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Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, intercultural understanding, and you
This workshop will explore who you are as an educator and how your identities influence your pedagogies and relationships with learners. Join expert teacher Karen Devonish-Mazzotta on a journey into Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy. Together, we will take a deep dive into Intercultural Awareness and Understanding and explore the important connections between the tenets of …
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Science and Technology Inquiries for the FSL Remote Learning – (session bilingue)
Calling all FSL teachers ~ Curious about how to engage your students in Science and Technology in a remote learning environment? Are you finding it hard to think of ways to do science experiments safely and remotely? Check out our STAO’s Project Innovation French as a Second Language Science and Technology Inquiries. French teachers from …
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Reading for Intercultural Awareness in FSL
Many FSL teachers have questions about how to address the Intercultural Awareness expectations in the revised curriculum. In addition, we often struggle with how to enrich our students’ experiences with reading and go beyond simple comprehension to meet curriculum expectations. In this workshop, participants will discuss ways to deepen their students’ understandings of texts, and …
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Let’s Solve this Problem! Shifting our International Languages Classes from Spoken Production to Interaction
The revised (2016) curriculum for International Languages finally has a focus on interaction, which represents the vast majority of real-life language use that our students will continue to use in their personal and professional lives. Whether our students learn Spanish, German, Italian, Arabic, Mandarin, or any of the other 72 International Languages offered in our …
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Incorporating Spontaneous Talk in FSL
Incorporating spontaneous talk is a key element of the 2014 revised FSL Curriculum, yet it is still a struggle for many teachers. In this session, participants will discuss and share concrete strategies to build student confidence in speaking spontaneously. We will also discuss strategies and challenges associated with evaluating spontaneous talk. Ideas will flow and participants …