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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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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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Thematic Units in the Elementary World Language Classroom
Jonathan Harris, OWLA Early Language Learning ChairSpanish Teacher, St. Gabriel Consolidated School Thematic units are concepts taught in other subject areas such as math, science, art and social studies that can be taught in a target language. A benefit of … Continue reading
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Lessons Learned
Reflections on my time as an OWLA Board member Dawn N. Michael, OWLA Recruitment and Retention ChairReynoldsburg City SchoolsIn spite of personal circumstances that have hampered my ability to participate fully in the way that I would have liked, I … Continue reading
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2025 Scholarships and Raffle Recap
Thank you so much for supporting our beginning and future teachers! Nicole Hanlon, OWLA Scholarship ChairFrench Teacher, Buckeye Valley High School Our 3rd annual conference raffle was a huge success thanks to support from all of you who attended the … Continue reading
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AROUND THE STATE
Ryan Wertz and Kathleen Shelton, Education Program Specialists for World Languages and Cultures, Ohio Department of Education and WorkforceOhio’s Dual Language/Immersion Schools Cultivate Bilingual Brilliance and Cross-Cultural AwarenessAcross Ohio, a growing number of dual language/immersion (DL/I) schools are creating transformative … Continue reading
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Develop Your Students’ Creativity By Participating in AATSP’s Poster Contest
Alondra Pacheco, AATSP 9-12 Representative AATSP offers students a wonderful opportunity to showcase their artistic skills. Andrea Nazelli, our National Poster Contest Director, has been hard at work developing meaningful ways that students as young as pre-K can participate in … Continue reading
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National German Exam Results 2025
Ohio has a travel-study scholarship winner! Darlene Lyon, Retired Ohio AATG Testing Chair This year’s National German Exam continued with its secure online testing format with 646 students in 10 schools around Ohio completing the exam. At level 2, twenty-six … Continue reading
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Help Camp OFLA 2025 Grow: Share with Your Students and Families!
Jesse Baum, Camp OFLA Program Director Camp OFLA 2025 launches on June 8—and we’re asking for your help to make our 20th year of language learning the best one yet! Camp OFLA is a residential world language camp for students … Continue reading
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