This is an achieve of a past GWATFL conference. Visit www.gwatfldc.org to check out upcoming events.
This is an achieve of a past GWATFL conference. Visit www.gwatfldc.org to check out upcoming events.
2nd Annual GWATFL Spring Immersion Day
April 11, 2015
9 AM -2 PM
National Cathedral School
3612 Woodley Road NW
Washington, DC 20016
Join us for a day full of fun and learning. There will be sessions on best practices and opportunities to practice in your target language.
Come discover new strategies and resources and network with colleagues. Sessions will be presented in French, Latin, and Spanish with workshops on best practices in English. Bring a laptop or iPad to participate in our hands-on sessions. As always, breakfast and lunch are included with registration. To register, fill out the form below. Be sure to click on the PayPal link to submit your payment after completing the form. |
Featuring an Opening Session presented by staff from St. Andrew's School. Among other responsibilities, Chantal Cassan-Moudoud and Maria R Diaz are, at heart, language teachers. That is their shared passion! Originally from France and Spain, respectively, they have both taught in North American institutions (USA and Canada) for the past twenty years. But it was in the last eight years that they experienced the most significant professional transformation. Guided by the Center for Transformative Teaching and Learning and the advances in neuro-education, they both spearheaded a revolution in the way world languages are taught at St Andrew’s Episcopal School.
Their Opening Session presentation will document their journey from a traditional grammar-driven curriculum to a program that favors communicative competence and cultural understanding; in their Language department mission words: what really matters is to “see the world through the eyes of others”. Maria and Chantal will also offer a workshop session in Spanish titled "How to construct a language unit using backward design and a communicative understanding of language teaching and learning."
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