Designing Schoolwide Activities
to Promote and Enrich Your Language Program
Session Description
How can teachers expand their language instruction to move beyond classroom walls, and why is it essential to do so? Learn how to increase your program’s visibility and foster interculturality through events that take students’ learning outside of the classroom and have them engaging with the broader school community.
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References and Resources
References
- Abbott, M., Brecht, R.D., Davidson, D.E., Fenstermacher, H., Fischer, D., Rivers, W.P., Slater, R., Weinberg, A., & Wiley, T. ( 2014). Languages for all?: Final report. http://www.americancouncils.org/sites/default/files/LFA2013_FinalReport.pdf
- ACTFL. (2014). ACTFL World-Readiness Standards for Language Learning. Alexandria, VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Retrieved from https://www.actfl.org/publications
- ACTFL. (2017). NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements. Alexandria, VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Retrieved from https://www.actfl.org/publications
- Commission on Language Learning (2017). America’s Languages: Investing in Language Education for the 21st Century. Cambridge, MA: American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved from http://www.amacad.org/publication/americas-languages
- Liddicoat, A. J., & Scarino, A. (2013). Intercultural language teaching and learning. Malden, MA: Wiley.
- UNESCO. (n.d.). Interculturality. https://en.unesco.org/creativity/interculturality#:~:text=Interculturality%3A%20Refers%20to%20the%20existence,the%20Diversity%20of%20Cultural%20Expressions
Resources
Digital School-wide Event Planning Worksheet
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