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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

D04 Building Classroom Communities: Empowering Teachers with Strategies for Culturally Cohesive and Connected Learning (ticket required)

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

Courtyard 1

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This workshop is designed to help world language teachers develop essential skills to foster strong classroom communities centered on culture. Participants will explore practical strategies for creating positive, culturally responsive learning environments, using high-leverage instructional methods, and integrating technology to engage students in meaningful cultural connections.

Presenters

Vivanie Barrios

Ana Mendoza

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Courtyard 1

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Global Competence, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

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

12:45pm PST

E04 Learning Can and Should be Fun- Projects for Proficiency to Step up Your Game (ticket required)

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

Courtyard 1

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Are you struggling to design or implement a project that will showcase your students’ abilities and grasp of the material? It is time to look at how project-based learning can revitalize teaching and learning!

Presenters

Yvonne Talavera

Daniela Labrador

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Courtyard 1

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Communication Standards, SEL
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

12:45pm PST

E05 Puentes entre Culturas y Comunidades a través de las 3 C's - Bridging Cultures and Communities: Through the 3 C's (ticket required)

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

Shutters West 2

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This workshop explores how language teaching can foster global connectedness through the 3 C’s—Communication, Cultures, and Connections. Participants will engage in interactive activities and strategies that build culturally responsive classrooms, empowering students to communicate across borders and deepen their global awareness.

Presenters

Vivanie Barrios

Ana Mendoza

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

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Global Competence, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

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

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