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Category: Fall 2023
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Let’s Read! Creating a Free Voluntary Reading (FVR) Program that Excites Students Presented by: Blair Richards Target Language: French Context: Private High School Go to Presenter Page Session Description When a teacher proposes independent reading time in a foreign language classroom, many students might proclaim, “Reading is boring!” This session will tackle that reading negativity
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Slam Dunk Bilingual Instruction:Using Anime for All Communicative Modes Presented by: Sofia Bacasen Target Language: English (EFL) Context: Bilingual Middle School Go to Presenter Page Session Description This presentation aims to show how and why anime could be included as a teaching strategy in bilingual instruction. Anime captures the interest of teenage learners and can
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This session presents culturally responsive teaching (CRT) practices that can be used in the language classroom to help close equity gaps of racially-marginalized students and increase their success. Ideas will be presented on how to expand and strengthen instructors’ ability to make connections with students and improve their sense of belonging.