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FRIDAY SESSION 1 8:00-8:50
Using TPR in the Primary Grades K-2
Jonathan Harris
This session will discuss the benefits of using the TPR (Total Physical Response) teaching method
for younger students. A variety of lesson plan ideas will be demonstrated to use TPR vocabulary
for younger learners.
La Sociedad Honoraria Hispánica and the National Spanish Exam
Parthena Draggett 2015 OFLA TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Honor your students' achievements and dedication to learning Spanish! This session covers
everything you need to know about starting a chapter of the SHH and also includes information
on the National Spanish Exam. The benefits are great: Distinction in a honor society, honor
cords, published work in Albricias, medals, scholarships, and best of all: Motivation to become as
proficient as possible in Spanish and reach for the stars!
CALL to action: The Case of JFL Classroom
Kasumi Yamazaki and Gaby Semaan
This presentation will show two cases of creating hybrid courses of Japanese as a Foreign
Language (JFL). The presenters will discuss the advantages and limitations of Computer-Assisted
Language Learning (CALL) based curriculum and will also share the experiences of creating and
conducting courses using available online resources. After the presentation, the audience will be
able to assess their own capability of creating CALL-based curriculum.
Pop up! Pop Culture and Media in the French Classroom
Robert Murray
It's time to get out of the textbook and into the real world of 21st century French! During this
session we will explore how to create engaging lesson plans while discovering the music, movies,
vlogs, TV, and social media outlets of contemporary French teens. We will also discuss how to
use these authentic resources to increase student motivation at all levels of French. Venez
nombreux mes amis!
Moving Beyond the "Textbook": Creative Use of Authentic Resources
Diane Ceo-DiFrancesco
Do you find yourself tied to a textbook? Ohio's New Model Curriculum suggests courses, units
and lessons based on communicative themes. Moving beyond the textbook more effectively
integrates authentic resources as well as the interests and needs of learners. This presentation
engages participants in the implementation of interactive communication tasks and pedagogically
effective teaching materials which exploit authentic resources.
Using Google Classroom to Create Student Portfolios
Emily Hazzard
Utilizing Google Classroom (part of Google Drive), this workshop explains how to set up a
Google Classroom, and how to collect student data. This is a wonderful resource for teachers
who are working through SLOs and IPAs as a way to keep a portfolio for each student and track
progress. And it's free! Open to all languages and levels.
Beginning Teacher Roundtable
Lesley Chapman
This session is an opportunity for beginning language teachers (years 1-4) to sit together and
talk about what works, what doesn't, and why. It's a chance to share ideas and build a
camaraderie among other beginning teachers in Ohio.
Create Your Go-To List of World Language Resources!
Kathy Shelton ALL STAR PRESENTER-2014
Are you overwhelmed by the overabundance of online resources available? Do you wish you had
a quick Go-To list of websites that fit your needs? Come to this collaborative session and create
your own list of Go-To websites. Participants should be ready to share the names of your favorite
websites for authentic resources, IPAs, music, culture, readings, videos, grammar and vocab
practice, or any other website that you can't live without!
Writing Robust Rubrics for Foreign Language Assessment: A DIY Guide
Carolyn Shemwell Kaplan
Providing students with comprehensible rubrics is essential to ensuring their success on
assessments and fairness when grading. Writing rubrics is a skill that can be improved through application of guidelines and practice. This interactive session will describe strategies for writing
or revising FL rubrics. Participants will leave the session with tools to create rubrics that use
operational terms and have discernable levels of performance.
Service Learning: Cultural Exchange between L2 Learners & Heritage Speakers
Kayla Schaub
College-level French students work with high school Francophone immigrants to improve
communication skills by developing engaging pedagogical materials for adolescent heritage
speakers. This exchange allows heritage learners to share conversational expertise with L2
learners while practicing the formal written language, and L2 learners gain educational
experience and verbal skills. Learn how to enhance your language program with a similar
project. This project was specifically designed for university and high school students, but can be
applied to any age group.
Global Giving: Creating a culture of philanthropy
Carrie Toth 2015 CENTRAL STATES TEACHER OF THE YEAR
ME! ME! ME! It is the mantra of our teenage years! We are absorbed in our daily lives and
disconnected from the idea of global outreach. How can we open our students' minds to the
world outside of their classroom and use our target language to teach them sympathy for
others? In this session, we will explore ways to break down classroom walls and create a GLOBAL
classroom filled with opportunities to reach out! Participants will learn about 3 types of giving
opportunities: online giving, guest speaker giving, and product giving. This workshop will feature
examples of non-profit organizations and time for brainstorming/ideas from the audience.
Participants will learn how documentaries, websites, twitter feeds, and more can engage
students in finding solutions for the problem at hand. In addition, participants will hear about a
variety of fundraising ideas and will suggest some of their own. Participants are encouraged to
bring an iPad or mobile device that will allow them to do a quick search for charities of interest!
FRIDAY SESSION 2 9:00-9:50
Using Technology to Prepare for the AP Language and Culture Presentational
Milton Alan Turner
Technology can provide students with practice in Interpretive Reading, Interpretive Listening,
and Presentational Writing skills. In this session, participants will examine social media
(Facebook pages and Twitter feeds), iPad apps, and web sites for international media outlets.
While examples are given primarily in French, they are applicable to the Spanish, German, and
Italian exams.
Ohio OWLers Share Out
Cortney Bird, Debbie Varga, David McDonie, Jing Yi Zhang, and Elizabeth Hanlon
If you are currently implementing aspects of Organic World Language techniques in your
classroom you will have an opportunity to share out ideas concerning prompts, circles,
transitions, ACTFL proficiency levels, text types, games, lesson plans and assessments.
Proficiency v. Performance: What's the Difference and Why Do I Need to Know
OHIO ALL STAR--2014
Martha Halemba and Rebecca Wiehe
Assessing students can certainly be tricky, especially these days when the results seem to
matter more than ever. What exactly should we be assessing? What do our evaluations
communicate to our students, their parents, and our supervisors? What should they
communicate? This session will focus on these questions as well as the common confusion
between assessing for performance versus assessing for proficiency. When should we do each
and why?
Teaching Latin Grammar Via Interactive Storytelling Lewis P. Porter
Are you looking for ways to present Latin grammatical forms within a cultural, communicative
context stressing all four language skills? This session will help you to accomplish these goals.
The presenter will engage participants in an interactive story-telling lesson, developing a
grammar presentation with extended listening, speaking, reading, and writing activities.
Participants will share thoughts and ideas concerning the procedure.
Mauritania and Senegal: Between History and Culture
Karine Daddah
Travel virtually to Mauritania and Senegal, West Africa, with a former resident. Familiarize
yourself with the history, geography, culture, population, women's conditions, food and politics
of these amazing countries. Get introduced to Mauritania and Senegal through the presenter's
childhood and adulthood memories. Experience the Mauritanian and Senegalese way of life as if
you were there.
Navigating the edTPA
Rebecca Chism and Kimbery Talentino
The Educational Teacher Performance Assessment (edTPA) is designed as a preservice
assessment to answer the question: "Is a new teacher ready for the job?" It requires teacher
candidates to follow guidelines in three major categories: planning, instructing, and assessing
student learning. The objective of this session is to provide guidance to those who work directly
with teacher candidates and to share examples from recent graduates.
In Languages We Mean Business: Work Opportunities for Your Students
Gaby Semaan, Kathleen Thompson-Casado, Joseph Hara, Linda Rouillard, and Friederike Emonds
In this session, the presenters will share ways in which FL teachers can promote language
teaching to students, parents and administrators by focusing on real-life work opportunities FL
education opens for students. Professors of Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and
Spanish will share carrier and job opportunities these languages offer here and abroad. Attending
teachers will leave with ideas for advocacy and promotion.
Logistics and Planning Required for a Peer-Tutoring Program
Sheri Barksdale
So you want to offer a peer tutoring program? What will you need to do in order to make it run
smoothly? Sheri Barksdale will discuss how to coordinate a program and methods to keep
yourself and your students organized. Topics discussed will include scheduling sessions,
requirements of sessions, guiding students in creating lesson plans, having students sign up for
sessions and evaluating the effectiveness of sessions.
Formative Assessment Techniques for the WL Classroom: Enhancing Student Learning
Dr. Bryan R. Drost
Wiliam (2014) asserts that formative assessment is a researched-based technique that can
improve student achievement, often in fact doubling the speed of student learning. Formative
assessment is any activity that a classroom teacher uses to plan instruction, provide the learner
with specific feedback, help the student learn content, and improve learning strategies (Drost,
2012). This presentation will provide an overview on what formative assessment is and how it
differs from traditional summative assessment practices, as well as discuss and model several
formative assessment techniques using technology that can be used by both beginning and
veteran teachers alike. Participants are encouraged to bring an electronic device, such as a smartphone or tablet, to experience some formative assessment techniques.
Content Based Comprehensible Input
Carrie Toth and Carol Gaab SPECIAL INVITED GUEST PRESENTERS
REPEATED IN SESSION 5
How can I help my students gain proficiency in the language while drawing on resources
available through modern technology? Many teachers ask themselves this question as they try to
navigate the waters of language education in the 21st century. Participants will be encouraged to
find ways to design content based units that incorporate culture and technology and will help
students achieve not only their language learning goals but greater fluency as well.
FRIDAY SESSION 3 1:00-1:50
Music in the French Classroom
Christy Miller
Come to my session and gain access to my online French Music Database! Learn how to
incorporate modern French music into your daily lessons to teach vocabulary, popular
expressions, culture and much much more! Music is an awesome authentic text source and a way to make reading fun!
LIVING the Language: Ideas for Hands-on Learning
Megan Brady
In this collaborative session we will share ideas on how to get your kids up and living the
language. Why study school vocabulary from a list when you can send your kids to the "store",
and have them practice real life situations which will help them retain the vocab, all while
reviewing conversation skills, numbers, and question words? Please bring any ideas for hands on
learning that you currently use in the classroom to add to our list!
Comprehensible Input the Easy Way OHIO ALL STAR--2014
Nelly Hughes
Let me show you how to use different Comprehensible Input reading and listening activities that
add personalization, repetition of high-frequency words and phrases, while staying in the target
language using fun and enjoyable activities. For the past year, I have been building a "bank" of
some favorite CI activities that I have created or adapted from different blogs, workshops, and
conferences that have become a powerful tool for our students.
The Survival of Breton through Education in Present-Day France
Kristina Carson and Dr. Lois Vines
The regional languages spoken in France have played a significant role in shaping culture in
France. This session will feature a discussion of the history of Breton as a regional language and
the role that education plays in its survival. The discussion will detail recent interviews conducted
in France with individuals engaged in promoting the use of Breton today. There will be a special
focus on teaching Breton in schools in France.
Authentic Sources and IPAs in Levels III & IV: Where to Begin?!
Denise Broda
The availability of authentic materials for levels I and II is extensive, but finding them for levels
III and IV can be a challenge. In this session, you will learn an easy way to use backward design
to implement authentic sources and create units that focus on the three modes of
communication and integrated performance assessments. Using the new ODE Model Curriculum,
you will receive IPAs and hand-outs for several themes. For all languages.
SLOs for World Language Teachers
Kathy Shelton 2014 ALL STAR PRESENTER
If you are implementing SLOs, this session will give you a chance to ask questions and receive
information on: The Ohio Teacher Evaluation System as it applies to world languages; sample
world language SLOs with detailed explanations of each section; guidance on how to pre/post-
assess and how to target and measure growth in language proficiency throughout the year;
considerations for elementary and FLEX programs that meet infrequently.
Crash! What, How, and Why to Use More Technology Today!
Audra King and Katie Gilding
Want to incorporate more technology into your classroom? How about lowering your grading
burden, including more authentic resources, and accessing your class materials on your smart
phone or home computer? This crash course will teach how to incorporate Quia, Yabla, and
Schoology into your daily classroom routine. Quick start guides and examples will help you
implement these tools. All languages are welcome, but the examples are for Spanish and ESL.
Transitioning from Traditional to Performance-Based Assessment
An Chung Cheng, Gaby Semaan, Yue Gu, and Mirta Parodi
How do we move from traditional tests to performance-based assessment? How do we use
assessment to shape teaching and learning? What can we learn from assessment to help focus
instruction in high schools and universities? Participants will learn how to use assessment to
enhance the planning and instruction of standard-based, technology-assisted, and thematically-
organized lessons in Arabic, Chinese, and Spanish.
Developing Listening Skills in the Spanish Classroom
Julia Perez-Gamboa
This session will focus on how multimedia material can be used to develop Spanish listening
skills. Interactive activities and strategies based on authentic materials will allow students to
enhance their listening and critical thinking skills and be aware of the advantages of visiting
Internet sites in the target language. Lesson plans for all levels will be provided.
The CAAP Program at Ohio State
Rebecca H. Bias and Nancy Butterman
This session will describe the CAAP Program at Ohio State's Center for Languages, Literatures
and Cultures. CAAP is an early assessment program for third year students of Spanish, French,
German and Chinese. The program is FREE to all Ohio high schools and is now in its 22nd year!
CAAP tested over 3000 high school students in the spring assessments for 2014 and offers
technology workshops and online interactive practice exams.
A Case of Individualized Italian Instruction
Fernanda Capraro
This session will describe how instruction was individualized for a beginning adult learner of
Italian. It will present the student's needs and learning goals and how the instruction followed a non-sequential learning path. The benefits and rewards for the student and instructor of this
individualized instruction will be presented. Discussion and questions will follow.
From Ringo Kid to Old Shatterhand: Teaching the American Myth in FL classes
Friederike Emonds and Bruce Way
Drawing on the currently renewed interest in mythology among teenagers and college students,
this presentation explores the American myth encapsulated in the American Western stories and
movies and its representations in European literature and film. We examine the characteristics of
the American Frontier Myth and analyze their adaptations in the novels and films by German author Karl May and the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s.
FRIDAY SESSION 4 2:00-2:50
Teaching Outside the Box: A Crash Course in Creative Brainstorming
Dave Burgess--KEYNOTE SPEAKER
A fast-paced and fun session designed to teach techniques that will skyrocket creativity. You will
learn how to use their brain like Google, create a GPS system for powerful teaching, and
magically create new ideas through Creative Alchemy. In addition, learn how to overcome
obstacles that stifle creativity by using the Wedding Photographer Principle. You’ll leave truly
believing you are a creative being and inspired to add memorable experiences for students to
your lesson plans
Thematic Teaching: AP Style OHIO ALL STAR--2014
Rebecca Wiehe
How do we prepare students for the AP exam without just teaching for the test? This session will
focus on strategies and activities designed to support preparation for each of the six Advanced
Placement themes while at the same time engaging and motivating our learners with thematic
units of study. The presenter will share ideas for all four areas of language development:
speaking, reading, writing, and listening. Examples and handouts provided.
AATF French Movie Club
Pascale Abadie
This year we will talk about the acclaimed French movie "À la folie pas du tout" (2002). We will
analyze the movie through video clips and decide if this movie is a romantic thriller? A tragic
comedy? Or a Janus-faced portrayal of a doomed love affair? Pascale Abadie from Wright State
University will show us how to use this movie in class.
Goodbye, Grammar Approach! Now What?
Jill Gomez and Leah Henson
Many high schools use a proficiency-based approach to language teaching, but the same isn't
true in college courses, where students often find a traditional grammar approach. Presenters
describe steps they've taken to add activities to build proficiency and to minimize grammar
instruction. They also discuss benefits of a blended approach and provide steps and ideas to
include performance- and proficiency-based activities across the three modes.
Rubrics Cubed: Assessing Student Performance With the New ODE Rubrics
Kathy Shelton and Paula Sondej
We will give a brief introduction of the new world language rubrics from the Ohio Department of
Education. Teachers will then have the opportunity to use the rubrics and calibrate student
performance, working in small groups by language. Participants are asked to bring 4 or 5 copies
of a student writing sample to share with fellow colleagues.
Service Learning: Inspiring Your Students with Amigos de las Américas
Gregg O. Courtad
Everyone knows that the buzz word in today's education is "service learning," but did you know
that your students can gain fluency in Spanish and participate in community service in Latin
America with Amigos de las Américas? Let us show you how to use the Amigos de las Américas
Teacher Activity Packet to inspire your students! The first twenty participants will receive a free
Amigos Teacher Activity Packet.
CSI Proficiency Appropriate Assessments: Connect, Share & Inspire
Sherry Nesbitt
How do we assess our students? How appropriate are our assessments? Are we realistic in our
expectations of what they can do? We will examine how ACTFL's Proficiency Levels, Can-Do
Benchmarks and Performance Descriptors fit together and can guide us to design more
appropriate assessments. Be ready to create and share proficiency-level appropriate
assessments. Prepare to inspire and to be inspired!
Bridge Across the Atlantic: Online International Collaboration
Dr. Anita Levine
A presentation on establishing international collaboration between American students and
Eastern European teachers. This session will help participants find ways to incorporate
globalization and diverse cultures into their teaching practices in an authentic manner using Web
2.0 technologies.
Beyond the "Alphabet Soup", We Still Have to Teach Content!
Barbara Reichenbach
As world language teachers, we are swimming in an alphabet soup of letters like IPA, SLO, NL,
IM, OPI, etc. We struggle to keep afloat and try to adapt our teaching to these new
requirements. But, we cannot ignore the fact that we still have to teach basic vocabulary and
fundamental concepts so that our students can achieve the required proficiency levels. A veteran teacher shows how to teach the basics with communication as the objective.
Reader's Theater: Dramatizing Reading to Engage All Learners and Increase Comprehension
Karen Rowan
Even the least stage-friendly teacher can learn to stage and direct intriguing, entertaining acting while providing a non-stop stream of comprehensible language. The session is focused on immediate,
practical application of dynamic new strategies in any language, embedding cultural information and personalizing compelling content to the students, with video clip examples and a sample lesson plan.
Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Performance and Proficiency in Today's World Languages Classroom
REPEATED IN SESSION 5
Conrad Schmitt
Conrad Schmitt is a world renowned author and academic who has traveled the world meeting
with teachers of all grade levels. He has authored hundreds of World Languages books, including
McGraw-Hill's 2016 Asi Se Dice Spanish series. He has classroom experience in all grade levels—
from Elementary to Graduate courses. This dynamic session will discuss student engagement,
how to maximize oral skills and proficiency, as well as the pedagogy of effective Languages
instruction.
FRIDAY SESSION 5 3:00-3:50
BRAIN BREAKS!
Ellen M. Roberts
Do you understand why BRAIN BREAKS are so beneficial to our students and how to use them in
your classes every day? In this session, participants will learn about the science of Brain Breaks
as well as practice using several to experience these benefits! Handouts will include a list of
activities with detailed instructions so you can use them in your classes the day you return from
the conference.
Where's the Fun?
Rebecca Wiehe 2014 ALL STAR PRESENTER
It seems like tests have taken over our lives and our classrooms. These days we spend more
and more time focused on proving to others what our students know and can do rather than
celebrating their skills and encouraging them to take risks and enjoy themselves with language.
In this session we will strive to find a balance. How can we prepare for assessments and still
make learning fun? Examples and handouts will be provided.
Best Practices for Teaching Asynchronous Online Language Courses
Leah Henson
This session highlights successful practices in developing and teaching asynchronous online
language courses. The presenter will share course design ideas and resources, along with sample
activities and assessments across the three modes. The presenter will outline an overall
framework for online courses that promotes instructor presence, normal class sizes, higher
retention, academic integrity, and increased proficiency.
What Should a World Language Classroom Look Like? OTES Success!
Becky Shick, Debbie McCorkle, and Debbie Varga
If your administrator has ever asked you this question, you now have a tool to help him "see".
The Secondary Language Learning Committee of OFLA has developed a rubric using the TELL
Project model and OTES evaluation language to help administrators evaluate WL Teachers based
on best practices. At this session, the rubric will be shared and explained. A "toolbox" will be
provided that will help you reach the coveted "Accomplished" rating.
Tracking Student Progress Electronically
Lisa Sobb
Are you tired of lugging home binders full of student work? Do your students groan when you
ask them to add evidence to their portfolios? Join me for a tutorial of how to track student
progress electronically using Google Drive, Doctopus, and Google Classroom. This session will be
directed at beginners, but will also have some examples and ideas for veteran users of
technology.
Once Upon a Time, I Killed Two Birds with One Stone
Deana Kramer
Using fairy tales as authentic resources and a means of comprehensible input allows teachers to
"kill two birds with one stone." Through the use of CI techniques to enhance vocabulary and
grammar acquisition, teachers can utilize target language fairy tales as authentic written or
spoken language resources. Reading, writing, speaking and listening/viewing strategies will be
presented. Examples will be mainly in English. Everyone is welcome.
Teaching for Global Competence
Tricia Fellinger 2014 ALL STAR PRESENTER
The world language classroom offers an ideal setting where students can grow to become
engaged and responsible global citizens. In this session you will learn practical tips for activities
and practices that help students develop their global competence. The ideas are based on a
project that Tricia Fellinger carried out for her Fulbright DAT program in 2014 in which a German
class in New Zealand collaborated with her German class in Ohio.
Content Based Comprehensible Input
Carol Gaab and Carrie Toth
SPECIAL INVITED GUEST PRESENTERS
REPEAT FROM SESSION 2
How can I help my students gain proficiency in the language while drawing on resources
available through modern technology? Many teachers ask themselves this question as they try to
navigate the waters of language education in the 21st century. Participants will be encouraged to
find ways to design content based units that incorporate culture and technology and will help
students achieve not only their language learning goals but greater fluency as well.
Culturefolio: A Self-Assessment Guide of Culture for Teachers and Students
Isabel Espinoza, Chris Lemon, and Pilar Romero Serrano
Culturefolio, a teaching-learning tool, organizes major cultural themes relevant to learners of
Spanish by products, practices and perspectives for different proficiency levels. Our objective is
to aid the teacher in the inclusion of culture in instruction and for students to self-assess cultural
awareness. Presenters will provide samples and discuss ways to use it.
Reach and Teach All Students
Charlie Hanchett
Engage with authentic short films, contemporary culture, crafted video tutorials and instructional
design. Experience innovative digital tools for 21st Century students to watch, listen, speak,
write, personalize communication, and grow in confidence. Explore how all these innovative tools and content lead to powerful teaching, mentoring, assessment, and evaluation.
Pedagogy, Student Engagement, Performance and Proficiency in Today's World Languages Classroom
REPEAT FROM SESSION 4
Conrad Schmitt
Conrad Schmitt is a world renowned author and academic who has traveled the world meeting
with teachers of all grade levels. He has authored hundreds of World Languages books, including
McGraw-Hill's 2016 Asi Se Dice Spanish series. He has classroom experience in all grade levels—
from Elementary to Graduate courses. This dynamic session will discuss student engagement,
how to maximize oral skills and proficiency, as well as the pedagogy of effective Languages
instruction.
FRIDAY SESSION 6 4:30-5:20
Ohio AATG Meet & Greet
Deborah Page
All German teachers are invited to attend this meet and greet session. Unwind on a Friday
afternoon, socialize with colleagues, and attend the spring AATG meeting, where we will discuss
future conference topics and act on chapter business.
AATSP Buckeye Annual Business Meeting
William Langley
Join us as we discuss AATSP's Year in Review, as well as learn about membership benefits and
future events.
AATF Business Meeting
Lucas Hoffman, Karine Daddah, and Mary Townsend
The American Association of Teachers of French Ohio Chapter's annual reception and meeting is
open to all members and those considering joining AATF. A discussion will include the promotion
of French language and francophone cultures, advocacy, program building, la Semaine du
français, updates on grants and scholarships, and news from AATF-Ohio and National. Come join
us for some wine and cheese!
NELL Meeting
Lori Winne
The Early Language Learning (ELL) Meeting is open to ALL early language-learning
professionals. Join the OFLA ELL Committee for conversation and sharing on current issues for
elementary and middle school teachers. Bring your questions and come to share your ideas. Let’s
network!
SATURDAY SESSION 7 8:00-8:50
OFLA Annual Business Meeting
Richard Emch
The Ohio Foreign Language Association’s Annual Business Meeting is open to all members of the
Ohio Foreign Language Association. After a brief, yet formal report from the board of directors,
there will be an opportunity to network with your professional colleagues in a relaxed
atmosphere. The Chairs of the Standing Committees as well as the Executive Officers will be
available to chat, to share, and to open the door to your involvement in your professional
association. Professional Development, Public Relations & Advocacy, Technology, Beginning
Teachers, Scholarship, Early Language Learning, Secondary Language Learning, and University,
Teacher Education & Licensure are the committees that will be represented. Please join us if you
have ever been interested in how the board works or if you have ever wanted to be more involved."
Global Education: How to Build Excitement in a World Language Program
Nicolette Miller
How to set up a life changing adventure abroad for students that will include how to select a
reliable student travel organization and an appropriate destination, recruit students and organize
parent meetings, set up a student travel club, and keep students engaged in the entire process.
Attendees will receive travel catalogs and trip itineraries, sample lesson plans, and online teaching tools from The American Council of International Studies.
Organizing IPAs and Student Work using Doctopus
Libby Dulaney
Want an easy way to keep track of students' IPAs, online worksheets, writing assignments and
more? Look no further than Doctopus! Even if you already use Google Drive sharing with your
students, Doctopus gives you an even easier way to share items, send out templates and
worksheets, manage grading and feedback, digitize differentiation, and even revoke and revert
students' editing rights. Doctopus is a great way to take control of your classes!
Spark Enthusiasm in Your World Language Classroom
Katie Acosta and Amy Haney
This interactive session will show teachers how to spice up their language classes through the
use of music, media, movies, and many other meaningful learning activities. The presenters will
share tried and tested methods, tips, and ideas that can be used to get students excited about learning Spanish.
The Modern Griot and Francophone African Fiction
Ena Vulor
Under the pressures of modernity and commercialization, is the griot's ancient art of storytelling
still practiced today by Francophone African writers as they claim? Indeed, does the tradition of
the griot still exist? If it does, what forms does it take? How do we recognize some of its salient
features when we read African literature in French? We will ponder these questions using two
well-known texts: Kéita and Les soleils des indépendances.
A New Teacher's Priorities: Communicative Language Teaching
Iya Nemastil
Your first year of teaching can be the most stressful period of your professional career. As a first
year teacher herself, Iya Nemastil will take you through a journey of developing a
comprehensive language curriculum based on state communication and culture standards. She
will share ideas on how to build thematic units with overarching goals and assessment in mind,
develop new and interactive materials that target students' out-of-school interests.
Making it Comprehensible: The Art of Caretaker Speech in the CI Classroom
Michelle Kindt
How much do students understand with 90% in the target language? This session will discuss the
importance of keeping the world language classroom comprehensible to students. Participants
will leave with strategies to improve their comprehensible input skills and caretaker speech. This
session will benefit all languages and levels, but is especially significant to those who teacher
lower level students.
Implementing a Genius Hour in the FL Classroom
Nicole Hanlon
Want to allow students to explore their own interests in the TL, while creating a project that
reinforces the unit material, while hitting on the standards and including all 3 modes of
communication? A Genius Hour-type project might be for you! After seeing a workshop at AATF,
Nicole spent the 2014-15 school year implementing her own Genius Hour. Come see what she
learned, what she changed, and what a Genius Hour could do in your classroom!
SATURDAY SESSION 8 9:20-10:10
LinguaTechnology: Where Innovation, Languages and Research Meet
Nicoletta Serenata, Nicola Work, and Isabel Espinoza
This presentation reviews and analyzes printed and electronic publications on technology in FL
teaching. A new journal and powerful web-tool called LinguaTechnology bridges the gap between
research/theory and teaching; thus, providing practice-based and applied research to enhance
language development.
Using Authentic Resources With All Levels
Lisa Sobb and William Langley
We all know that finding authentic resources is a time-consuming process, so make the most of
your efforts by using the same resource with multiple levels of students! We will discuss how to
develop appropriate activities for all levels of students and share some tips and tricks about
modifying tasks for different proficiency levels.
Picture This: A Talking Classroom
Jacob Wettersten
It is hard enough to get students to talk in the target language. Come see a demonstration of an
easy to organize, fun way to encourage open speaking in class. It can be done in any language
and at virtually any ability level. This activity has many different applications and can be one of
those things that students want to do regularly. Come ready to take away great ideas!
Being Culturally Responsive in the World Language Classroom
Gary DiBianca
Issues of cultural understanding, respect, and making comparisons are inherent pieces that help
foster global citizenship. Our students each have diverse backgrounds and how is each student
reflected in our curriculum? This session will discuss ways to better understand, be conscious of,
and incorporate topics of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, socio-economic status, and sexual
orientation in the world language environment.
Tips for Top-Notch Teachers
Amy Haney and Katie Acosta
This fun, interactive presentation will provide participants with creative and exciting ideas and
tips for teaching culture, various grammar topics and verb tenses, and resources, games and
activities for teaching vocabulary. Participants will play the games and DO the activities, so all
will get to see how to infuse their classes with the ideas presented. Participants will get to watch
brief video examples of students demonstrating the ideas.
Making the Most of Your Classroom Library
Michelle Kindt
Got compelling content? This session presents tips and strategies to obtain, organize and utilize
a target language library for free and voluntary reading activities. Participants will engage in
activities using an on-site classroom library!
AATF Swapshop
Lucas Hoffman and Mary Townsend
French teachers are welcome to come share a best-practice or idea. All resources shared by
attendees will be made available online.
SATURDAY SESSION 9 10:30-11:20
OFLA Cardinal Editing Team Meeting
Beth Hanlon
This session is for current members of The Cardinal's editing team to meet and discuss the
editing process of the newsletter.
Vertical Articulation from Level 1 to AP Using Ohio's New Standards
Lesley Chapman
Now that we have great standards that emphasize communication, it's time to align our
programs so that students achieve the highest level of proficiency seamlessly. We will look at
how having a common goal of proficiency can bring focus to our entire language program
through using Can-Do statements, IPAs, the Model Curriculum, and authentic resources.
Examples will be given in French but it will be explained and applicable to any language.
Rolling out the New Model Curriculum for World Languages Paula Sondej
If you have never looked at the new Model Curriculum, we will help you navigate your way
through the many pieces and resources that it contains. If you have seen the Model Curriculum,
we will help you find resources that you may have missed, and demonstrate how it can be used
to create a district curriculum, a unit plan or a daily lesson that is aligned with our New Learning
Standards.
Using guest speakers and authentic resources to bring lessons to life
María Postigo and Ricardo Granados
This presentation will show a lesson on outdoor activities and nature. Teacher María Postigo and
her guest speaker: Ricardo Granados (Metro Parks), will show how, through authentic resources
and guest speakers, long-lasting memories are created. It incorporates all three modes of
communication. It is a win-win lesson that is successful for teachers (a spin on textbook
activities), students (sparking enthusiasm) and administrators (Quadrant D).
Vamos a bailar - Learning Spanish Through Music and Movement
Tara Knopp, Amy Haney, and Katie Acosta
This session will feature teachers learning some fun, popular dances that can be used to teach to
students to reinforce topics such as prepositions, vocabulary expressions, and more. All
participants will get ideas for using music and movement to jazz up their classes.
Five Activities for an Engaging Language Classroom
Gaby Semaan
In this interactive session, participants will engage in different activities they can use in their
language classrooms. The presenter will share effective teaching techniques ranging from fractal
learning to music, games and kinesthetics. The session includes practical demonstrations and
audience participation. All attending should be willing to share in the activities and to apply some
of the discussed methods during the session.
Découvrons Québec!
Lucas Hoffman
Come learn about what La Belle Province can offer you and your French class. The presenter will
share teaching tools and resources gained from his summer workshop at Université Laval in
Québec City. You'll also learn about this great opportunity for AATF members to discover our French-speaking neighbor.
Students and the Flipped Class: Are they Prepared to Learn on Their Own?
Teresa Roig Torres and Angie Woods
In the Flipped Classroom (FC), instruction is delivered outside the classroom, but are students
prepared to understand instruction on their own? Will students do better if we help them relate
L2 material to their L1 knowledge? Presenters will report results of their study on this topic,
discuss the benefits and difficulties encountered using the FC model, and provide practical
suggestions to help students navigate the instructional materials.
SATURDAY SESSION 10 11:30-12:20
Flight 2014-2015 Destination: Language Proficiency
Sarah Ross and Erin Hunkemoeller
Experience the process of how we begged, pleaded, and succeeded in transitioning our
department from grammar-based instruction to a performance-based, portfolio assessed, IPA
approach. We will provide our "flight plan" and feedback from this process. We will provide IPAs
and research for administration. You will also see how we successfully presented portfolio
assessment to the students and community by becoming their flight crew for the day!
6 Themes, 30+ Recommended Contexts: Where do I start??
Renee Beck, Elaine Sustersic, and Magalie Frazier
Participants will be guided in the design of thematic units starting by developing essential
questions and creating AP modeled activities from authentic resources. Presenters will share
effective strategies and examples of authentic resources they have incorporated that have
increased their student success rate on the AP exams. Session is for upper level instructors
looking for guidance in planning with the incorporation of authentic materials.
A Line and a Spiral: Using Videos to Create Preterite-Imperfect Narratives
Maria I. Ortiz
There are multiple rules and variations to understanding the complexities of the Spanish
preterite perfect and preterite imperfect. This session will focus on simplifying these by using
video input to help students identify and categorize actions. Once completed, a roadmap of events can be created to rewrite the story using key words for each form of the past.
Global Competence and FL Classroom: The Relationship, Role, and Implication
Gaby Semaan and Kasumi Yamazaki
This presentation will discuss the relationship between global competence and the student
integrative motivation in critical language classrooms. The presenters will share the results of a
quantitative research examining this relationship among foreign language learners. The session
will conclude with an interactive discussion on how to prepare foreign language learners to be
globally competent citizens.
The Textbook and Grammar Instruction in a 21st Century Classroom
Teri Wiechart
Making the paradigm shifts necessary to teach with the Ohio and ACTFL Standards, using
authentic resources and staying in the target language 90%+ leaves teachers wondering where
to find the content to teach. Bring textbooks and we will "mine for gold", looking for useful
readings, culture, activities and ancillary materials that can be taught using the current
paradigms. We will also see how to embed grammar lessons within those materials.
French Film: A Vehicle for Language Learning
Jennifer Hall
This session will examine film as a tool that can be used to develop linguistic and cultural
competence. The visual imagery of movies connects today's students to language and culture
like few other media can. When integrated with pedagogically sound teaching, film can be an
effective strategy for attracting students to a language program. Examples will be taken from an
introductory film course. Session conducted in English.
Gaining Global Competence through Exploring Contemporary China
Qiuhui Li
This presentation explores approaches to integrating contemporary China into Chinese language
classroom so as to help students achieve global competence. Li will share some teaching
practices of integrating various aspects of contemporary China into language classroom,
including cultural values, social issues, educational characteristics, as well as contemporary Chinese art, music and movies.