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Monthly Archives: May 2025
Winding Down from a Great Year
Megan Brady, OWLA President 2024-2025Spanish Teacher, Northwest High School And just like that, our year is winding down with another one in the books! I want to take a moment to thank you all for such a wonderful year. Looking … Continue reading
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Language Club Ideas to End the Year on a Strong Note
Don’t let your club fizzle, make it the envy of the school! Kaleigh Baker, OWLA Immediate Past President As the school year winds down, so too might your clubs. I am here to offer some fun ideas to keep your … Continue reading
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Tips for a Resilient World Language Classroom
Debbie Varga, OWLA President-Elect Spanish Teacher, McKinley Senior High School Almost-summer greetings fellow OWLA members! It is exciting that the end of the school year is in sight, and now is the perfect time for reflection. The topic of resilience is … Continue reading
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Language Teaching for the Future: Beyond Textbooks and Traditional Methods
Teri Wiechart, OWLA Parliamentarian and Bylaws ChairRetired, Delphos Jefferson High School The Shift in Language Learning Language education is undergoing a profound transformation. Gone are the days when world language classes relied solely on rote memorization, dry grammar drills, and … Continue reading
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Volunteering for Your OWLA Professional Organization
mportant profession Maria Herman, OWLA Membership ChairGerman Teacher, Maumee City Schools Were you able to attend our annual conference at the beginning of April in Columbus this year? If so, you’ll agree it was a fantastic opportunity to network, recharge, … Continue reading
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Take the Leap: Join the OWLA Board
Beth Hanlon, OWLA Executive Recorder and Editor of The CardinalSpanish Teacher, Oberlin High School Being a member of the OWLA board seems a little daunting, doesn’t it? I thought that too! But then I served on an OWLA committee. And … Continue reading
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A Francophone pop culture course to boost enrollments; created by me, inspired by many world language educators
Nicola Work, OWLA Editor for Electronic Media University of Dayton, Associate Professor of French One of my goals for the near future is to encourage more higher education language faculty to be involved with OWLA. Why? To learn more about … Continue reading
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Five Takeaways from Languages Alive in 2025
Alexis Blum, OWLA Professional Development ChairSpanish Teacher, Wapakoneta High School Happy Spring, OWLA! I hope you are enjoying your spring and finding happiness at the closure of another school year. It was so wonderful to see so many of you … Continue reading
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Spotlight on New Teachers: Allie Harris
Abby Arace, OWLA Beginning Teachers ChairFrench Teacher, New Albany Middle School The OWLA Beginning Teacher Committee is working hard to connect with new teachers and to support them in becoming excellent, innovative, resourceful, and long-lasting world language teachers. We want … Continue reading
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Interdisciplinary Connections
Deepening Language Learning Through Collaboration Samantha Colby, OWLA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee ChairSpanish Teacher, Toledo Technology Academy of Engineering In a language classroom, it is important to incorporate opportunities for students to learn and utilize the target language to … Continue reading
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