Author Archives: Cardinal Editor

2018 OFLA Teacher of the Year

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Beth Hanlon, 2017-2018 OFLA President Spanish Teacher, Oberlin High School The Teacher of the Year Award is designed to recognize very accomplished language teachers that follow best practices, both state and national standards, as well as proficiency guidelines. The Teacher … Continue reading →

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Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese is ready for the new year!

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Laura Renz, Mirai Intercultural Language and Consulting, Vice President OATJ The previous year ended on a great note with OATJ’s Fall Conference in November with guest presenter Yo Azama who presented on Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA). Teachers of Japanese from … Continue reading →

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AATSP Winter 2017-2018: Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica Chapter Ideas

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Lindsay Dollinger, AATSP Buckeye Chapter President 2018 Having just inducted our school’s biggest incoming class of new inductees to the “Los Pioneros” Chapter of the Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica, the time for planning a new year of opportunities for our Spanish … Continue reading →

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Addressing context with Hymes’s SPEAKING model

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Marissa K. Wood It is no doubt that role plays, conversation snippets, and dialogues in the foreign language classroom help to develop a learner’s communicative competence. Beyond the tier of Chomsky’s linguistic competence, students learn about appropriateness through practicing language … Continue reading →

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Letter to my Novice Language Learners: I understand, and I feel for you. Don’t give up.

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Becky Searls Spanish Teacher, Upper Arlington School District Wow. Today I remembered what it’s like to walk a mile in your shoes. I’m writing from Otavalo, Ecuador, in South America, where I started Kichwa language lessons this week. Kichwa is … Continue reading →

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French Braiding for Language Class Success

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Angela Gardner Spanish Teacher Ross Local Schools, Hamilton, OH I’ll be forever indebted to my cooperating teacher for student teaching, Mrs. Virginia “Ginny” Gills. She taught me many important and valuable things that have served me well in my career … Continue reading →

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Ritual vs Routine in the K-12 Classroom: What’s the difference? Why does it matter?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

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 →

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OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE AND OTHER AATG UPDATES

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

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 →

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LESSONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING FROM A NATION OF POETS

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

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 →

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TALKABROAD: A New Way to Encourage Students to Engage in Conversations with Native Speakers

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

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 →

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