Pages
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- May 2022
- February 2022
- October 2021
- May 2021
- February 2021
- October 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- February 2020
- October 2019
- September 2019
- June 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- October 2018
- September 2018
- June 2018
- January 2018
- October 2017
- September 2017
- June 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- October 2016
- June 2016
- January 2016
- October 2015
- June 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- October 2014
- June 2014
- January 2014
- October 2013
- June 2013
- January 2013
- September 2012
Categories
- Advocacy
- Affiliates
- Around the State
- Awards
- Cardinal
- Committee News
- Conference
- Early Language Learning
- Executive News
- Fall 2017
- Fall 2018
- Fall 2019
- General
- In Memoriam
- Letter from the President
- Membership
- No. 1 – Fall 2016
- No. 3 – Summer 2016
- OFLA News: Association
- Opportunities
- Professional Development
- Scholarships
- Summer 2017
- Summer 2018
- Summer 2019
- Technology
- Uncategorized
- Vol. 51, No. 1 – Fall 2012
- Vol. 51, No. 2 – Winter 2013
- Vol. 51, No. 3 – Spring 2013
- Vol. 52, No. 1 – Fall 2013
- Vol. 52, No. 2 – Winter 2014
- Vol. 52, No. 3 – Spring 2014
- Vol. 53, No. 1 – Fall 2014
- Vol. 53, No. 2 – Winter 2015
- Vol. 53, No. 3 – Summer 2015
- Vol. 54, No. 1 – Fall 2015
- Vol. 54, No. 2 – Winter 2016
- Winter 2017
- Winter 2018
- Winter 2019
- Winter 2020
Meta
Author Archives: cardinaleditor
The Power of Relationships
Better Together Marcia Davis, OFLA Secondary Language Learning and Diversity Committee ChairWorld Language Middle School, Columbus City Schools Ohio’s Learning Standards for World Languages and Cultures describe what learners should know and be able to do while building language proficiency … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
AATSP Update
Alondra Pacheco, Ohio Buckeye AATSP President Spanish Teacher, University School, Hunting Valley We are delighted to announce that Ryan Casey and Nadine Jacobsen-McLean will serve as National Teach Spanish Week co-chairs of the 2022 event. NTSW aims to promote the teaching … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Team Traveling: Bringing the World to Our Kids
How 3 Teachers in Stark County Created a Travel Team to Get More Students into the World Megan Brady, OFLA Beginning Teacher Chair Spanish Teacher, Northwest High School What are we doing to motivate our students to learn languages when … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Ohio Francophiles: Celebrate “Our House Tavern” & Ohio’s French History
Dr. Roger Anderson, Assistant Professor of International Languages & Cultures, Central State University In the 18th century, French aristocrats fleeing the violence of the French Revolution were lured to the Ohio River Valley by scammers, who succeeded in swindling them. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Rick Steves Bringing Europe into Our Classrooms
Dr. Roger Anderson, Assistant Professor of International Languages & Cultures, Central State University For those unfamiliar, Rick Steves is the U.S. European travel expert whose brand (empire?) encompasses travel shows on radio and television, annual guidebooks, and even touring packages … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
60th Annual Ohio Foreign Language Association Conference Update
Richard Emch, Ohio Foreign Language Association PresidentFrench Teacher, North Royalton High School Planning a conference, particularly one the size and quality of the Ohio Foreign Language Association’s Annual Conference, is always quite an undertaking. As you can imagine, it has … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The Ohio Foreign Language Association’s Vision Statement
The Ohio Foreign Language Association voted at its February 12, 2022 board meeting to revise its Vision Statement. The inclusion of the word culture puts OFLA in step with the Ohio Department of Education’s Learning Standards for World Languages and Cultures adopted in March 2020. This is from ODE’s website: In March … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Tips & Trips for Digital Worksheets
Kaleigh Baker, OFLA Executive Vice PresidentSpanish Teacher, Butler High School If you are newer to being 1:1 with Chromebooks or iPads in your school, you have probably come across the problem where your former Word documents or PowerPoint presentations just … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Using Social Annotation in World Language Classrooms
Cheryl Johnson, OFLA Immediate Past PresidentInstructional Technologist for the Dept of Modern Languages, Denison University What is social annotation? As defined by Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation, “social annotation is reading and thinking together. It brings the age-old process of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
March Música Madness 2022
SpanishPlans.Org Lisa Howie, OFLA Executive TreasurerSpanish Teacher, Smithville High School I learned about this activity, like so many others I use, at an OFLA conference several years ago. Actually, I believe my colleague first showed me one in German and … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment