on the path to certification. Share strategies to continuously develop educators by honing their teaching and leadership skills. Mentoring – including virtual coaching, professional learning communities, and ACTFL’s programs – is critical at each stage of the pipeline. Explore the challenges and collaborate to shape actions to take locally (as an individual, institution, or organization).
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Victoria Russell

Dr. Victoria Russell

Professor of Spanish & Foreign Language Education, 2022 ACTFL President, Valdosta State University
Valdosta State University's (VSU) Department of Modern and Classical Languages offers fully online MAT programs in Foreign Language Education (Spanish and French) and in ESOL that are accredited by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission, CAEP, and ACTFL. Earn your certification... Read More →
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Howie Berman

Executive Director, ACTFL
Language advocate. Lifelong learner.

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 2
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

Heritage Language Learners, RaRaRa (Research, advocacy, Remodeling, authenticity, Resources, assessment)
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Heritage language programs are established in various education sectors (weekend community-based programs, in-school programs in public or private schools, and after-school programs) and have different goals and structures based on the language taught; the education sector in which the language is taught; and the focus, goals, and experience of program organizers, administrators, and staff. They often struggle with issues of trained teachers, curriculum and materials, assessments, support, and student engagement. Acquire strategies, resources, and research that will assist both new and existing heritage language programs and explore ways of providing heritage language learners the opportunity to utilize, grow, and learn their heritage language.
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CZ

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 8/9
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

SEL (Social Emotional Learning) in the World Language Classroom
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This interactive workshop will help teachers to understand what SEL is and is not, as well as practice ways to help students work on their social emotional learning skills in their target language. By helping students identify their emotions, acknowledge them, and work on ways to deal with them, teachers are giving students valuable life skills to be more effective and productive learners, as well as strengthen the classroom community.
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Jennifer Schwester

French Teacher, Brick Memorial High School
"Jennifer Schwester, a.k.a. jennyzenyoga, has been providing yoga services and training to many underserved populations for six years, including special needs adults, senior citizens, first responders, and her high school French classes. Jennifer brings her 25 years experience as... Read More →

SWCOLT spring 2022 Teacher Slides SEL (Social Emotional Learning) for the World Language Classroom pptx
Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 10
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

The Power of Data-Driven Teaching-EXHIBITOR SESSION (Avant Assessment)
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By utilizing test data, my teaching practice and career changed. I went from trying to survive the next day to leading my district’s curriculum and assessment teams,and leading professional development to increase vertical and horizontal alignment district-wide. The data that the STAMP test provided my students and me led to a focused vision of what I needed to do in my classes. Having caught the eye of district administrators, we then set out together to make district-wide improvements for all students, and best practices within the classroom.
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avatar for Roger Burt

Roger Burt

Regional Account Manager, Avant Assessment
Avant Assessment is dedicated to creating a brighter future through the magic of language. We build and deliver effective assessments of real-world proficiency, the Avant ADVANCE teacher training tool, and Avant MORE Learning professional development to help transform language learning... Read More →

Friday March 25, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 1
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

Silver Strike: Re(Assessing) Oral Evaluation Rubrics
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This presentation will focus on how a university's language program conducted a year-long analysis of its oral assessment practices that concluded in a reassessment of its oral evaluation rubrics. The program's self-study focused on assessment goals, analysis of rubrics, and conducting norming and calibration sessions with language instructors. The presenter will describe how this process took shape and how, ultimately, rubrics were adapted to more closely align with the program's learning objectives.
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AC

Ame Cividanes

Visiting Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Pepperdine University

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

11:30am PDT

Silver Strike: Reflective Language Teaching through Peer Observation
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A constant challenge for language teachers is maintaining their professional development regarding using the most effective strategies and classroom management to influence higher learners’ achievement. This interactive presentation showcases how to develop an attitude of transformative teaching through reflection by applying peer observation of teaching. Language teachers are often misled by misconceptions of how peer observation of teaching is not beneficial for improving classroom processes and developing transformative, confident, and self-motivated teachers and learners. Presenters will demonstrate how formative assessment conducted through peer observation of teaching can remove those misconceptions and develop an appropriate attitude towards the benefits of learning by being observed by peers and receiving feedback, and observing the peers and providing them feedback.
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MD
BD

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

11:30am PDT

Best of Utah: Are Your Wildflowers Wilting? Strategies for Supporting Students with Special Needs
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Supporting diverse learners who struggle due to unmet special needs is challenging. This session explores the unique strengths and challenges associated with different types of special needs (such as ADD/ADHD, anxiety and depression, Asperger's syndrome, giftedness, hearing impairments, etc.) and offers specific strategies for supporting these students in world language classes.
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avatar for Cherice Montgomery, PhD

Cherice Montgomery, PhD

Associate Professor of Spanish Pedagogy, Brigham Young University
I'm a Spanish teacher who is interested in a million things, so you can talk to me about pretty much anything!  From a personal perspective, I'm a birdwatcher, church-goer, cook, reader, traveler, and West Coast Swing dancer (among other things).  In terms of professional conversations... Read More →

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 3
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

Introducing the Topic of Sustainability in the Novice and Intermediate Level Language Classes
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Although topics related to the sustainable development and sustainable practices in the target culture are traditionally included in a more advanced level language curriculum, different aspects of this broad topic can be successfully introduced in the lower proficiency level classes. This presentation will provide tips, suggestions, sample activities, and lesson plans illustrating the integration of the topic of sustainability in the Novice and Intermediate level language classes in connection to other general themes.
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MB

Mariana Bahtchevanova

Lower Division French Coordinator, Arizona State University
AD

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 11
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

On-Point Feedback with Single-Point Rubrics
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Frustrated with providing meaningful feedback for your students? A single-point rubric may be just what you need! This session looks at what a single-point rubric is, how and when to use this type of rubric, and how to provide meaningful feedback and grades using one. In addition, participants will work on creating their own single-point rubric.
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Cristin Bleess

Instructional Strategist, Wayside Publishing

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

Teaching Empathy through Global Education
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Take your students on an adventure!! Open their minds to the cultures that sit right around them in their classroom. Students notice the similarities and differences that bring your classroom together into a community that works together, investigates issues, and uses critical thinking to understand what is beyond themselves. Take yourself on an adventure to a different country or host a teacher from a different country in your classroom. Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms and Fulbright Teaching Excellence and Achievement are programs that can get you there. Find out how, when you attend this presentation, and walk away with ideas you can immediately implement in your classroom.
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avatar for Belle O'Neill

Belle O'Neill

Author and retired Spanish teacher
I am a retired 32 year teacher, 2016 Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms Fellow, author of 2021 book, Dare to Connect: Redefining Success for the Modern Educator, and a current supervisor for student interns at The University of Nevada RenoPlease contact me about how to build... Read More →

Friday March 25, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 10
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Silver Strike: Beyond the Textbook: Animated Silent Short Films in the Language Classroom
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In a constantly stimulating world, student motivation frequently becomes a challenge within the language classroom. Textbook activities don't often impassion students to produce in the L2 to the best of their ability. This presentation will demonstrate how to effectively incorporate silent animated short films into the classroom to promote student engagement and language production. Short films hook students with their stories and their emotion and can be used with any level (and language) by simply adapting the difficulty of the task. For students, the shorts are engaging, different from book and paper activities, motivational, can provide context for cultural comparison and insight, and promote original language production.
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JS

Juliana Suby

Northern Arizona University

Friday March 25, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Silver Strike: Inclusive First-Year World Language Curricula: Spotlight on Grenzenlos Deutsch
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This short session presents practical ways in which traditional first year world language curricula can be modified to embody inclusivity and criticality. This will be done by exploring the “Grenzenlos Deutsch” project, an open-access curriculum centered on the representation of diverse, marginalized, and/or non-dominant identities and perspectives. The session emphasizes the integration of essential questions, themes, and communicative tasks related to environmental issues, sustainability, structural perspectives toward discrimination and social justice, non-traditional family structure, and LGBTQ experiences, among others. More broadly, attendees will walk away from the session with a rich curricular framework on which to draw for inspiration during future planning.
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WS

Friday March 25, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Gain Your Time Back!
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This session will focus on eliminating interruptions in the World Language (WL) classroom due to students' sometimes negative attitudes about taking an elective they didn't necessarily choose. Many students don't start learning a WL until high school. How can students' attitudes about an elective they didn't choose be changed? How can teachers lose less time in dealing with classroom management and student engagement issues, whether you teach in-person or online? Leave this session gaining your time back!
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avatar for Dana Goodier

Dana Goodier

instructional coordinator, Aurora Public Schools
Are you in the trenches as an educator? You’re not alone. Hear from those who have been in the trenches and managed to come out intact. Hear their stories.

Friday March 25, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 10
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Information Gaps: A Staircase for Proficiency
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Are you searching for ways to increase student talk time, integrate authentic visuals, build confidence, and integrate retrieval practice, all at the same time? Think Information Gap! This session provides guidelines, samples, and collaborative time to discuss and brainstorm a sequence of information gap activities that can be designed to focus on meaning, content, culture, and form. Come join us!
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avatar for Greta Lundgaard

Greta Lundgaard

Consultant, N/A
Still enjoying sharing new ideas, strategies, and learning with language educators!

Key Slides Build a Staircase with Information Gap Activities pdf
Friday March 25, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Play-Based Learning to Build Connections-EXHIBITOR SESSION (Organic World Language)
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In this session, experience how play, moving, and learning are interconnected and can be used to build relationships between students. Cognitive connections and academic success can be improved through movement and play as evidenced by social constructionism. Iinfusing positive relationships and accountability into a classroom will create a safe and supportive learning environment. This session shows how to include purposeful movement, discovery learning through games and activities, and how to strengthen interconnectedness between students (and teacher!); all supporting and improving acquisition in the World Language classroom.
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EB

Emma Bricker

Organic World Language

Friday March 25, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 11
  60-minute session
 
Saturday, March 26
 

8:30am PDT

Best of California: The Power of Our Stories and Voices
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Through the sharing of stories, teachers can empower students to share their stories and maximize the use of the target language in the classroom. The quote, “Students don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care,” rings true in all that we say and do in the education profession, but more so in the World Language classroom where the students are most vulnerable and can learn best when the affective filter is low. Building time in the language classroom to connect and build at the social emotional level is key to showing students that you truly care about their health and well-being. In this presentation, participants will be introduced to storytelling as a strategy to reach and motivate students to learn more about their target language and culture.
Speakers
avatar for Vicky Xiong-Lor

Vicky Xiong-Lor

Teacher, Buchanan High School
I was born in Laos in 1973 and came to the U.S. in 1980 as a war refugee. My father served in the Secret War in Laos, and therefore, our family was given permission to resettle in America. My family first resettled in Minnesota, but later moved to California in 1983. I became a bilingual... Read More →

Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 3
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Fun Formative Assessments in the Second Language Classroom from the ACTFL National Teacher of the Year-EXHIBITOR SESSION (ACTFL)
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As we move into the second year of a global pandemic, it’s becoming more challenging than ever to keep and hold student engagement throughout class time. Simultaneously, there’s more pressure than ever to bring students to unprecedented levels of language acquisition within short amounts of time as second language programs across the country are having to justify their program’s existence and worth to parents, administrators, and students themselves. What are second language teachers supposed to do?! One solution is to bring a little fun into the classroom on a daily basis. This session will focus on ways to have fun while also assessing student abilities in the target language. As we’re all living through the same pandemic our students are, special emphasis will be placed on fun for the instructor – not just the students. Attendees will leave the session with fun formative assessment ideas for their classroom during the pandemic and (hopefully) beyond.
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avatar for Heather Sweetser

Heather Sweetser

Senior Lecturer of Arabic, ACTFL National Teacher of the Year - 2022
U.S. Army veteran, Ohio State graduate, Arabic linguist, passionate about learning to communicate with each other and have better conversations in any language. I like camping, reading, and movies.

Fun Games pptx
Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 8/9
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

League of Leadership Part 1: Harnessing Our Superpowers to Lead
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Are you already in a leadership position or are you thinking about layering your leadership in new ways? In this two-hour, discussion-based session, focus topics will include increasing diversity in membership, boards, conference sessions, professional development offerings, curriculum, advocacy, and resources as well as addressing other needs of state, regional, and national organizations. What is already working well in your areas of influence? What other ideas can be implemented to move toward your vision and mission? Let's collaborate and be greater together!
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AT
avatar for Toni Theisen

Toni Theisen

Educator, Thompson School District
Toni Theisen, the 2013 ACTFL President and the 2009 ACTFL Teacher of the Year, teaches French at Loveland High School in Loveland, CO where she is also the district WL Curriculum Representative. Theisen is a National Board Certified Teacher with an M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching... Read More →

Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Promoting Diverse Perspectives through a Learner-Centered Curriculum
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This workshop will provide a learner-centered curriculum to promote diverse perspectives in a language teaching classroom. First, this workshop will introduce the structure and elements of a learner-centered curriculum. Then, based on the Intercultural Competence Standards from ACTFL, this workshop will provide curriculum planning, including instructional planning, learning activities planning, and assessments planning that promote diverse perspectives in a foreign language teaching classroom. Attendees will learn how to plan and design a learner-centered curriculum in a language teaching classroom and how to promote learners’ multicultural and multilingual perspectives. This workshop will emphasize exploring different ways of thinking and being behind the target language and culture, planning multicultural learning activities, including multiple authentic assessments. This workshop will use Chinese language teaching as an example, but attendees can adjust this curriculum in their language teaching practices.
Speakers
avatar for Bo Liu

Bo Liu

Ph.D. Candidate in World Languages Education, University of Oklahoma
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in world languages education at the University of Oklahoma while teaching Chinese courses at the university.I am also looking for a Chinese college teaching position next year after graduation. If your school may have any open positions, please let... Read More →
KW

Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 1
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Social Emotional Learning and Its Application to Global Citizenry
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Creating an environment of empathy and equity is every teacher’s goal; the question is how? Integrating Social Emotional Learning allows achievement of positive classroom culture and aids in reaching goals, making responsible decisions, and helping to create awareness of the meaning of global citizenry. This session will create opportunities for SEL in World Language classrooms and will provide tools for implementation as well as to elaborate the importance of global social connections that are vital to our World Language classrooms today.
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Organic World Language

Keynote Speaker/Facilitator, OWL Founder, Lead Educator, Organic World Language
OWL transforms classes around the world, inspiring and motivating students and supporting teachers to create engaging and empowering learning spaces. We offer In-person Trainings, Virtual Trainings and Resources that provide frameworks and strategies for proficiency-based, target... Read More →

Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 11
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

Taking Care of Teachers First
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Take some time for yourself and learn ways to help navigate your own stress and anxiety during this “new normal”. You cannot pour from an empty cup, so let’s take some time to refill and recharge. Attendees will be provided with the opportunity to learn and practice some self-care tips.
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Jennifer Schwester

French Teacher, Brick Memorial High School
"Jennifer Schwester, a.k.a. jennyzenyoga, has been providing yoga services and training to many underserved populations for six years, including special needs adults, senior citizens, first responders, and her high school French classes. Jennifer brings her 25 years experience as... Read More →

SWCOLT spring 2022 THE CARE AND FEEDING OF TEACHERS TEACHER SLIDES pptx
Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 10
  60-minute session

8:30am PDT

The PACE Model with a Twist of Culture - SESSION CANCELLED
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The presenter will explain the four parts of the PACE Model, including a cultural activity. The presenter will demonstrate with a sample lesson each step of the PACE Model. After each demonstration, the presenter will describe in detail the process for creating each step of the PACE Model. Throughout the presentation, the presenter will give ideas on how to incorporate culture activities using the Intercultural Learning Process (Scarino & Liddicoat, 2009). Particpants will receive handouts and the PACE Presentation.
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Mariana Apalategui

Point Loma Nazarene University

Saturday March 26, 2022 8:30am - 9:30am PDT
Nevada 6/7
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

ACTFL Assessments: Features, Administration, and Data Reporting-EXHIBITOR SESSION (Language Teaching International)
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At Language Testing International, we deliver ACTFL proficiency-based assessments, the gold standard in language testing. Learn about the advanced features, easy administration, and data reporting of ACTFL assessments. ACTFL assessments can be used for student placement, monitoring progress in proficiency, and certifying language skills of students and instructors. - Advertisement: Language Testing International
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avatar for Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan Ph.D.

Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan Ph.D.

Assoc. Director, Language Testing International
After working nearly 10 years in world language curriculum and assessment design at Brigham Young University, I am currently Associate Director of Assessment at LTI, the exclusive licensee of ACTFL. LTI's mission is to help people around the world successfully achieve their communication... Read More →
GJ

SWCOLT 2022 LTIassessments pdf
Saturday March 26, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 2
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

Best of Nevada: Taboo Talk
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What topics are considered taboo in our classrooms? What themes are we AFRAID to address? Let's build bridges instead of walls by giving our students a voice to communicate about these challenging topics and develop cultural competency. This presentation will provide strategies on how to give students the essential tools they need to disagree without being disagreeable and to respectfully discuss some of the most difficult topics with which they are faced in today's world.
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Rachel Tillotson

Spanish, PLAN

Saturday March 26, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 8/9
  60-minute session

9:45am PDT

League of Leadership Part 2: Harnessing Our Superpowers to Lead
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Are you already in a leadership position or are you thinking about layering your leadership in new ways? In this two-hour, discussion-based session, focus topics will include increasing diversity in membership, boards, conference sessions, professional development offerings, curriculum, advocacy, and resources as well as addressing other needs of state, regional, and national organizations. What is already working well in your areas of influence? What other ideas can be implemented to move toward your vision and mission? Let's collaborate and be greater together!
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AT
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Toni Theisen

Educator, Thompson School District
Toni Theisen, the 2013 ACTFL President and the 2009 ACTFL Teacher of the Year, teaches French at Loveland High School in Loveland, CO where she is also the district WL Curriculum Representative. Theisen is a National Board Certified Teacher with an M.A. in Foreign Language Teaching... Read More →

Saturday March 26, 2022 9:45am - 10:45am PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

Silver Strike: Activities using Drama TV Series with Subtitles to Increase Students’ Sensitivity to Colloquialism
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Showing a TV show (drama) or a movie to students with subtitles has both advantages and disadvantages. It offers rich cultural experiences beyond the textbooks, even though the experiences are indirect. On the other hand, one of the shortcomings in using subtitles is that students don’t pay attention to the target language, relying on subtitles to understand the story. The activities that the presenter will share keep students more attentive to the target language. The activities are composed of three parts. The warm-ups that briefly revisit the previous lessons, while-viewing, and post-viewing activities. While-viewing activities focus on language—transcription and two-way translations. During post-viewing activities, the class discuss the story and cultural aspects that they noticed.
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DK

Drama colloquialism Koo 2022 pptx
Saturday March 26, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

11:30am PDT

Silver Strike: From Objectives to Key Results in Teaching Reading Comprehension
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One of the biggest challenges in teaching reading for many teachers is setting clear learning and performance objectives is not having a clear understanding of its purpose and relationship of the elements and processes between objectives and key results. Presenters will demonstrate how building reading comprehension is the process of extracting and constructing meaning at the same time through interaction and involvement with written language. It happens in the sociocultural process, and it consists of three elements: the reader, the text, and the activity, including reader-reader interaction over text. Presenters will emphasize how breaking up reading materials into manageable passages prevents readers’ cognitive overload.
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BD
MD

Saturday March 26, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  15-minute session

11:30am PDT

Best of Texas: Fluency + Fun=5: Takeaways to Improve Fluency, Have Fun, and Make a 5 on the AP IV Exam
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This session will focus on engaging activities that improve and fine tune fluency while preparing students for a 5 on the Advanced Placement (AP) exam. Activities will be provided for each task and will pay attention to both native and non-native speakers. Participants will experience what a "Glow and Grow" peer review is and how to play the culture game. The presenters will show a variety of ways to not only prepare students for the AP exam but how to create a classroom culture of collaboration and community. In addition to engaging in the activities, attendees will be provided with guides and samples to use the next day.
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avatar for Carolyn Bracksieck

Carolyn Bracksieck

teacher, Lamar Consolidated ISD
I'm all about immersion and real life scenarios in the classroom!
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Stacy

B.F. Terry High School, Lamar CISD
I have taught all levels of Spanish but my favorites are Spanish for Spanish Speakers and Spanish 4 AP. 

Saturday March 26, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 8/9
  60-minute session

11:30am PDT

Teaching Foreign Languages with Picture Storybooks
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This workshop will explore ways and strategies to use picture storybooks in foreign languages teaching. First, this workshop will introduce the characteristics of Picture storybooks, Comprehensible Input, and Three Modes of Communication in language teaching. Then, this workshop will provide learning activities using picture storybooks to inspire learners’ cross-cultural awareness, promote learners’ interpretive communication skills, build personal connections, and break cultural barriers. Through these activities, students will also advance interpersonal, intercultural, and presentational communication and will enhance their classroom participation and engagement. Lastly, the workshop will analyze the current challenges encountered and resources offered in using picture storybooks in foreign language teaching. Attendees will be provided available and relevant resources of picture storybooks in different languages. They can also adopt picture storybooks in teaching both language literacy and culture through fun classroom activities.
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avatar for Bo Liu

Bo Liu

Ph.D. Candidate in World Languages Education, University of Oklahoma
I am currently a Ph.D. candidate in world languages education at the University of Oklahoma while teaching Chinese courses at the university.I am also looking for a Chinese college teaching position next year after graduation. If your school may have any open positions, please let... Read More →
KW

Saturday March 26, 2022 11:30am - 12:30pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Game Talk: The Why and How of Using Games for Proficiency Gains
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As language teachers aim to embrace more proficiency-based strategies in their classrooms, it is critical to take a look at what role "games" can play to best meet their goals. Teachers who have traditionally used games as a means of "practicing" language or "drilling" discrete concepts may be missing out on golden opportunities to connect with students through purposeful, communicative exchanges. Teachers who shy away from games because they think is it time wasted, may be cheating themselves of a key ingredient that could motivate and excite their students to partake in abundant discourse fueled by meaningful, comprehensible input. This presentation will discuss WHY game-play is important in the language classroom and HOW to go about playing games in a way that promotes proficiency gains at all levels.
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Andrea Schweitzer

Spanish Teacher, Saint Rita Catholic School
Originally from the the Midwest, I made my way to the great state of Texas shortly after college. I've been teaching middle school Spanish for the past 13 years. After my 5th year of teaching I stumbled upon my first TPRS workshop with Blaine and haven't looked back!! In my free time... Read More →

GAME TALK SWCOLT 2022 Schweitzer pdf
Saturday March 26, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

How Video Assessment Improves Student Learning Outcomes Faster-EXHIBITOR SESSION (GoReact)
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One thing that is often missing in language instruction is self-awareness on language learning performance. Using video, partnered with embedded text, video, and audio feedback brings that awareness to the student, drastically improving student learning objectives. The more opportunities students have to create with the language and receive individual and meaningful feedback, the better they will apply and retain what they are learning in your course. Come learn how GoReact helps give students the tools they need to succeed in the language learning journey.
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Sam Farley

Director of Sales for North America, GoReact
I am not only a representative for GoReact, I am also an adjunct professor in the areas of Business and World Languages. I always tell people...I am like the hair club for men (except that didn't work out too well for me) I am not only a representative, but I am also a client. GoReact... Read More →
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Sam Butterfield

Sr. Account Executive, GoReact

Saturday March 26, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 2
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Humor in the Foreign Language Classroom is Serious Business
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Traditionally education has been perceived as a most serious and disciplined undertaking. Schools have become so obsessed with standardized test scores, discipline, objectives, competence, and proficiency that they have turned into rather grim places. Humor in the foreign language classroom can be used stimulate learning, motivate students, and ease tensions. The presence of laughter in the classroom demonstrates that students are paying attention. When used wisely, humor in the world language classroom facilitates attention and motivation, improves student-teacher rapport, and makes learning more enjoyable. This presentation will demonstrate that to use humor in the world language classroom, one does not need to be a natural joke-teller or clown. Creating a humor-filled environment, jokes, lesson plans, personal stories, games, tests, and benefits of humor will all be addressed. Happy, interested students are more prone to higher achievement and fewer behavior problems. Taken seriously, humor benefits students and teachers alike.
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BL

Saturday March 26, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 1
  60-minute session

2:00pm PDT

Journals… with Sprinkles to Top
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Journals are like ice cream scoops--lots of flavors and lots of choices. Plus lots of toppings and variations! Come and get ideas for the different flavors of journals that can be used in the world language classroom and how to encourage students to add their own toppings as they eat their way to proficiency. All resources will be shared and this session will be interactive with creation (no ice cream, sorry!) as a group as we chat!
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Jennifer Newman-Cornell

Educator, Northwest Career and Technical Academy CCSD
I teach Spanish II, Spanish III, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature and Spanish V.  I love to collaborate and work in PLCs with other teachers.  I am the Professional Development Chairperson for the Professional Language Association of Nevada (PLAN-the Nevada state world... Read More →
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Zita Myers

Teacher, CCSD

Journals are like ice cream pdf
Saturday March 26, 2022 2:00pm - 3:00pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  60-minute session

3:15pm PDT

Focus Session: Connecting Your Classrooms with the World While Being Isolated from It
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A study by the US Travel Association found that educational trips have a positive, lasting impact on students' education and career because the trips made them more engaged, intellectually curious, and interested in and out of school. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has posed unexpected challenges to both domestic and international travel. Find out how you can connect your classrooms virtually with the world LIVE and for FREE with the Happy World Foundation Inc.
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avatar for Akash Patel

Akash Patel

“ Empathy, Action Civics and Cross-Cultural Understanding for Social Justice in the World Language Classroom" Keynote description:Classroom Technology makes it easier than ever to connect students to the world. But how can we better harness these connections to empower learners... Read More →

Saturday March 26, 2022 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Nevada 2
  90-minute session

3:15pm PDT

Focus Session: Empowering the World Language Classroom Instruction with Social Justice
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Integrating social justice into classroom instruction will challenge all students and allow them to reach their full potential. This session informs how to incorporate and implement social justice themes into World Language classrooms and shares classroom-tested strategies that greatly enhance and empower students to move up on the proficiency ladder.
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avatar for Ying Jin

Ying Jin

Teacher, Cupertino High School
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Liz Matchett

Executive Director, California Language Teachers' Association
I'm the Executive DI=irector of CLTA, a clsasroom Spanish teacher, and a university methods instructor.  Ask me about CLTA, the DEI committee, the Advocacy committee, CIEE, How we should grow Affiliates, and  tell me about any way CLTA can support you!

SWCOLT22 Empowering The WL Classrooom with Social Justice pdf
Saturday March 26, 2022 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Nevada 8/9
  90-minute session

3:15pm PDT

Focus Session: Linguistic Inclusivity in the Second Language Classroom
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Students in our second language classrooms come to us from a variety of linguistic backgrounds and scholastic experiences. For some, English is their second (or third or fourth) language, and they are learning our classroom’s target language through an already 'foreign' lens. Others have never learned the difference between nouns and verbs. Then we have our students who get frustrated with fellow classmates who are not understanding or learning fast enough for them, with most students falling somewhere in the middle. This interactive session will focus on techniques on how to create a learning environment that takes the whole student into account, no matter their background, creating an inclusive classroom where everyone can learn the target language. Attendees will leave the session with concrete examples of how to adapt models of linguistic inclusivity in the second language classroom.
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Heather Sweetser

Senior Lecturer of Arabic, ACTFL National Teacher of the Year - 2022
U.S. Army veteran, Ohio State graduate, Arabic linguist, passionate about learning to communicate with each other and have better conversations in any language. I like camping, reading, and movies.

Linguistic Inclusivity ppt
google drive link docx
Saturday March 26, 2022 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Nevada 6/7
  90-minute session

3:15pm PDT

Focus Session: Writing to Grow: Building Blocks to Proficiency
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Are you taking advantage of Presentational Writing as a tool for and as evidence of proficiency growth? You should! An intentional writing plan provides opportunities to process, practice, and apply new learning in context. A writing plan enables teachers to learn when to un-grade as well as teach grammar in context while moving students across proficiency borders. This session explores a writing output sequence and revision strategies that deepen and expand writing performances that grow language proficiency.
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avatar for Greta Lundgaard

Greta Lundgaard

Consultant, N/A
Still enjoying sharing new ideas, strategies, and learning with language educators!

Key Slides SWCOLT 2022 Writing to Grow pdf
Saturday March 26, 2022 3:15pm - 4:45pm PDT
Nevada 4/5
  90-minute session
 
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