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Category Archives: Winter 2018
French Braiding for Language Class Success
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
Posted in Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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Ritual vs Routine in the K-12 Classroom: What’s the difference? Why does it matter?
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
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OHIO AATG FALL CONFERENCE AND OTHER AATG UPDATES
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
Posted in Affiliates, Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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LESSONS IN LANGUAGE LEARNING FROM A NATION OF POETS
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
Posted in Affiliates, Uncategorized, Winter 2018
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TALKABROAD: A New Way to Encourage Students to Engage in Conversations with Native Speakers
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
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
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