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D01 Teaching for Acquisition

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST

The transition away from teaching language courses based on a traditional grammar syllabus requires a shift in thinking as well as a shift in instruction. In this workshop, attendees will consider both the theoretical basis for Acquisition Driven, Comprehension Based™ teaching and its practical application. Attendees will explore these concepts through interactive demonstrations.
Session handouts will be made available during the session!

Presenters

Elicia Cárdenas

Director of Training, The Comprehensible Classroom

Driven by the core belief that all students are capable of acquiring language, The Comprehensible Classroom has been at the forefront of the movement toward teaching for acquisition since 2010. TCC publishes curriculum and instructional tools grounded in a solid understanding of language... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Courtyard 2

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Communication Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

8:00am PST

D03 Let's Celebrate! Mark your calendars for a year of holiday activities. (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST

Brickstones

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Through the lens of celebrations, guide students to recognize the diversity and commonalities of the world cultures they are studying. This is a hands-on workshop with activities in all three modes to use at various holidays. Included will be letters, greeting cards, decorations, poetry, partner and group activities, and suggestions on how to adapt them to various proficiency levels and languages.

Presenters

Sally Mearns

Team Leader, Stanford World Language Project

I am a retired French and Spanish teacher and have retired for the second time form my posiition as the Site Director of the Stanford World Language Project.

Hélène Chan

Retired-SWLP

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Brickstones

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Cultures Standards, Connections Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

8:00am PST

D05 Integrating Project-Based Learning: Language, Content, and Technology in Multilingual Classrooms (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST

Shutters West 2

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This workshop explores how Project-Based Learning (PBL) can be used to integrate language instruction with social studies, science, and other content areas, fostering both content knowledge and language proficiency in multilingual classrooms. Participants will learn how to design interdisciplinary PBL units that promote comprehensible input and output through authentic, inquiry-based tasks.

Presenters

Yiyuan (Tiffany) Zhang

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters West 2

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Framework
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus Mandarin
Session conducted in: English

8:00am PST

D06 (6-hr) Generation AI (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST

Shutters West 1

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How is AI changing education? In this hands-on workshop, teachers will explore how generative AI can impact workload, lesson creation, and student outcomes. Dive into AI's privacy concerns and discuss its current limitations while discovering tools and prompts that can support vocabulary, stories and comprehension. We’ll also review student-friendly AI resources for future classroom integration.

Presenters

Bethany Thompson

Digital Learning Coordinator, Vanguard Preparatory

Technology, French, eSports, Turkey Farms

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 1

Workshop, 6-hour

Major Focus Virtual Learning, Global Competence, Communication Standards, Cultures Standards, Artificial Intelligence
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

12:45pm PST

E02 Let's PLAY! 讓我們玩 ¡VAMOS A JUGAR! هيّا بنا لنلعب JOUONS! בואו נשחק GIOCHIAMO! 遊ぼう LASS UNS SPIELEN! (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST

Brickstones

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Games can provide context for purposeful target-language communication in the classroom & promote SLA, literacy & interculturality. As we play we build community, an essential ingredient of the ACTFL Core Practices & CA WL Framework. We will play each game & take turns setting it up in groups. Slide decks, templates and instructions will be provided & are adaptable to any language & level.

Presenters

Jason Fritze

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Brickstones

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Framework, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

12:45pm PST

E03 Effective Strategies and Activities for Interpersonal Communication (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST

Shutters East 2

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Interpersonal communication shapes individuals' hearts, minds, and actions in daily social interactions (Braithwaite, Schrodt 2015). This workshop focuses on strategies and activities to enhance instructional practices. Participants will explore and practice techniques that boost student engagement and develop their interpersonal speaking skills.

Presenters

Cecile Nedellec

Coordinator, SAILN

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 2

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Framework, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12) & College/University
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

5:00pm PST

F04 (2-hr) AI-Powered Differentiation for Enhanced Global Connectedness in Language Education (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST

Shutters West 2

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This presentation explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creating personalized, adaptive learning experiences in World Language classrooms. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can break down barriers to language acquisition, fostering a more inclusive and effective learning environment that truly embodies the spirit of global connectedness.

Presenters

Nicole Bradford

Teacher, Taft Charter High School

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Shutters West 2

Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Artificial Intelligence
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

5:00pm PST

F05 (2-hr) Nuestra Lotería: Uplifting Student Voices (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST

Courtyard 2

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In collaboration with the SMJUHSD, Corazón del Pueblo worked with Ethnic & Gender Studies teachers and local artists to develop and implement a rigorous artism project. Students examined and reconstructed the traditional lotería game. They collectively created a new and uniquely youth-centered version of the lotería game anchored on the notions of student voices and empowerment.

Presenters

Patricia Villalobos

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Courtyard 2

Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Communication Standards, Social Justice
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: English

5:00pm PST

F06 (2-hr) Exploring Global Connections Through Technology: Enhancing Language Learning with Social Reading and Conversational Platforms (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST

Shutters West 1

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This workshop explores how digital platforms enhance language learning through student collaboration and real-world connections. Tools like Perusall, Hypothesis, and TalkAbroad enable students to collaborate on authentic texts and engage with native speakers. The session will demonstrate how to integrate these platforms into curricula to enrich classroom learning and foster deeper engagement.

Presenters

Elyse Petit

French Faculty & Program Language Coordinator, Santa Rosa Junior College

I teach French and coordinate the French Language Program at Santa Rosa Junior College, CA. My research interests focus on implementing innovative pedagogical frameworks that reinforce students' 21st-century skills, foster new literacies, including media productions and digital narratives... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Shutters West 1

Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Virtual Learning, Global Competence
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12) & College/University
Language Focus French
Session conducted in: English

5:00pm PST

F07 (2-hr) Planning Hacks (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST

Shutters East 1

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Stop spending long evenings and weekends planning. Learn a series of high impact activities for language acquisition to structure or complement any lesson. Familiar activities with new content allow your students to focus on the language by becoming experts at the task.

Presenters

Jenee Fawson

Westmont

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Shutters East 1

Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Communication Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English