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French Braiding for Language Class Success

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Angela Gardner Spanish Teacher Ross Local Schools, Hamilton, OH I’ll be forever indebted to my cooperating teacher for student teaching, Mrs. Virginia “Ginny” Gills. She taught me many important and valuable things that have served me well in my career … Continue reading →

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Ritual vs Routine in the K-12 Classroom: What’s the difference? Why does it matter?

Posted on January 12, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Becky Searls Spanish Teacher Upper Arlington School District I am naturally a pretty type-A individual. While my husband may argue otherwise based on my tidiness level at home sometimes, I would say that I’m a pretty organized person, particularly as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, Winter 2018 | Leave a comment

OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE AND OTHER AATG UPDATES

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE Dennis Boyd, Brunswick High School/Ohio AATG Treasurer/AATG Liaison to OFLA The Fall AATG conference was held on Saturday, November 4, 2017, at the Hyatt Place Dublin. The conference featured presentations by Gene Aufderhaar, Darlene Lyons, Leeni … Continue reading →

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LESSONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING FROM A NATION OF POETS

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Derek Braun, TESOL/OFLA Liaison Columbus City Schools, ELL Science Teacher Aqoon l’aani waa iftiin la’aani. (Somali proverb: To be without knowledge is to be without light.) Somalia is known as a nation of poets. The Somali language wasn’t given an … Continue reading →

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TALKABROAD: A New Way to Encourage Students to Engage in Conversations with Native Speakers

Posted on January 7, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Yuki Togawa Gergotz, Case Western Reserve University / Lecturer of Japanese TalkAbroad (https://talkabroad.com) is a website that provides a well-trained conversation partner for conversation practice in eight different languages (Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Mandarin, Arabic, and Japanese) for over … Continue reading →

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Technology and Student Teaching

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

Haylee Holbrook Pre-Service Teacher at Bluffton High School Bowling Green State University This is my first submission to the Cardinal and I am so excited to be apart of this organization! This school year, I am completing my student teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Technology, Uncategorized, Winter 2018 | Leave a comment

2018 OFLA Conference

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Cardinal Editor
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CSCTFL 2018

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Cardinal Editor

http://www.csctfl.org/conferences/2018conference.html

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Message from the President

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Cardinal Editor

Beth Hanlon, 2017-2018 OFLA President Spanish Teacher, Oberlin High School Happy 2017-2018 school year! As a teacher, I always feel as though a new school year is THE new year. It is a time for fresh starts as well as … Continue reading →

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Insights from the President-Elect

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Cardinal Editor

Milton Alan Turner, President-Elect French and Spanish Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School LILL Conference-We Are All Leaders! 40 world languages teachers participated in the Leadership Initiative for Language Learning (LILL) Summer Initiative for Emerging Leaders June 27-29 in Skokie, IL. … Continue reading →

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