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JUS SANGUINIS- IDENTITY AND NATIONALITY
Milton Alan Turner, OFLA Editor of Electronic MediaFrench and Spanish Teacher, Saint Ignatius High School Nationality is often used to refer to the place or country where one is born. Citizenship is the political status one acquires within a state … Continue reading
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JIGSAW LEARNING STRATEGY IN THE ARABIC CLASSROOM FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL
Writing Project in Eighth Grade Hind Haddad, International Academy of Columbus, Arabic Teacher 6-8 Overview The jigsaw technique means that the teacher splits the class into four to five groups and splits the lesson concepts into four to five segments. … Continue reading
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HOW TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD WITHOUT FALLING BACKWARDS
Debbie Varga, Spanish TeacherRevere Local Schools This time of year always allows for many moments of self-reflection. Sometimes, however, one can fall into the trap of “I could have…” or “I should have…” moments. I wanted to write about some … Continue reading
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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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