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OATJ
Ohio Association of Teachers of Japanese (OATJ) Rebecca Allen, Dublin Jerome and Coffman High Schools, Vice-President OATJ During the 2013-14 school year, OATJ has worked towards increasing collaborative efforts aimed at providing students with clear pathways to college and career … Continue reading
AATG
AATG News Deborah Page, University of Cincinnati, American Association of Teachers of German Representative 2014 National German Exam This year’s National German Exam had a new on-line format with 592 students in 18 schools around Ohio attempting the exam. At … Continue reading
OATC
Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese (OATC) Ping Wu, Columbus School for Girls, OATC President Recent OATC Events OATC held a membership meeting and a workshop at the OFLA Annual Conference in April. The workshop featured presentations on ”Rhymes and … Continue reading
AATF
AATF Ohio News AATF-Ohio Lucas Hoffman, AATF-Ohio Vice President I would like to thank Pascale Abadie for her service as AATF-Ohio President and Vice-President. Her enthusiasm and fun nature have made AATF a lot of fun these past couple … Continue reading
A Teacher Candidate’s Experience of the 2014 OFLA Conference
Yuanrui Beltowski, University of Akron A Great Gathering for Ohio Foreign Language Teachers My name is Yuanrui Beltowski and I am a graduate student currently studying to receive my Chinese Teaching License at the University of Akron. I received my … Continue reading
Posted in Vol. 52, No. 3 - Spring 2014
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A Cultural Lesson Learned the Hard Way
Carol Eiber, OFLA President 2011-2012, Stow-Munroe Falls HS, Retired There’s so much to teach about cultures and their practices; we can’t cover everything, so how does one prioritize? When I was working in Mexico recently one situation reminded of the … Continue reading
Teacher Education & Licensure
A Grant to Develop a Nationwide Licensure and Certification Guide Gaby Semaan, University of Toledo/Assistant Professor, Director of Middle East Studies and Coordinator of Arabic Program, Licensure Committee Chair Nationwide, new foreign language teachers many times find themselves lost when it … Continue reading
Technology Integration
OFLA Technology & World Languages Committee Theresa Minick, Technology Integration Chair Thanks to everyone who registered for the Thursday afternoon workshop, Changin’ Technologies for Changin’ Times, at the OFLA Conference in Columbus! I know that all of us – Rebecca Bias, Bryan … Continue reading
Secondary Language Learning
In the Good ‘ole Summer Time! Debbie McCorkle, Unioto High School Chair, Secondary Language Learning Committee Summer! For World Language teachers this season brings reflection, revamping and rejuvenation. During the summer there is time to reflect upon World Language curriculum. … Continue reading
Beginning Teachers
My Reflections on the Past Few Years Lucas Hoffman, Beginning Teachers Committee Chair Serving as the Beginning Teachers committee chair has been a great privilege of mine. I will echo what many other colleagues will say in that it has … Continue reading
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