TFLA Annual Fall Conference
Start
Cándida Peña
Full Class Engagement
Sesiones
Techniques for Verbal and Visual Memories
From Silent To Speaking
Conquistando el Español
Talk Back: AI Conversation
5 Easy LOTE Activities for Speaking
Progressing the Novice Learners
Creating Joyful Readers
The Glows and Grows of Language Data
Session 1
Full engagement for maximum participation
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities Templates
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 2
From Silent to Speaking: Getting Students Talking in the TL Every Day
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 3
Talk Back: AI Conversations and Automated Pronunciation Practice
Aha Moments
Abstract
Presentation Part II
Presentation Part I
Siguiente
Session 4
Progressing the Novice Learner up the Proficiency Scale
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Siguiente
Session 5
The Glows and Grows of Language Data Analysis: Insights for Planning with Purpose
Aha Moments
Abstract
Data Tracker Example
Presentation
Student Self-Assessment Rubric
Session 6
Techniques to Activate verbal and visual memories and develop spiral learning
Aha Moments
Abstract
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 7
Conquistando el Español: Estrategias Claves para el aprendizaje Eficaz
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 8
5 easy LOTE activities to get students speaking
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities Templates
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 9
5 easy LOTE activities to get students speaking
Aha Moments
Abstract
Virtual Library
Presentation
TEAM teaching
First Name Last Name
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August
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You can create a schema to synthesize the content and use words that help consolidate the mental structures ofthe students.
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With this function... You can add additional content that excites the brain of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
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Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Read more
Classroom Rules
Read more
Create experiences with your content.
Read more
Measure results and experiment.
Read more
Has a WOW effect. Very WOW.
Read more
Activate and surprise your audience.
Read more
Make your audience remember the message.
Evaluations
3rd
Initial
Read more
Read more
Evaluation
Read more
Read more
2nd
1st
Evaluation
Evaluation
Grade delivery and informational meeting
Methodology
Social Beings We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
We are visual beings We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even fromother cultures.
We are visual beings We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even fromother cultures.
Digital Beings We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Narrative Beings We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔of our conversationsare stories.
Narrative Beings We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
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We don't like to bore. We don't want to be repetitive. Communicating as always is boring and doesn't hook. We do it differently. We sabotage boredom. We create what the brain likes to consume because it stimulates it.
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Communications
A great presentation...
- It is clear and structured
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is animated and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does not overdo it with bullet points 🙃.
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A great presentation...
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to engage the class from minute 1. Also, highlight key content to facilitate its assimilation and even embed external content that surprises and provides more context to the topic: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
Read more
Visual content is a cross-cutting and universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Tasks and Activities
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Tasks and activities
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the digital content saturation. in the digital world.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Rememberto post!
Did you know...
We retain 42% more information when the content is moving? It is perhaps the most effective resource to capture your audience's attention.
Attention!At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.
January
Holidays
Our brain is wired, from a biological point of view, to process visual content. Almost 50% of our brain is involved in processingvisual stimuli.
Contact
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Julio
Holidays
We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
Interactive visual communication step by step:
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
Contact
Contact
Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
May
Holidays
March
Holidays
August
Holidays
November
Holidays
Interactive visual communication step by step:
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
Did you know...
In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready for you to input your content and customize them, which will help you tell your stories.
Interactive visual communication step by step:
- Plan your communication structure.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
Did you know... In Genially you will find more than 1,000 ready-to-use templates to input your content and customize them, which will help you tell your stories.
1. Overcoming 'I Don't Know': The teacher showed how to eliminate the "I don't know" response in class. (page 39-41) 2. Daily Reading Strategy Practice: We saw a brilliant, low-prep strategy for improving literacy: the use of a daily, structured Warm-up sheet. This sheet allows students to consistently practice specific reading strategies every day while giving teachers an efficient way to track skill development over the entire week. 3. Structured Accountability: The presentation emphasized that simple tools like cards for selection can dramatically increase both student engagement and the equity of our feedback.
A great presentation…
- It is clear and structured
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is animated and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does NOT exceed with bullet points 🙃.
Interactive visual communication step by step:
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
December
Holidays
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking through the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
A great presentation…
- Improve communication onany topic.
- Matches your audience...
- And makes them part of the message.
- Has a color appropriate to its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
April
Holidays
September
Holidays
Do your students freeze when asked to speak in the target language? This session provides concrete strategies to create a classroom where students want to speak and are expected to 90% of the time. Learn how to build confidence, set expectations, and create a safe, consistent environment that prioritizes speaking. Walk away with ready-to-use routines and resources to make your TL classroom successful and sustainable.
October
Holidays
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is in motion? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
In this session, we will gain resources to support full student engagement and de-escalation strategies in the classroom. So that we can better motivate students and provide a positive learning environment for all learners. We will come away with 1 or more activities to build on for our classroom, and 1 or more positive strategies to de-escalate/pro-actively prevent problem behaviors.
Our brain is prepared, from a biological point of view, to process visual content. Almost 50% of our brain is involved in processing visual stimuli.
1. Effective Management Strategies: It was particularly interesting to see how the teacher presented concrete examples of effective activities and strategies to support both classroom management and student motivation. 2. Engagement through Stations: The teacher provided practical, specific ideas for boosting engagement, such as the use of learning stations with games and fun activities for students. 3. Culture and Relationships: The session clearly demonstrated how to strengthen the classroom culture and the relationship with students while teaching, underscoring the value of instructional warmth and structure. 4. Feedback as a Tool: A valuable takeaway was seeing examples of how to design and utilize rubrics and provide effective feedback as a structural tool that actively supports student learning and self-correction.
An awesome presentation...
- Enhances communication on any topic.
- Matches your audience...
- And involves them in the message.
- Has a suitable color for its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
A great presentation…
- Improve communication on any topic.
- Matches your audience...
- And involves them in the message.
- Has a color appropriate to its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Interactive step-by-step visual communication:
- Plan the structure of your communication.
- Prioritize and give visual weight to the main points.
- Define secondary messages with interactivity.
- Establish a flow through the content.
- Measure the results.
February
Holidays
Contact
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is in motion? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
A great presentation...
- It is clear and structured
- Tells stories hierarchically.
- Matches your audience.
- Adapts fonts and color to the theme.
- Includes images and entertains.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines.
- Is animated and interactive.
- Excites the brain through multimedia elements.
- Does not overdo it with bullet points 🙃.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and promote it anywhere.
Contact
An awesome presentation...
- Improves communication on any topic.
- Matches your audience...
- And involves them in the message.
- Has a suitable color for its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
June
Holidays
Attention! At Genially we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.
A great presentation…
- Improve communication onany topic.
- Matches your audience's interests...
- And involves them in the message.
- Has a color appropriate to its theme.
- Represents data with graphics.
- Uses timelines to tell stories.
7 Steps 1. Tacos Vs Hamburguesa (page 251)2. Dice Conversation Grid (page 168) 3. 9 -Box Conversation Builder (page 106) 4. 4 Square Activity: Move, Choose, Speak! (page 169) 5. Warm-Up Reading Activity (page 82) 6. Vocabulary Pyramid Game (page 144)
1. App Discovery for Fluency: Part I highlighted Forvo.com as a tool for providing pronunciation practice and for grading specific pronunciation skills. I also added iSpraak to our toolkit as another easy-to-implement app for daily student practice. 2. ChatGPT Tutoring Session: The teacher demonstrated how to use ChatGPT not just as a tool, but as an engine to scale personalized support, allowing to quickly create customized tutoring modules for every learning gap.
We demonstrate how educators can integrate AI-powered conversational experiences with automated pronunciation assessment to develop learners’ speaking proficiency. Grounded in five ACTFL Core Practices, participants learn to design AI scenarios using strategic prompt engineering and implement accessible tools like iSpraak for immediate feedback. This blend of tools enables comprehensive, low-stakes conversation practice that addresses both fluency and accuracy in culturally authentic communicative contexts.
Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational Activities 1. Pop It!: Students should be given circles (or small slips of paper) to write down the words they know about a given topic. They must then place these circles onto a sheet of bubble wrap. As they listen to the text being read, they must pop a bubble every time they hear one of the words they previously wrote.. 2. Quick Draw: Students form two lines, A and B, facing each other. One student tells a story, and the other listens. Then, after the lines shift, ask one student to retell the story they heard previously, and have the other student ask follow-up questions. 3. Paired Discussion: The students are going to have a conversation using cards with various statements to express agreement or disagreement on a specific topic. It is recommended to consistently use the same statements so that students can internalize (or master) the target phrases. 4. Picture Description: Give students a handout with sentence stems to scaffold the start of an image description. Student A begins the description, and Student B must continue the description sequentially, using the stems provided on the sheet.
Boost student success with dynamic strategies to build proficiency in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication. Experience adaptable, hands-on activities and take away practical resources to move students up through the proficiency scale. Perfect for any modern language classroom!
1. The presenter showed how to use data analysis to find the "glows" (what's working) and the "grows" (where to focus instruction) in the language class. 2. The presenter shared Students Self-Assessment Rubrics based on language proficiency level (Novice-Intermediate-Advanced). 3. A data tracker examples was reviewed as a sample for teachers and students. 4. The presenter showed 3 books about data ("Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory", "Grading From the Inside Out", and "Learning by Doing")
Join us for an engaging session on "The Glows and Grows of Language Data Analysis: Insights for Planning with Purpose." Discover how to leverage student data to celebrate successes, identify growth areas, and make informed instructional decisions. This session will provide practical strategies for using data to enhance proficiency, drive meaningful interventions, and support student success. Don't miss this opportunity to plan with purpose and make a lasting impact on your students’ language journey!
1. The presenters showed us simple, effective strategies for teaching students to analyze prefixes and suffixes so they can independently deconstruct complex words and determine their meanings. 2. Teaching prefixes and suffixes by linking them directly to memorable visuals is a brilliant strategy because it instantly activates students' visual memory, leading to far deeper and faster long-term retention of word meanings!
Effective learning is not meaningless forgettable learning, but an active and cooperative learning process where students are capable of setting up their own learning goals and expectations. When students take the lead of their own learning process, long-term memory is successfully activated, so instruction becomes an essential component of the cognitive development of the students. Hence the importance of developing spiral learning across the curriculum.
1. The presenters showed exactly how integrating real-world, contextualized activities powerfully motivates AP students, making the demanding content feel relevant and inspiring them to engage more deeply. 2. The most insightful part of the session was practicing the podcast creation! It was an eye-opener that helped teachers clearly organize the instructional sequence and preparation required for students. It’s a powerful tool to boost student ownership and investment in their learning.
Come and learn how to conquer the Spanish language through efficient strategies based on the LOTE teks and under the fundamental five research. These strategies had helped my students score high in the AP exam, but you can use them in any upper level (from two honors to four AP) let your students learn, engage in speaking the language since day 1 and have fun at the same time. Let the rigor of your lessons shine bright on a daily basis in your class.
The teacher presented some activities for the AP Literature Class and referenced the Fundamental 5 1. Creation of Podcasts 2. Strategies to Annotate the Text and Work with Vocabulary 3. A-E-I-O-U Summary to summarize the text 4. One Pager Strategy
Activities to Get Students Speaking 1. Taboo: students describe a word and the others have to say the words based on the description. 2. Liar, Liar: Display an image and ask a student to state one truth and one lie about it. Then, a second student calls the first student a liar and provides the correct information. 3. Picture Conversation: One student describes an image, the other listens and then asks follow-up questions about the image. 4. Podcast: Students record conversations in groups of 2-3 about relevant content. 5. Cultural Articles: In groups, students read cultural articles and share with others.
This presentation highlights five engaging LOTE activities that boost speaking skills and confidence. Taboo teaches circumlocution through word descriptions. Liar! Liar! builds creativity and listening as students detect false statements. Picture Conversations promote descriptive dialogue through image-based discussions. Cultural Articles encourage sharing insights from readings, enhancing comprehension and speaking. Podcasts foster fluency with recorded group conversations.
Activities to Get Students Speaking 1. The teacher shared her Free Voluntary Reading methods as a routine that the teacher has created to motivate students to read because they want to. 2. The teacher has prepared a virtual library as a valuable resource for students in her classroom. 3. The teacher has included simple books that respond to Novice students' needs and proficiency level expectations. She emphasized the use of visuals. 4. The teacher assigned a letter to the books in her library according to the level (A-B-C). 5. The teacher shared the idea of giving a Reading Log to report every book students read. 6. Books for Novice: "Soy Carlos", "La piñata de Renata", "El zombie", "Edi el elefante", "Kobe".
Discover how Free Voluntary Reading (FVR), also known as Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), can transform your classroom into a community of enthusiastic, self-directed readers. This session will share practical strategies, routines, and success stories from a classroom-based FVR program, highlighting how it supports language acquisition, student agency, and a love for reading—all with minimal prep and maximum impact.
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TFLA Annual Fall Conference
Start
Cándida Peña
Full Class Engagement
Sesiones
Techniques for Verbal and Visual Memories
From Silent To Speaking
Conquistando el Español
Talk Back: AI Conversation
5 Easy LOTE Activities for Speaking
Progressing the Novice Learners
Creating Joyful Readers
The Glows and Grows of Language Data
Session 1
Full engagement for maximum participation
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities Templates
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 2
From Silent to Speaking: Getting Students Talking in the TL Every Day
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 3
Talk Back: AI Conversations and Automated Pronunciation Practice
Aha Moments
Abstract
Presentation Part II
Presentation Part I
Siguiente
Session 4
Progressing the Novice Learner up the Proficiency Scale
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Siguiente
Session 5
The Glows and Grows of Language Data Analysis: Insights for Planning with Purpose
Aha Moments
Abstract
Data Tracker Example
Presentation
Student Self-Assessment Rubric
Session 6
Techniques to Activate verbal and visual memories and develop spiral learning
Aha Moments
Abstract
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 7
Conquistando el Español: Estrategias Claves para el aprendizaje Eficaz
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 8
5 easy LOTE activities to get students speaking
Aha Moments
Abstract
Activities Templates
Presentation
Siguiente
Session 9
5 easy LOTE activities to get students speaking
Aha Moments
Abstract
Virtual Library
Presentation
TEAM teaching
First Name Last Name
- Subject Name
First Name Last Name
First Name Last Name
- Subject Name- Subject Name- Subject Name - Subject Name - Subject Name
- Subject Name
First Name Last Name
- Subject Name
First Name Last Name
- Subject Name
Calendar
July
January
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or data that will be etched in the memory of your audience, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
August
February
September
March
October
April
November
May
December
June
Schedule
A great title
You can create a schema to synthesize the content and use words that help consolidate the mental structures ofthe students.
Info
Classroom Rules
Read more
With this function... You can add additional content that excites the brain of your audience: videos, images, links, interactivity... Whatever you want!
Did you know... The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.
Read more
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and interacts with it.
Read more
Classroom Rules
Read more
Create experiences with your content.
Read more
Measure results and experiment.
Read more
Has a WOW effect. Very WOW.
Read more
Activate and surprise your audience.
Read more
Make your audience remember the message.
Evaluations
3rd
Initial
Read more
Read more
Evaluation
Read more
Read more
2nd
1st
Evaluation
Evaluation
Grade delivery and informational meeting
Methodology
Social Beings We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
We are visual beings We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even fromother cultures.
We are visual beings We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even fromother cultures.
Digital Beings We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Narrative Beings We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔of our conversationsare stories.
Narrative Beings We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Communications
We don't like to bore. We don't want to be repetitive. Communicating as always is boring and doesn't hook. We do it differently. We sabotage boredom. We create what the brain likes to consume because it stimulates it.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and give it exposure anywhere.
Link
Link
Communications
A great presentation...
Link
Changes to consider
A great presentation...
With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to engage the class from minute 1. Also, highlight key content to facilitate its assimilation and even embed external content that surprises and provides more context to the topic: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!
Read more
Visual content is a cross-cutting and universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Tasks and Activities
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.
Tasks and activities
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
Digital beings. We avoid being part of the digital content saturation. in the digital world.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
We are visual beings. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Social beings. We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.
Narrative beings. We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversations are stories.
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
E.g.: 20, 21, 22, 23 and 24. Page: 118 and 119
Rememberto post!
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is moving? It is perhaps the most effective resource to capture your audience's attention.
Attention!At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds value and engages.
January
Holidays
Our brain is wired, from a biological point of view, to process visual content. Almost 50% of our brain is involved in processingvisual stimuli.
Contact
Tip: Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.
Julio
Holidays
We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
Interactive visual communication step by step:
We better capture visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things come through the eyes, the first image is what counts. We associate visual content with emotions.
Contact
Contact
Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
May
Holidays
March
Holidays
August
Holidays
November
Holidays
Interactive visual communication step by step:
Did you know... In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready for you to input your content and customize them, which will help you tell your stories.
Interactive visual communication step by step:
Did you know... In Genially you will find more than 1,000 ready-to-use templates to input your content and customize them, which will help you tell your stories.
1. Overcoming 'I Don't Know': The teacher showed how to eliminate the "I don't know" response in class. (page 39-41) 2. Daily Reading Strategy Practice: We saw a brilliant, low-prep strategy for improving literacy: the use of a daily, structured Warm-up sheet. This sheet allows students to consistently practice specific reading strategies every day while giving teachers an efficient way to track skill development over the entire week. 3. Structured Accountability: The presentation emphasized that simple tools like cards for selection can dramatically increase both student engagement and the equity of our feedback.
A great presentation…
Interactive visual communication step by step:
December
Holidays
Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking through the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
A great presentation…
April
Holidays
September
Holidays
Do your students freeze when asked to speak in the target language? This session provides concrete strategies to create a classroom where students want to speak and are expected to 90% of the time. Learn how to build confidence, set expectations, and create a safe, consistent environment that prioritizes speaking. Walk away with ready-to-use routines and resources to make your TL classroom successful and sustainable.
October
Holidays
Did you know... We retain 42% more information when the content is in motion? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.
In this session, we will gain resources to support full student engagement and de-escalation strategies in the classroom. So that we can better motivate students and provide a positive learning environment for all learners. We will come away with 1 or more activities to build on for our classroom, and 1 or more positive strategies to de-escalate/pro-actively prevent problem behaviors.
Our brain is prepared, from a biological point of view, to process visual content. Almost 50% of our brain is involved in processing visual stimuli.
1. Effective Management Strategies: It was particularly interesting to see how the teacher presented concrete examples of effective activities and strategies to support both classroom management and student motivation. 2. Engagement through Stations: The teacher provided practical, specific ideas for boosting engagement, such as the use of learning stations with games and fun activities for students. 3. Culture and Relationships: The session clearly demonstrated how to strengthen the classroom culture and the relationship with students while teaching, underscoring the value of instructional warmth and structure. 4. Feedback as a Tool: A valuable takeaway was seeing examples of how to design and utilize rubrics and provide effective feedback as a structural tool that actively supports student learning and self-correction.
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Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are able to understand images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.
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Disciplines like Visual Thinking facilitate visually rich note-taking thanks to the use of images, graphics, infographics, and simple drawings. Go for it!
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7 Steps 1. Tacos Vs Hamburguesa (page 251)2. Dice Conversation Grid (page 168) 3. 9 -Box Conversation Builder (page 106) 4. 4 Square Activity: Move, Choose, Speak! (page 169) 5. Warm-Up Reading Activity (page 82) 6. Vocabulary Pyramid Game (page 144)
1. App Discovery for Fluency: Part I highlighted Forvo.com as a tool for providing pronunciation practice and for grading specific pronunciation skills. I also added iSpraak to our toolkit as another easy-to-implement app for daily student practice. 2. ChatGPT Tutoring Session: The teacher demonstrated how to use ChatGPT not just as a tool, but as an engine to scale personalized support, allowing to quickly create customized tutoring modules for every learning gap.
We demonstrate how educators can integrate AI-powered conversational experiences with automated pronunciation assessment to develop learners’ speaking proficiency. Grounded in five ACTFL Core Practices, participants learn to design AI scenarios using strategic prompt engineering and implement accessible tools like iSpraak for immediate feedback. This blend of tools enables comprehensive, low-stakes conversation practice that addresses both fluency and accuracy in culturally authentic communicative contexts.
Interpretive, Interpersonal, and Presentational Activities 1. Pop It!: Students should be given circles (or small slips of paper) to write down the words they know about a given topic. They must then place these circles onto a sheet of bubble wrap. As they listen to the text being read, they must pop a bubble every time they hear one of the words they previously wrote.. 2. Quick Draw: Students form two lines, A and B, facing each other. One student tells a story, and the other listens. Then, after the lines shift, ask one student to retell the story they heard previously, and have the other student ask follow-up questions. 3. Paired Discussion: The students are going to have a conversation using cards with various statements to express agreement or disagreement on a specific topic. It is recommended to consistently use the same statements so that students can internalize (or master) the target phrases. 4. Picture Description: Give students a handout with sentence stems to scaffold the start of an image description. Student A begins the description, and Student B must continue the description sequentially, using the stems provided on the sheet.
Boost student success with dynamic strategies to build proficiency in interpretive, interpersonal, and presentational communication. Experience adaptable, hands-on activities and take away practical resources to move students up through the proficiency scale. Perfect for any modern language classroom!
1. The presenter showed how to use data analysis to find the "glows" (what's working) and the "grows" (where to focus instruction) in the language class. 2. The presenter shared Students Self-Assessment Rubrics based on language proficiency level (Novice-Intermediate-Advanced). 3. A data tracker examples was reviewed as a sample for teachers and students. 4. The presenter showed 3 books about data ("Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory", "Grading From the Inside Out", and "Learning by Doing")
Join us for an engaging session on "The Glows and Grows of Language Data Analysis: Insights for Planning with Purpose." Discover how to leverage student data to celebrate successes, identify growth areas, and make informed instructional decisions. This session will provide practical strategies for using data to enhance proficiency, drive meaningful interventions, and support student success. Don't miss this opportunity to plan with purpose and make a lasting impact on your students’ language journey!
1. The presenters showed us simple, effective strategies for teaching students to analyze prefixes and suffixes so they can independently deconstruct complex words and determine their meanings. 2. Teaching prefixes and suffixes by linking them directly to memorable visuals is a brilliant strategy because it instantly activates students' visual memory, leading to far deeper and faster long-term retention of word meanings!
Effective learning is not meaningless forgettable learning, but an active and cooperative learning process where students are capable of setting up their own learning goals and expectations. When students take the lead of their own learning process, long-term memory is successfully activated, so instruction becomes an essential component of the cognitive development of the students. Hence the importance of developing spiral learning across the curriculum.
1. The presenters showed exactly how integrating real-world, contextualized activities powerfully motivates AP students, making the demanding content feel relevant and inspiring them to engage more deeply. 2. The most insightful part of the session was practicing the podcast creation! It was an eye-opener that helped teachers clearly organize the instructional sequence and preparation required for students. It’s a powerful tool to boost student ownership and investment in their learning.
Come and learn how to conquer the Spanish language through efficient strategies based on the LOTE teks and under the fundamental five research. These strategies had helped my students score high in the AP exam, but you can use them in any upper level (from two honors to four AP) let your students learn, engage in speaking the language since day 1 and have fun at the same time. Let the rigor of your lessons shine bright on a daily basis in your class.
The teacher presented some activities for the AP Literature Class and referenced the Fundamental 5 1. Creation of Podcasts 2. Strategies to Annotate the Text and Work with Vocabulary 3. A-E-I-O-U Summary to summarize the text 4. One Pager Strategy
Activities to Get Students Speaking 1. Taboo: students describe a word and the others have to say the words based on the description. 2. Liar, Liar: Display an image and ask a student to state one truth and one lie about it. Then, a second student calls the first student a liar and provides the correct information. 3. Picture Conversation: One student describes an image, the other listens and then asks follow-up questions about the image. 4. Podcast: Students record conversations in groups of 2-3 about relevant content. 5. Cultural Articles: In groups, students read cultural articles and share with others.
This presentation highlights five engaging LOTE activities that boost speaking skills and confidence. Taboo teaches circumlocution through word descriptions. Liar! Liar! builds creativity and listening as students detect false statements. Picture Conversations promote descriptive dialogue through image-based discussions. Cultural Articles encourage sharing insights from readings, enhancing comprehension and speaking. Podcasts foster fluency with recorded group conversations.
Activities to Get Students Speaking 1. The teacher shared her Free Voluntary Reading methods as a routine that the teacher has created to motivate students to read because they want to. 2. The teacher has prepared a virtual library as a valuable resource for students in her classroom. 3. The teacher has included simple books that respond to Novice students' needs and proficiency level expectations. She emphasized the use of visuals. 4. The teacher assigned a letter to the books in her library according to the level (A-B-C). 5. The teacher shared the idea of giving a Reading Log to report every book students read. 6. Books for Novice: "Soy Carlos", "La piñata de Renata", "El zombie", "Edi el elefante", "Kobe".
Discover how Free Voluntary Reading (FVR), also known as Sustained Silent Reading (SSR), can transform your classroom into a community of enthusiastic, self-directed readers. This session will share practical strategies, routines, and success stories from a classroom-based FVR program, highlighting how it supports language acquisition, student agency, and a love for reading—all with minimal prep and maximum impact.