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Monthly Archives: January 2018
Ritual vs Routine in the K-12 Classroom: What’s the difference? Why does it matter?
Becky Searls Spanish Teacher Upper Arlington School District I am naturally a pretty type-A individual. While my husband may argue otherwise based on my tidiness level at home sometimes, I would say that I’m a pretty organized person, particularly as … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE AND OTHER AATG UPDATES
OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE Dennis Boyd, Brunswick High School/Ohio AATG Treasurer/AATG Liaison to OFLA The Fall AATG conference was held on Saturday, November 4, 2017, at the Hyatt Place Dublin. The conference featured presentations by Gene Aufderhaar, Darlene Lyons, Leeni … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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LESSONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING FROM A NATION OF POETS
Derek Braun, TESOL/OFLA Liaison Columbus City Schools, ELL Science Teacher Aqoon l’aani waa iftiin la’aani. (Somali proverb: To be without knowledge is to be without light.) Somalia is known as a nation of poets. The Somali language wasn’t given an … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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TALKABROAD: A New Way to Encourage Students to Engage in Conversations with Native Speakers
Yuki Togawa Gergotz, Case Western Reserve University / Lecturer of Japanese TalkAbroad (https://talkabroad.com) is a website that provides a well-trained conversation partner for conversation practice in eight different languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Japanese) for over … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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Technology and Student Teaching
Haylee Holbrook Pre-Service Teacher at Bluffton High School Bowling Green State University This is my first submission to the Cardinal and I am so excited to be apart of this organization! This school year, I am completing my student teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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