Category Archives: Winter 2017

2017 National French Contest/Grand Concours Registration

Nicole Hanlon, Buckeye Valley High School Vice Présidente, AATF Ohio Interested in having your students participate in the Grand Concours? The National French Contest, “Le Grand Concours” is an annual competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students … Continue reading

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AATSP Winter 2016-2017 Update

Angela Gardner AATSP Buckeye Chapter President Since the last publication of The Cardinal in the fall, The Buckeye Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP) has several updates to share. Firstly, we have a Chapter … Continue reading

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OVFLA Members Can Do!

Mary Jane Kelley, Ohio University Articulating goals, outcomes, and results challenges language teachers on a daily basis. On Saturday, October 29, 2016, Ohio Valley Foreign Language Alliance members benefited from Dr. Deborah W. Robinson’s expertise in meeting the challenge in … Continue reading

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Roman Art in the Hands of All

Mary Jo Behrensmeyer Latin Instructor/World language Department Chairman, Mount Vernon High School High school students are high school students whether they are accelerated and college bound, or they are students with multiple disabilities. All seek to learn, thrive and become productive … Continue reading

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Student Feedback Leads to New Support Material

Angela Gardner Spanish Teacher, Ross High School Like many World Language teachers, I work to create a learning environment that supports my students as they work to use the target language to communicate in my classroom. For some teachers, this … Continue reading

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Event for College Students of Russian

Tim Pogačar, Associate Profesor of Russian and Chair Department of German, Russian & EAL The 7th annual Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian will take place on Saturday, 25 February 2016 at Bowling Green State University. Any student enrolled in first- … Continue reading

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Why Every World Language Teacher Should Take a Sabbatical

Becky Searls I am a Spanish teacher in Columbus, Ohio. I began my teaching at the high school level for six years, followed by three years at the middle level. As I looked ahead to starting my tenth year of … Continue reading

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