I recently reacquired the suitcase that I lugged around on my very first trip to Paris. The moment I grabbed it by its handle and felt it dig into the flesh of my fingers, I was flooded with sensory memories – cue the soundtrack to Amélie! Only instead of seeing
2015 WAFLT SUMMER INSTITUTE August 3-5, 2015 Pyle Center UW-Madison Proficiency: Pathway to Excellence Describing World Language Student Progress to Determine Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) Team discounts and Graduate Credit available!
Using ACTFL’s 21st Century Skills Map as our guide, how can we strengthen the ways we teach recurring cultural themes such as food? Food seems to be a favorite topic of our students and many of us teach a unit on food or often incorporate it into our lessons. We’ve
This month marks the one-year anniversary of High Tech/Low Tech: Ideas for Every Classroom. As we look back through the archives, we notice that there are quite a few ideas involving sticky notes. This is not surprising. After all, sticky notes represent a perfect marriage between high and low tech.
Across cultures, stories about gods and heroes fall into the category of myths and legends. According to diffen.com, “…the two aren’t the same and can be differentiated based on factors such as reasons behind them, the stories behind them and the truth they hold.” The table below (from diffen.com) helps
Recently after a museum field trip, an ever resourceful colleague in Spanish was pleasantly surprised when her students reported having greatly enjoyed an activity she had assigned: “sitting still for 30 minutes staring at one painting, to see what new things they’d notice.” Given how accustomed we have become to
Please register now for the Wisconsin Global Youth Summit on February 28, 2015. This will be an exciting day for everyone. Find information about this summit, including downloadable registration forms at http://www.globalwisconsin.org/#!wgys-2015/c1pn0 . View information, including a video, about past summits at http://www.globalwisconsin.org/#!global-youth-summit-2013/clb2, or simply go to www.globalwisconsin.org to browse
It’s easy to forget that what now seems low tech was once high tech. Such is the nature of our relationship with technology. We want the next big thing, but in order to justify getting it, what we have now must feel dated. It can be enlightening – and fun
What does Close Reading mean? Students who meet the expectations of the standards are able to comprehend complex text closely. They are close readers, delving into texts in order to unearth evidence, construct knowledge, and broaden their understanding of the text and world. As thinkers, such students are able to
The WAFLT Nominating Committee is pleased to present a ballot for WAFLT President-Elect for the biennium 2015-16 that carries the names of two dedicated language teachers with records of service to our association. Learn more about the candidates.
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