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Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Stephen Krashen explains second language acquisition in under 7 minutes with a little editing on my part.

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Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition

A 2 Minute Video to Explain to Students what Language Acquisition Feels Like.

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Second Language Acquisition
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Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon
Aug 16
Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon

WAFLT Sponsored Workshop on Interactive Understanding.

Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon
Sep 18
Interactive Understanding Hack-a-thon

Co-sponsored by WAFLT and the Bellevue School District this workshop on Interactive Understanding takes you from concept to classroom in one day.

Proficency and Spontaneous Speaking
Nov 27
Proficency and Spontaneous Speaking

Calibrate performances against proficiency levels and collaborate to create a bank of routines for Spontaneous Speaking

Featured
Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Krashen in 6 Minutes
Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition

Dr. Stephen Krashen explains second language acquisition in under 7 minutes with a little editing on my part.

Comprehensible Input, Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition
Language Acquisition Explained to Students
Second Language Acquisition

A 2 Minute Video to Explain to Students what Language Acquisition Feels Like.

Second Language Acquisition
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Rigor
Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Rigor
Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency

The Rigor portion of our presentation at ACTFL 2017. Watch the brief presentation and then contribute to the conversation in a poll or comment.

Culturally responsive teaching, Proficiency
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Relationships
Culturally responsive teaching
Culturally Responsive Teaching - Relationships
Culturally responsive teaching

One element of Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning is relationships. Relationships play a key role in world language classrooms. 7 minute recording of the presentation and an online poll.

Culturally responsive teaching
Overview - Culturally Responsive Teaching and World Language
Culturally responsive teaching
Overview - Culturally Responsive Teaching and World Language
Culturally responsive teaching

The Overview of the rationale and framework of Culturally Responsive Teaching in World Language

Culturally responsive teaching
Valuing Interpersonal Speaking in the Grade
Interpersonal Speaking, Grading
Valuing Interpersonal Speaking in the Grade
Interpersonal Speaking, Grading

Ideas about how to integrate interpersonal speaking and target language use into the grade. One teacher's process with an invitation to dialog.

Interpersonal Speaking, Grading
Culturally Responsive Teaching and 90% Target Language
Culturally responsive teaching, 90% Target Language
Culturally Responsive Teaching and 90% Target Language
Culturally responsive teaching, 90% Target Language

Resources for the February 9th, 2018 workshop on culturally responsive teaching and 90% target language.

Culturally responsive teaching, 90% Target Language
Post-Reading
Folktales, Interpersonal Speaking
Post-Reading
Folktales, Interpersonal Speaking

Take reading further by empowering student voice

Folktales, Interpersonal Speaking
Discourse Scrambles
Folktales, Interactive Reading, Interpretive Reading
Discourse Scrambles
Folktales, Interactive Reading, Interpretive Reading

Explore discourse scrambles as a way to get students to look deeper into reading.

Folktales, Interactive Reading, Interpretive Reading
Interactive Reading
Reading, Interpretive Reading, Folktales
Interactive Reading
Reading, Interpretive Reading, Folktales

Repository of Ideas for Interactive Reading

Reading, Interpretive Reading, Folktales