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Monthly Archives: January 2015
AATG
AATG News Deborah Page, AATG Liaison, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash Fall Conference Held The Fall Conference and Meeting were held November 7-8, 2014, in Columbus. The program began on Friday afternoon with a meet and greet. There were several … Continue reading
For Community Connections and Collaboration
Establish a World Language Community Advisory Board Parthena Draggett, Jackson High School Spanish Teacher & World Language Department Head, OFLA Technology Integration Committee Greetings OFLA Colleagues! I hope that everyone had a wonderful first semester and is looking forward to a … Continue reading
OVFLA
Teachers, University Faculty and ODE Connect at Annual OVFLA Meeting Mary Jane Kelley, Ohio University, OVFLA Co-Director The Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance held its annual fall meeting at Ohio University in Athens on Saturday, November 1, 2014. This year’s … Continue reading
ODE Around the State
Putting Proficiency-based Learning into Perspective: Shift Happens! Ryan Wertz, Kathy Shelton and Paula Sondej, World Language Consultants, Ohio Department of Education Centuries ago Aristotle imparted this bit of wisdom: “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” When … Continue reading
A Participant’s Guide to the World – Teaching for Global Competence
Elizabeth Munro, Euclid High School, Spanish Teacher World language programs are floundering in many public schools across Ohio. Boards of Education and taxpayers do not view money spent on world language study as an important element in student achievement. Despite … Continue reading
ASL…Could It Be A Real Language?
Sheri K. Barksdale, Instructor of American Sign Language, University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College American Sign Language has been gaining acceptance as a legitimate course of study in high schools and college over the past 20 years. Once thought to … Continue reading
Bringing “Global” Close to Home
Debbie Varga, Spanish Teacher, Revere High School, OFLA Advocacy Committee and Second Language Learning Committee During the movie, Up in the Air, Anna Kendrick’s character is attempting to sell the concept of “glocal” (bringing the global-local). This concept applies directly … Continue reading
Film Genres, Language Skills and Modes of Communication
María Postigo. Canal Winchester HS, Spanish III & IV Teacher, OFLA Secondary Language Learning Committee. María is currently on a sabbatical as she finishes her PhD Dissertation. Introduction Despite how difficult it is to define the concept of film genre … Continue reading
Begin Your Journey Toward Language Acquisition with a Single Question: “How Do You Feel?”
Cécile Lainé, French Teachers, Wyoming City Schools At my TPRS training last summer, Lynette Saint George always started her lessons by asking students how they felt as she would circulate an iPad with a slide full of faces expressing different … Continue reading
How Teachers are Using Technology in IPA
…and Recommendations to Implement Gabriela Linik, Virtual Community School of Ohio, Spanish Teacher Last spring, I researched how technology tools were being used in world language classrooms. About 80 teachers in Ohio and a few more across the country participated … Continue reading