WorldLanguageEnrichment

=//Sharpening the Saw....//= = ** This page is dedicated to keeping your edge sharp. **** The following resources are links to cutting edge ideas in the arena of World Language Instruction. ** =

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Foreign Language Teaching Methods - Online Professional Development Resource - Awesome! Languages from a Distance - Blog Task-Based Language Teaching - Blog - Why task or performance based instruction? Answers here. Six Things - Blog - A really excellent blog! Simple ideas in a simple format. [|SEDL-LOTE Online Professional Development Center] The basics of the TEKS for LOTE from the state level. Good training videos [|World Language Assessment: Get in the Mode] All about performance-based assessment in the World Language classroom. Excellent resources, including videos with classroom demonstrations. [|ACTFL Online Community] Anyone can join, but ACTFL members have access to members-only content. If you wish to receive regular emails that contain blog posts (a super easy way on a daily basis to get new ideas in small, manageable chunks), all you have to do is click on the JOIN ONLINE COMMUNITY button on the top right hand side of the page. Teaching and Learning Collaborative This video series provides professional development to language educators. Teaching and Learning Collaborative Viewing Sheets Viewing guides to suppport the video series. High School Modern and Classical Language Program Assessment Workshops Video assessment program Technology in Modern Foreign Languages - A practitioner's perspective Originally published as a series of blog posts titled Technology in Modern Foreign Languages This collection of articles explores how teachers are successfully incorporating the use of new technologies into their classroom practice with a focus on enhancing teaching and learning. Best of Bilash- Improving Second Language Education This website weaves together eight established or evolving disciplines of knowledge:curriculum theory, identity studies, teacher education, pedagogic content knowledge, second language education, professional development, learner voices and system's theory. The **Foreign Language Teaching Forum** is an integrated service for FL teachers. [|FLTEACH] Teaching Foreign Languages Connecting standards, research, and practice Top Ten Things New Teachers should know.....[|Top Ten Things New Teachers Should Know] Consider our district buzzwords for languages - Communication, Engagement, Commitment - Here is a website that gives some food for thought......[|Schlechty Center - Transforming Schools]