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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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Yes, we still teach grammar in FSL! But how, when and why?
The goal of this webinar is to support secondary FSL teachers in implementing the revised curriculum with a specific focus on developing meaningful, authentic tasks that incorporate grammar instruction. Teachers will have an opportunity to learn about theory into practice and to share their own expertise and successful practices. This webinar will address the importance …
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Financial Literacy in the Elementary Classroom – The Why, What, Where and How
Financial Literacy in the Elementary Classroom – The Why, What, Where and How of incorporating this critically important but sometimes neglected topic in our lesson planning. Participants discover how to take advantage of the many excellent Financial Literacy resources that are freely available to all Ontario teachers. Resources include complete lesson plans, videos, interactive games …
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Listening and Speaking in Action in the secondary FSL Classroom
Description: In this webinar, participants will briefly examine the action-oriented approach and will explore how to develop student engagement, confidence and proficiency in the secondary Core French classroom. During the webinar, teachers will have opportunities to: Discuss aspects of the action-oriented approach Share and discuss strategies that support spontaneous oral interaction in the classroom Explore ways …