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Meaningful Acquisition

Posted on February 17, 2020 by Cardinal Editor

Hongmin Skyly Yu, Cleveland State University I attended the OFLA Teaching Towards Language Acquisition workshop. The topics included comprehensible input strategies like storytelling. But why use stories? It seems that the authentic scene of conversation is more helpful to second … Continue reading →

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OFLA Teacher of the Year

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

CALL FOR THE OHIO TEACHER OF THE YEAR APPLICATIONS Cheryl Johnson, OFLA President-Elect Instructional Technologist for the Dept. of Modern Languages, Denison University  Do you know an outstanding teacher who is deserving to represent Ohio as the 2021 Teacher of … Continue reading →

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2020 OFLA Awards

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

LET’S  RECOGNIZE OHIO’S WORLD LANGUAGE TEACHERS!  Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Awards Chair French and Spanish Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School I am sure we all know incredibly talented teachers in our buildings and districts who are doing amazing jobs with … Continue reading →

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Interpreting Authentic Resources: A Core Practice of World Language Teaching

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

Lucas Hoffman, OFLA Treasurer Sylvania Southview High School This is part four in a series of articles about the nationally developed core practices of world language teaching.  In 2015-2016, I started sharing some of the new nationally recognized core practices. … Continue reading →

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Membership

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

MEMBERSHIP IN OFLA Teri Wiechart, OFLA Membership Chair Delphos Jefferson High School (Retired) Why we need you: We need you as a leader in our profession as we are hoping to “stamp out monolingualism” in America. We need your voice … Continue reading →

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Professional Development

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

GET IN THE GAME! Connect when you connect Holly Haputa, OFLA Professional Development Chair Spanish Teacher, Avon Lake High School If you are like me, you are actively using Quizlet, Kahoot, Gimkit, and a host of other websites that turn … Continue reading →

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Advocacy

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

REFLECTIONS ON HB 166 We Need to Educate Our Representatives Angela Gardner, OFLA Public Relations and Advocacy Chair The summer of 2019 found us faced with legislation that proposed to allow coding to replace language learning for credit in school … Continue reading →

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Beginning Teachers

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

PEER MENTOR GROUPS Trial and error bring SUCCESS! Megan Brady, OFLA Beginning Teacher Chair Spanish Teacher, Marlington Local Schools As a smaller district in Northeast Ohio, we have a small migrant population who is in our district for approximately the … Continue reading →

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Early Language Learning

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CAMP OFLA! 2019 Camp OFLA Recap and Looking Ahead Samantha Bremner, OFLA Early Language Learning Chair This year, Camp OFLA celebrated its 15th year! The theme was “Crayons” highlighting colors, emotions, traveling, and writing postcards. It was based … Continue reading →

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Scholarship

Posted on October 13, 2019 by Cardinal Editor

NEW SCHOOL YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITIES! Scholarships Available Julie Frye, OFLA Scholarship Chair French Teacher, Lexington High School I don’t know what your school schedule is, but my students received their first grade cards on Friday, 4 October. It just doesn’t … Continue reading →

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