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What My Spanish 3 Students are Doing Right Now

Escena Musical Lisa Howie, OFLA Executive Treasurer Spanish Teacher, Smithville High School My Spanish 3 students are finishing and presenting Prezis about Spanish musicians/artists right now. I wish I could take the credit for creating the format, but I can’t. Years … Continue reading

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Implementing Culture in Arabic Classrooms in Ohio’s Schools

Hind HaddadArabic Teacher, International Academy of Columbus  Teaching world languages and cultures is a vital part of schools’ courses. Ohio’s schools have recently witnessed a huge demand for Arabic, one of the main languages in the world. With the increase … Continue reading

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Language Advocacy – Reconnecting with Goals and Partners to Recharge Our Advocacy

Kathleen Stein Smith, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Metropolitan Campus  Introduction The COVID pandemic disrupted education and learning at all levels, impacting students everywhere. In addition, already-existing challenges to language learning have only become worse. Advocacy is needed more than ever before, … Continue reading

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Would You Like to be a Part of OFLA?

Kaleigh Baker, OFLA President ElectSpanish Teacher, Butler High School Being a member of OFLA has been a fantastic experience for me and I am so glad that I took the leap to be more involved. Joining the OFLA board is … Continue reading

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Please Consider Attending the 2022 60th Anniversary Conference July 25-27, 2022

Richard Emch, Ohio Foreign Language Association PresidentFrench Teacher, North Royalton High School In an ever-changing field of education, the Ohio Foreign Language Association has focused our strategic plan to “build the capacity of foreign language teachers to prepare learners to … Continue reading

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2022 Annual OFLA Conference

More information and registration are available here: https://ofla.wildapricot.org/event-4728960

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End of School Year Plans

Kaleigh Baker, OFLA Executive Vice-PresidentSpanish Teacher, Butler High School With the final weeks of the school year approaching, we are entering that time where classes are constantly interrupted with various forms of testing, field days, and the general disengagement that … Continue reading

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Why I Go To OFLA

Lisa Howie, OFLA Executive TreasurerSpanish Teacher, Smithville High School I have been going to OFLA conferences, except for a few years, since I was a senior in college. I want to tell you why. During my senior year at the … Continue reading

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Teacher Summer

Beth Hanlon, OFLA Executive Recorder and Editor of The CardinalSpanish Teacher, Oberlin High School As the 2021-2022 school year winds down, the typical end of the year feelings are starting – the sense of accomplishment that I have made it … Continue reading

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Asset-Based Pedagogies

Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Editor for Electronic MediaFrench Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School Education in general and world language education in particular is not about just getting the right answers on a test. How students learn is as important as … Continue reading

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