Milton Alan Turner, Saint Ignatius High School
This year, the AP Language and Culture Exams in French, German, Italian and Spanish will not only require students to perform the same types of tasks in the free response sections, but the students in all four languages will also be evaluated using exactly the same rubric. This has been the case for the past two years for French, German, and Italian. As of the May 2014 exam, the same will be true for Spanish. Continue reading
Sarah Shackelford
Hope you are making plans to join us in St. Louis on March 20-22 for the 2014 Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. The Conference Preview is available at http://www.csctfl.org and includes more than 180 sessions and 30 workshops (including the ACTFL Workshop ” Planning for Student Learning: Effective Curriculum, Unit , and Lesson Design” and the CSCTFL Extension Workshop “Keeping it in the Target Language”) as well as a variety of special events and opportunities for networking. Continue reading
Ryan Wertz, Paula Sondej and Kathy Shelton, ODE World Language Consultants
The ODE Welcomes Its Newest K-12 Language Consultant
To start off our article, we would like to share some great news. On August 12th, Kathy DiPofi Shelton joined the Ohio Department of Education as our state’s newest full time world language consultant. For the first time ever, the ODE Office of Curriculum and Assessment has a complement of two full-time consultants and one part-time consultant working on behalf of K-12 world language teachers and learners in Ohio. Continue reading
Lucas Hoffman, AATF-OH Vice-President
Immersion Weekend 2013
The AATF-Ohio Immersion Weekend celebrated its 10th anniversary this year from September 20-22, 2013. AATF members doubled their participation over last year with thirty-some participants coming to this great weekend at the beautiful Mohican State Park. Continue reading
Cortney Bird , Olentangy Local Schools, AATSP Rep
2nd Annual Immersion Weekend @ Hocking Hills Logan, Ohio October 25th-27th 2013
This fall join us for an exciting weekend in conjunction with Ohio University staff and students. We will be renting three cabins and enjoying nature as we converse along the trail. There will be wine tasting, paella, empanadas, ginkana, and a SLO/IPA roundtable. We will be giving certificates for 20 contact hours for CEUs. There are two spaces left in the cabins. Continue reading
Hiroaki Kawamura, The University of Findlay
Prof. Akiko Kawano Jones of Bowling Green State University received the 2013 Teacher of the Year award from the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). She will be honored at the AATJ Luncheon during ACTFL convention in Florida on November 23. Prof. Jones was the recipient of the 2008 Ed Allen Award for Outstanding College Foreign Language Instructor from OFLA. She also received Consul General of Japan Award in 2009. With the 2013 Teacher of the Year Award from AATJ, Prof. Jones’ contribution to the field of Japanese language education is recognized nationally. The OATJ members are very proud and happy about this announcement. This is a great news for foreign language education in Ohio. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Jones!
Fall Conference Information
Deborah Page, University of Cincinnati, AATG Representative
The fall conference is almost here. The conference will be held November 1-2, 2013 at the Hyatt Place Hotel in Columbus/Worthington (614-846-4355). Continue reading
SLO Workshop & Annual Meeting
K.C. Kless, OCC Affiliate
Latin Teacher, Indian Hill Middle School
Latin teachers from around the state gathered on Saturday, September 21, at Granville High School to learn about and develop Student Learning Objectives. Sherwin Little of the American Classical League joined me in leading the learning at this workshop sponsored by the Ohio Classical Conference. Teachers collaborated, debated, discussed and ended the day with good work done. Thanks to all attendees for a successful workshop! Continue reading
TESOL Conference Update
Lillian Acker, TESOL Liaison
The next TESOL Conference will be held in Columbus on November 15-16, 2013, at the downtown Hilton where our Central States Conference was held this year. The Conference title is Crossroads, Connections, Collaboration and will once again have a digital lab which has turned out to be very popular. Our keynote speaker will be Deborah Short, the author of SIOP (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol), a researched based protocol for teaching English Language Learners in the most effective way.
Check our website for information about registration: http://ohiotesol.org.
Ping Wu, OATC Representative
Founded in 2008, the Ohio Association of Teachers of Chinese (OATC) has been the major force for promoting Chinese language and culture and supporting Chinese teachers in Ohio. With the growing popularity of Chinese study and the concomitant expansion of Chinese programs in the schools, OATC has witnessed a rapid growth in our membership. This has allowed us to undertake diverse tasks to assist our members and to provide opportunities for them and their students. Continue reading
The Cardinal 