​GWATFL Spring Immersion Day 
Spring Conference for World Language Educators
April 28th, 2018 
9 AM - 2 PM
National Cathedral School

Attendees

Come and participate in our Spring Conference, for language educators featuring sessions that focus on innovative programs, emerging trends and best practices.

Discover new strategies and resources and network with colleagues. Bring a device to participate in our hands-on sessions. As always, breakfast and lunch are included with registration.  
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National Cathedral School (Hearst Building)
3612 Woodley Rd NW. Washington, D.C. 

Parking is available in the Cathedral Underground Parking Garage. Parking validation will be provided. 

​Entrance: Enter via Wisconsin Avenue, at the traffic signal just south of Woodley Road.We recommend parking in the Cathedral’s underground parking garage. There is very limited parking on the Cathedral grounds and in the surrounding neighborhood. 
The street address is: 3101 Wisconsin Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016
More driving, parking and public transportation directions

Presenters

We are not accepting any more proposals for our Spring Conference. ​GWATFL Fall Conference 2018 proposal forms available soon! 

Exhibitors

Exhibit at GWATFL Spring 2018 in Washington, and showcase your products and services to a world language education professionals.​
Reserve a table or become a sponsor.
Download the Full program
GWATFL Program Spring Conference 18.pdf
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Opening Session - Keynote Address: 

John De Mado will be joining our Spring Conference with his provocative, informative and humorous sessions at our Spring Conference 2018!

​"Be prepared to laugh heartily and to reflect profoundly".
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From Mastery to Proficiency: Shifting from the Chromatic Scale to Jazz


​The long-standing goal of language instruction in America has been Mastery of the language studied. In the 1980’s, the new goal became Proficiency, bringing about an immense paradigm shift in our profession. This shift has been further reinforced over the years with the unveiling of several formal documents published by the American Council on the Teaching Foreign Languages (ACTFL). What exactly is the difference between Mastery and Proficiency? Are the goals mutually exclusive? Through discussion, handouts, passion and visuals, this keynote address will highlight the distinctions. Be prepared to laugh heartily and to reflect profoundly…
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About John De Mado
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Sessions:

Evolving from Editor to Applied Linguist
​Our Professional Odyssey

Despite all the good intentions, much of what is standardly considered common methodological practice for language teachers may actually prove to be 'anti-linguistic'; i.e., it works against language acquisition.
Applied Linguistics respects the 'nature of language. Acquaintance with this discipline of language acquisition aids language teachers in their evolution from simply the classroom 'editor' to the 'Applied Linguist'; from teaching for Mastery to encouraging Proficiency.
Come find out how and why. Be prepared to laugh uproariously and to reflect profoundly.
Personalities will be digitally scanned at the door ...

John De Mado
John De Mado Language Seminars, LLC
  •  Let's Talk! Useful Ways to Engage Your Students in Authentic Conversations 
  • Making Culture Meaningful and Promoting Intercultural Communication  
  • Blended Learning and Technology in the World Language Classroom 
  • #BookSnaps & Bitmojis – Social Media in the WL Classroom 
  • Let technology bring up the self- actualization, engagement, and collaboration in class 
  • Comprehensible Input 
  • Sketchnotes, Scribble Stories, and Drawing for Language  
  • The Unspoken Communicative Contract: Target Language BullseyeProficiency 
  • Teaching with Whole Class Novels 
  • Plan it, Play it...Plick it! 
  • Making Technology Work for your Immersion Class- Google Apps 
  • Evolving from Editor to Applied Linguist Our Professional Odyssey 
  • Using a Progression Framework to Assess Proficiency and Evaluate Student Growth 
  • ​Keep them Talking in the Target Language, the RLRA way! 
  • National Spanish Examinations 
  • El pensamiento creativo y sus aplicaciones prácticas 
  • Languages: Hands-On Advocacy in the Classroom 

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Directions to National Cathedral School

Where to stay:
Driving and metro directions. 

Many thanks for sponsoring our event:

Department of World Languages of the The National Cathedral School  for hosting our Spring Conference 2018. 
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 
EMC World Language Programs



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