2019 SCOLT Conference

The presenters will discuss new resources disseminated through the AATF that can be used to promote French locally, taking advantage of local heritage sites, historical archives, and celebrations that can be used to demonstrate that French is all around us and is not only a global language of the future but a key to our own history. Examples from the AATF conventions in St. Louis and Martinique will be used.

Thanks to its geographic location, Martinique and its cuisine have experienced influences ranging from continental French, tropical to maritime as well as traditions and ingredients brought by waves of invaders and immigrants. The presenter will give an overview of the geography and history of the island and how they have contributed to create a rich and diverse cuisine.

This hands-on AIM curriculum, incorporates words, actions, and gestures for K-12. Story plays build language acquisition with grammatical concepts intuitively, teaching 1500 fundamental words per kit. Raps help students learn grammar concepts. Gestures reinforce language acquisition using hand signals. These enable learning vocabulary through plays, presenting the language visually and kinesthetically for students who learn better with multi-sensory involvement. Reading, writing, listening, and speaking make up this amazing program.