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Friday, March 7
 

8:00am PST

D02 Corridos as Cultural Narratives (ticket required)
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters East 2
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This session explores corridos as cultural and literary narratives, offering Spanish teachers tools to analyze themes, historical contexts, and literary devices. Participants will discover strategies to engage students with these songs, fostering global connectedness through music, language, and culture, while challenging the view that corridos are solely a negative part of society.
Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters East 2
  Workshop, 3-hour

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.
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avatar for Cecile Nedellec

Cecile Nedellec

Coordinator, SAILN
Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Workshop, 3-hour
 
Saturday, March 8
 

11:15am PST

G05 Can Chocolate Change the World?
Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Shutters East 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Globally competent learners know that the power of sharing a meal is a equalizing experience. Indulge in the flavors of the Americas while exploring the transformative impact of fair trade practices in the chocolate industry. This interactive session delves into the journey of cocoa, from bean to bar, examines empowerment and sustainability in fair trade practices, and targets ways teachers can incorporate food as a vehicle for acquisition in the three modes. Come explore the intersection of language, culture, and global responsibility through the lens of sustainability and fair trade practices in the chocolate industry. And yes...you'll taste!
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Andrea Ford

Westview High School
Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

2:00pm PST

H06 Reading: What, Why, and How
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters East 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Reading is fundamental to supporting language acquisition. In this session, you will learn why reading is so important, what types of texts learners should be reading (even beginners!), and simple low or no-prep strategies for reading together, experienced as learners.
Presenters
avatar for Elicia Cárdenas

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 →
Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

3:00pm PST

I04 ¡Viva Fuera del Libro!
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 2
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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Let's explore the latest, authentic resources for novice, intermediate and heritage learners! Learn proficiency-driven practices that foster language and cultural competencies. Take away engaging strategies to integrate the modes and empower your learners. We will share up-to-date, digital content and scaffolding approaches for group, whole class instruction and individual guided practice.
Presenters
avatar for Ken Stewart

Ken Stewart

Duke University, Lingco
Duke University Spanish Instructor; world language consultant, avid traveler, global citizenLingco is an adaptive language learning platform for schools. It provides a library of up to date, proficiency-based content, and all of the tools to build, assign, and grade tasks and track... Read More →
Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

4:45pm PST

J05 Mythical and Historical Mexican Women
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
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In this session, participants will explore the integration of influential historical and mythical Mexican women into their lessons. We’ll examine the cultural, social, and historical contexts that shaped these women’s lives and explore their lasting impact on Mexican culture. This session celebrates the resilience, creativity, and empowerment embodied by these legendary figures.
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avatar for Elizabeth Cisneros
Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

5:45pm PST

K06 Including Multiple Standard Dialects Across the Globe
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
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A language can have multiple standard varieties, such as Standard American English, Standard British English, and Standard Australian English. Participate in an interactive session to raise linguistic awareness of diversity through credible scenarios among instructors, learners, and administrators. Exchange thoughts on how to address such situations.
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avatar for Wendy Tu
Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session
 
Sunday, March 9
 

8:00am PDT

L05 Building Global Citizens: Integrating World Language and Other Content Areas for Immersive Cultural Learning
Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
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This presentation explores an innovative cross-curricular approach that bridges World Language instruction with history and digital game design to create immersive society-building experiences. By combining language acquisition with understanding of other content areas, students engage in deeper cultural understanding while developing practical language skills in authentic contexts.
Presenters
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Nicole Bradford

Teacher, Taft Charter High School
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Katie Ingram

Taft Charter High School
Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

10:00am PDT

M04 Questions, questions, and more questions!
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
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In this presentation, participants will gain an enhanced understanding of different types of questions that guide our instruction as world language teachers, such as unit essential questions, focus questions for lessons/activities and how to lead a discussion. They'll also examine different levels of rigor in questions and practice creating high-rigor questions.
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MS
Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
  Interest Session

11:00am PDT

N07 But How Do I Test This? Efficiently Assessing for Proficiency
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
EXHIBITOR SESSION: We often struggle with how to assess students’ proficiency outcomes—without taking too much time to grade. Strategies such as project-based learning and integrated skills will be provided to help you teach and assess for proficiency even with the constraints that you may have, such as getting students ready for standardized tests. Lesson Magic by Teaching Solved will be demonstrated to help support you in this in Spanish, French, or English, but the strategies are also applicable more broadly.
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avatar for Hope Anderson

Hope Anderson

Founder & CEO, Teaching Solved LLC
Helping teachers help students learn languages. Come see our supplemental print and digital materials for Spanish, French, and Portuguese classes, including a huge resource site and ready-made lessons for your classes, as well as books, teacher t-shirts, and other swag! We want to... Read More →
Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Shutters East 2
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