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OCC
Ohio Classical Conference Update Annual Meeting & Upcoming Events K.C. Kless, OCC Affiliate / Latin Teacher, Indian Hill Middle School The Ohio Classical Conference’s annual meeting will be on Friday & Saturday, November 14th & 15th in Cleveland. OCC President … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, Vol. 53, No. 1 - Fall 2014
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TESOL
TESOL CONFERENCE set for November Two Plenary Speakers featured Lillian Acker, TESOL Liaison, Ashland University Mark your calendars! The TESOL Academy 2014 is being held at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio June 20-21, 2015. The Ohio TESOL Conference in … Continue reading
Posted in Affiliates, Vol. 53, No. 1 - Fall 2014
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Debbie Varga is a Real HOOT!
Debbie Varga, Spanish Teacher, Revere High School, OFLA Secondary Language Learning committee This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to be a participant at the OWL (Organic World Language) East Coast Boot Camp, led by founder Darcy Rogers, in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts. … Continue reading
Advocacy, It’s Everyone’s Job!
Carol Eiber, OFLA President 2011-2012 At the 2012 Central States Conference two experts in Advocacy shared their ideas in two different presentations. Lisa Lilley, ACTFL 2010 Teacher of the Year, and Phyllis Farrar, then chair of the CSCTFL Advocacy Committee, … Continue reading
Catching Petanque Fever
How the Humble Sport of Lawn Bowling has Revolutionized Shannon Hodge’s French Program Kirsten Halling, Associate Professor of French, Wright State University After many years of playing amateur petanque matches with her French students on special occasions, Shannon Hodge, French … Continue reading
I am a “Mutt”
My renewed teaching philosophy Cécile Lainé, Wyoming City Schools, cecilelaine.wordpress.com Wow! So many changes have happened in World Language education over the past few years that it is high time we all reflect on our teaching philosophy and/or teaching style. … Continue reading
Do You Give a Hoot?
Cortney Bird, Spanish Teacher, Olentangy Liberty High School Past President of AATSP-Buckeye Chapter 2014-2016 What is an Ohio OWLer? Ohio OWLers is a group of enthusiasts who utilize Organic World Language, or OWL, which is a revolutionary teaching methodology that … Continue reading
Going Global with Amigos de las Américas
A unique service-learning opportunity for students of Spanish Gregg O. Courtad, University of Mount Union, Professor of Spanish and Co-President of the Ohio Chapter of Amigos de las Américas With or without the hyphen (and it does seem to be … Continue reading
Ohio University Hosts High School French Immersion Day
Kristina Carson, Ohio University French Club President 2012-2014 On November 25th, 2013, 120 high school students and teachers from Athens, Alexander, and Vinton County High Schools gathered at Ohio University for the French Immersion Day event hosted by OU’s French … Continue reading
Reflections on Implementing IPAs
Lucas Hoffman, OFLA Executive Vice-President Three years ago, I started “dabbling” in the world of Integrated Performance Assessments. There is a learning curve, for sure, on the part of both students and teachers; my students were certainly patient with me … Continue reading
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