The Cardinal

Carol Eiber, OFLA Immediate Past President

Those of us who work in teaching foreign languages emphasize the importance of knowing another language.   We tell our students, and anyone who will listen, that there will be more opportunities open to them if they are proficient in another language.  We encourage them to investigate careers in journalism, teaching, the diplomatic service, sales, management, environmental science, social services, international business, and so on.  But have you ever encouraged your students to look into rubber engineering technology, as in tires? Continue reading →

Victoria Eickhoff, Retired

Momentum to prepare our students to graduate with global competence is growing.  One of the stated outcomes of the Common Core Standards from the Council of Chief State School Officers is to produce students who can engage with texts that will broaden their “worldview.”   The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has produced a “Framework for 21st Century Learning” that includes world languages as a core subject and supports the theme of Global Awareness as a thread through all core subjects. Continue reading →

Camp OFLA, in its 9th year now, began on June 9th. This is one of OFLA’s best projects ever : http://www.campofla.org/campofla.org/Welcome.html.

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Medina High School 1st Annual Chinese New Year Luncheon Fundraiser

Shasha Gibbs, Chinese Teacher, Medina High School

On March 1, all students who are currently taking Chinese at Medina High School participated in “Medina High School First Annual Chinese New Year Luncheon Fundraiser”.  The purpose of this event was to help students understand that they could use what they have learned from the class to help people in the community. Continue reading →