This workshop offers participants concrete, discrete steps and examples of methods teachers can use to promote students’ improved output in the target language. In this session, we will discuss the steps we follow to prepare students to respond to both interpersonal and presentational prompts with higher levels of language. Participants will learn and practice how to get students to respond with more complex target language, which provides a base for moving between tenses with ease.
As the Hispanic population continues to grow, schools receive greater numbers of students who are native or heritage speakers of Spanish who come to us with diverse cultural backgrounds and widely varying linguistic abilities. This workshop will address the variation found within this population as well as information on the contributions they bring to the classroom. We will discuss ways to create a positive environment where Hispanic students feel welcomed and comfortable, regardless of background or prior language knowledge.
Need to integrate more literacy into your DLI curriculum? Drawing from a wealth of experience as immersion teacher and instructional coach, this workshop provides the opportunity for you to create and practice strategies that will help grow students’ language and literacy in the L2. We will also discuss how to coach DLI teachers in the areas of language and literacy. You will leave this workshop with activities and strategies to immediately use in the classroom or for professional development.
Kindergarten Spanish Immersion Teacher, Lexington One School District
I have been an immersion teacher for 13 years. I taught first grade for 9 years and have taught kindergarten for almost 4 years. I was one of the pilot teachers when Lexington One started a DLI program back in 2006. I am passionate about language learning and literacy.
Coordinator of World Languages and Immersion, Lexington One School District
I am the Coordinator for World Languages and Immersion in Lexington School District One. I previously was the Teacher Support Specialist and before that I taught 3rd grade Spanish immersion.
What do teachers do after workshops and conferences? How can we apply new strategies in our classrooms? Participants will be able to expand their teaching tool kit through discussion and demonstration of multiple non-textbook resources. Attention will be given to innovative practices involving but not limited to original procedures, games, novels, and technology that are can be applied immediately in their classrooms. The workshop will explore how risk-taking can lead to engaged learning, greater student success, and increased teacher satisfaction.
High School Spanish Teacher, Woodville Tompkins Technical & Career High School
Bertha Delgadillo is a high school Spanish teacher to intermediate students in Savannah, Georgia. Originally from Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico & a National Board Certified teacher, Bertha currently shares best practices & professional development for World Language teachers through... Read More →
Participants in this workshop will interact with various social media platforms and website design tools, discuss their classroom applications and potential pitfalls, as well as create an activity using a platform of their choice. For a hands-on experience, participants should bring their own devices, but it is not a requirement.
The growth of Georgia’s DLI programs in the past four years has been dramatic. This session will explore the people and programs at all levels that set the DLI model in motion in Georgia, sustain its development and the family of stakeholders engaged in advocating, supporting and promoting the model.
What do learners need to demonstrate to move out of Novice and into the Intermediate level and beyond? Unpack the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements and analyze learners’ language samples to find out. Experience strategies for instruction that develop and assess learners’ ability to function at an Intermediate level in Interpersonal and Presentational Communication; explore strategies for learners to practice using language to investigate, explain, and reflect on topics through authentic resources; and examine effective assessment strategies to chart learners’ progress
Director of Education, American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Let's share what works for language learning - from planning for learning, guiding learning with effective strategies, sharing with learners how to reach higher levels of proficiency, and charting that progress with assessments of performance. As ACTFL Director of Education, this... Read More →
Have you ever asked yourself what exactly arts integration means? Have you ever wondered how you could implement both visual and performing arts regularly in your classroom? Our workshop provides an overview of what arts integration looks like. We will also share sample lesson plans and teaching tips. Participants will create an arts integrated lesson or improve one so that you will return to your classroom ready to integrate the arts in to your teaching.
Sometimes in a DLI classroom, it can be easy for all the focus to be on teaching the content at the expense of developing language skills. Are you focusing enough on developing communicative competence? Are you familiar with the ACTFL standards that can guide your instruction? This workshop will showcase strategies for increasing interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational communication in a DLI classroom while teaching the content. Participants will have time to develop their own ideas on how to increase communication.
How to design an online platform for students to become advocates for each other by designing a virtual community with real world personas and real world application through SeeSaw and/or Flipgrid. Hook your students into your curriculum and have them investigate the target culture by creating a virtual Instagram account and have meaningful, engaging interaction in and outside of the classroom. Applicable to all communicative languages and adaptable to all levels. Examples will be in Spanish, Russian, and Latin but activities can also be extended to French, German, Mandarin, and other languages as well!
We owe it to our students to grow professionally, but where do we start? Growth is learning AND acting upon the new learning! Participants will learn what it means to teach for proficiency and make an action plan to transition to proficiency-based classroom practices.
The internet is a wealth of resources. Join us in this workshop to explore various free resources on the World Wide Web that can be used to foster language learning. Participants will discuss, create, and evaluate learner-centered activities using these resources as both resources and production tools. In addition to learner-centered activities, we will also discuss resources useful for teachers. For a hands-on experience, participants should bring their own devices, but it is not a requirement.
SEALLT is the Southeast Association for Language Learning Technology, we are a regional group of the International Association for Language Learning Technology (IALLT). SEALLT represents Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina. Through the organization we seek to... Read More →
