Now in its 36th year, the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages joins with the Michigan Foreign Language Association to gather 1200 – 1800 foreign language professionals from a seventeen state region. The 2004 three day conference, held at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn, will offer attendees a choice of 170 50-75 minute sessions as well as a choice of 26 full-day and half-day workshops. For further information and registration see website www.centralstates.cc

This is a continuation for those who have taken previous spanish classes offered by the Van Buren ISD. Participants will acquire more complex grammar constructions, add to their knowledge, develop and refine speaking and listening skills. They will also continue to aquire cutltural awareness of countries whose native language is Spanish.

(offered at the Leelanau School)This course will focus on curent developments and issues concerning the Advanced Placement program in Spanish Language and is intended for both new and advanced teachers of AP Spanish Language. Teachers will focus on strategies to develop language skills in L2. Several sessions will deal with the AP Spanish language exam. IN those sessions, teachers will practice holisitic scoring, grading practices, analysis and use of the rubrics that are utilized to grade the exam.

Participants will expand and develop new and adequate vocabulary with a concentration on classroom and school-related topics. They will also acquire complex grammar constructions and syntax; add to knowledge previously learned and to continue develop and refine speaking and listening skills; and to continue in the process of acquiring cutltural awareness of countries whose native language is Spanish.

Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling is appropriate for all world language classrooms, this course concentrates on the higher level skills of communication and reading, including preparing for an AP exam. Participants will leave with criteria for: selection of reading, words & phrases, length of phrases, pacing and more.

This conference is in San Antonio, Texas. The ACTFL Convention and World Languages Expo is the largest gathering of language educators in the United States with the largest exhibition anywhere of teaching materials and technology for the language profession. It is the only national event where language professionals from all levels, all assignments and all languages can come together to learn. More than 600 educational sessions covering more than 20 languages, instruction skills ranging from pre-K to graduate level, Advanced Placement workshops and sessions covering Latin, German, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Italian, and French, as well as other general topics, new research and new ways of using research in language education.

This workshop, for world language teachers, will assist participants to develop prototype assessments in Spanish and French to determine if students have reached novice-high proficiency. For registration information, please visit www.oakland.k12.mi.us and follow the Professional Development link.

AP French teacher training day 1 of 4. Daily topics include: Overview of AP program and exam, review contents of packet, Analyze the AP exam.

AP French teacher training day 2 of 4. Daily topics include: Recent changes to the exam, AP course design and curriculum, Development of AP essay topics.

AP French teacher training day 3 of 4. Daily topics include: Practice and creating multiple choice sections, discussion of requested topics, essay grading and familiarization with rubric, sample essays, grading.

AP French teacher training day 4 of 4. Daily topics include: Sample assignments, suggested support materials, internet, computer software, time management, scheduling, stratgies for test preparation, exchange best practice.

AP Spanish teacher training day 1 of 4. Daily topics include: Goals of the course, review of Exam and grading criteria, review student samples, review textbook library.

AP Spanish teacher training day 2 of 4. Daily topics include: review ETS website and exam, proficiency-oriented classroom, cultural guidelines, teaching higher levels of speaking proficiency, developing oral interpersonal skills, preparing authentic materials.

AP Spanish teacher training day 3 of 4. Daily topics include: teaching higher levels of writing proficiency, correction, feedback, and evaluation and testing, information technology.

AP Spanish teacher training day 4 of 4. Daily topics include: Course outline and classroom activities, presentations.

15th Annual Advanced Placement Summer Institute sponsored by The Leelanau School will provide advanced placement training for educators teaching the Spanish Language.

15th Annual Advanced Placement Summer Institute sponsored by The Leelanau School will provide advanced placement training for educators teaching the spanish language.

The Institute is a professional development opportunity for current and potential AP teachers in specific content areas. Participants will gain knowledge and skills that will support better instruction and curriculum design in AP courses. The Institute has preliminary approval from the College Board and Central Michigan University.

This practical course is aimed at teachers of French at all levels who are interested in strengthening their knowledge of the French language and expanding their repertoire of teaching methods and classroom activities. Meets in Angers, France.

In this course you will learn how to pronounce and write Arabic letters, how to use basic vocabularies, common phrases, and simple sentences that will help you communicate with others.

Assessment Prototypes at Novice-High Level in Spanish and French will help districts begin to design assessments for students who wish to use the alternative option to the high school two-credit offerings. To assist local school districts to develop an assessment, the presenters have developed a prototype assessment in Spanish and French to determine if students have reached Novice-high proficiency. This session is designed to describe the elements of a Novice-high proficiency assessment. Examples will be provided.

The goal is to have participants leave the class with the tools and ability to communicate with their Spanish-speaking patients/customers. They will learn how to ask specific questions, provide correct answers, understand customers´ requests/needs and pronounce medical terms correctly. The emphasis will be on language learning principles, conversation & clinical role playing.

This workshop will walk the participants through the elements of creating a basic web page for language learning. Throughout this workshop, the participatns will have hands-on experience in developing web pages and how to integrate them into their courses.

This workshop is for foreign language teachers who want to learn how to create interactive language-learning web pages for use in their classes.

Offered to Calhoun County District’s employees and families learning beginning and basic communication (American Sign Language) Lots of “hands-on” activities.

Participants will acquire a basic communicative competence in Spanish and develop a limited vocabulary for communication with particular concentration in the area of the classroom and school-related topics. Participants will also interact in conversations wihtin the limitations of their vocabulary and grammar studied. They will succeed in the process of acquiring cultural awareness of countries whose native language is Spanish and become more comfortable in the presence of spoken Spanish.

Participants will acquire a very basic communicative competence in Spanish; several commonly used fixed expressions; develop vocabulary considered common to daily activities; ability to participate in conversations within the limits of studied vocabulary and grammar and feel more comfortable in the presence of spoken Spanish.

Participants will aquire a very basic communicative competence in Spanish; develop a limited vocabulary for communication with a concentration on school-related topics; interact in conversation; and generally feel more comfortable when in the presence of spoken Spanish.

Participants will continue the acquisition of a basic communicative competence in Spanish, along with developing new and adequate vocabulary for communication primarily within the realm of the classroom and school-related topics. Their comprehension of Spanish will be improved and be able to speak Spanish well enough to satisfy immediate needs.

Participants will continue the acquisition of a basic communicative competence in Spanish; expand and develop new and adequate vocabulary for communication primarily within the realm of the classroom and school-related topics; and to speak Spanish well enough to satisify immediate needs and acquiring cultural awareness.

Increasing Communication Throughout Interactive Learner-Centered Activities in Your Spanish Classes. This popular seminar has been designed specifically for secondary educators teaching beginning-level and intermediate-level Spanish classes. Practical strategies; dozens of classroom-proven, interactive communicative techniques; innovative techniques; comprehensive teaching resource handbook. To register or for more information go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-735-3503.

The focus of this workshop is on giving computer savvy foreign language teachers additional information and skills to create more interesting and pedagogically sound web pages for their language classes.

Teachers will learn how to interpret the national world language standards and the Five C’s of foreign language instruction plus Arabic language standards. Additional instruction will focus on second language acquisition; differentiating instruction; increasing student motivation; learning styles, and learning strategies.

Goals for attending middle & high school teachers of Japanese include: discussion of articulation issues (smooth connection of precollege to the college curricula), demonstration of technology uses in Japanese lessons, implications of new standards for precollege classes (communication, connections, culture, communities, comparisons), opportunities for AP Japanese

Goals for attending middle & high school teachers of Japanese include: discussions of articulation issues (smoth connection of precollege to the college curricula), demonstration of technology uses in Japanese lessons, implications of new standards for precollege classes (communication, connections, culture, communities, comparisons), opportunities for AP Japanese.

Technology can help make the language classroom more efficient, more authentic, more learner-centered, and it addresses different learning styles. In this workshop, we will discuss simple ways of "teching" up your classroom through the use of chats, message boards, blogs, wikis, videos, web quests, course management systems, Microsoft Office software, the Internet in general, and various free CLEAR products.

World Language teachers from area schools, Mid-Michigan Community College and Central Michigan University are invited to participate in this discussion/work group. The focus of the October Meeting will be K-12 World Language Requirements and resources for teaching world languages. February’s focus will be preparing students for college level world language courses.

Learn practical strategies for increasing vocabulary, fluency and comprehesion skills of English language learners.

This workshop will help foreign language teachers learn what it means for a task to be truly communicative, and how such tasks are related to the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching.

Participation in this class is limited to Foreign language teachers. Participants completing this course will understand how the design and use of Web pages can be used to communicate to the public the goals, objectives, and student performances inherent in the foreign language classroom. For registration information, please visit www.oakland.k12.mi.us and follow the Professional Development link.

Teachers will move from theory to application. Participants will develop lesson plans and curriculum incorporating cultural instruction into teaching experiences. Teachers will prepare students for their first field trip experience to the Arabic Art Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts.

You can take the language out of the culture, but you can`t take the culture out of the language. This workshop aims to give teachers a comprehensive understanding of culture learning in the foreign language classroom, as well as an array of tools to use as they develop strategies for use in their classrooms.

Participants will study basic grammar principles and build vocabulary using the instructional video series "Destinos". They will develop and refine speaking and listening skills, fluidly converse in simple sentences, aquire more complex gramar constructions, practice listening comprehension, role play and converse with memberts of the class and continue acquiring cultural awareness of countries whose language is Spanish.

In this class you will learn beginning grammar principles and to build simple vocabulary using the instructional video series, Destinos, how to develop and refine speaking and listening skills using the present tense, to converse in simple sentences about routine, daily activities using the grammar acquired, practice listening, comprehension of a variety of spoken-Spanish presented on the series, role-play and converse with members of the class in order to feel more confident in speaking Spanish, and continue acquiring cultural awareness of the people and countries whose native language is Spanish.

Participants in this class will meet 10 sessions to continue studying grammar principles and to build more extensive vocabulary using the instructional vidoe series, Destinos. You will continue developing and refining speaking and listening skills using present, past and future tenses with an emphasis placed on the different past tenses; preterit, imperfect and present perfect, as well as the present subjunctive mood. Participants will converse about routine and non-routine activities using the grammar acquired, practice listening comprehension of a variety spoken-Spanish presented on the series, role-play and converse with members of the class in order to learn and to feel more confident in speaking Spanish and continue acquiring cultural awareness on the people and countries whose native language is Spanish.

For Spanish and French teachers. The NEW Michigan Merit Curriculum requiring two credits of World Language will go into effect with the graduating class of 2016. To assist local school districts in developing an assessment, the presenters have developed a prototype assessment in Spanish and French to determine if students have reached Novice-high proficiency. This session is designed to describe the elements of a Novice-high proficiency assessment. Examples will be provided.

For Spanish and French teachers. The NEW Michigan Merit Curriculum requiring two credits of World Language will go into effect with the graduating class of 2016. To assist local school districts in developing an assessment, the presenters have developed a prototype assessment in Spanish and French to determine if students have reached Novice-high proficiency. This session is designed to describe the elements of a Novice-high proficiency assessment. Examples will be provided. To register, please visit www.oakland.k12.mi.us and click on the Professional Development link.

The workshop assists paraicipants in integrating the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching for practical use in the classroom. A focus will be on designing learning scenarios and standards-based student assessment that are grounded in the standards.

This workshop will show foreign language professionals how to develop a tutorial-based language program for LCTLs. It will also give participants the opportunity to discuss issues such as the logistics of administering a tutorial program, how to design effective evaluation plans for students, and how to select and plan for new course offerings. Participants will learn how to set curricular goals, how to choose and use the best materials for the tutorial, and how to help the tutor and learner work together so that learning takes place. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss issues such as the logistics of administering a tutorial program, how to design effective evaluation plans for studetns, and how to select and plan for new course offerings.

This workshop will walk participants through the uses of digital video in foreign language classrooms. The participants will create and edit digital video files for instructional purposes. A similar, longer workshop was offered last year.

This workshop will walk participants through the uses of digital video in foreign language classrooms. The participants will create and edit digital video files for instructional purposes.

Learn effective instructional strategies that speed langauge acquisition. Dozens of ideas to develop and improve language and literacy for all your students. How to increase comprehension in all content areas. Learn how to strengthen your entire program with research-based instruction. See how to apply and integrate language learning across your curriculum. Learn how to boost achievement for all your English language learners: from Title I and Title III...to gifted. Each participant will receive and extensive resource handbook designed specifically for this seminar.

Content at the Embassy of France Pedagogical Training Conference will focus on teaching methods to improve teaching practices, such as: teaching methods to more effectively instruct teens and preteens; introduction of authentic documents in a foreign language classroom; and current foreign language teaching theories. Secondarily, the conference will focus on enhancing a person’s knowledge of the French culture, civilization, and language to improve personal knowledge and strengthening culture instruction through Contemporary France (facts, press, media, culture, film, art, music), educational excursions, showing of a film, discussion, strengthening linguistic skills, and phonetics exercises and skill improvement.

Content at the Embassy of France Pedagogical Training Conference will focus on teaching methods to improve teaching practices, such as: teaching methods to more effectively instruct teens and preteens; introduction of authentic documents in a foreign language classroom; and current foreign language teaching theories. Secondarily, the conference will focus on enhancing a person´s knowledge of the French culture, civilization, and language to improve personal knowledge and strengthening culture instruction through Contemporary France (facts, press, media, culture, film, art, music), educational excursions, showing of a film, discussion, strengthening linguistic skills, and phonetic exercises and skill improvement.

Increase effective communication through interactive learner-centered activities. Add creative, cooperative and communicative practice activities to your portfolio of ideas, and increase the motivation of your beginning-level and intermediate-level foreign language students.

Designed for grades 6-12, learn interactive communicative techniques that you can put to use immediately in your own foreign language classroom.

Practical strategies to strengthen your students´ proficiency in Spanish. Innovative strategies to help you expand beyond your textbook and energize your Spanish teaching. Enrich your Spanish class with a motivating, meaningful and realistic approach to the Hispanic culture. Learn how internet tools such as wikis, podcasts and blogs can enhance your current Spanish program. For more information or to register go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-735-3503.

Europe is the continent where the Industrial Revolution began. It is one of the world´s most urbanized, densely populated, and polluted regions. It is also the continent which gave rise to Green politics. This Institute will focus on environment issues in Europe and their application to an understanding of our modern world.

Strengthen your students´ achievement and proficiency in foreign language learning. Provide dozens of highly effective strategies for increasing students´ use of the target language. Practical strategies and assessment ideas for implementing the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning in your classroom. A comprehensive foreign language resource handbook filled with ideas for developing active, student center lessons and more.

Strengthen your students´ achievement and proficiency in foreign language learning. Provide dozens of highly effective strategies for increasing student use of the target language. Practical strategies and assessment ideas for implementing the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning in your classroom. A comprehensive foreign language resource handbook filled with ideas for developing active, student center lessons and more.

Strengthen your students´ achievement and proficiency in foreign language learning. Provide dozen of highly effective strategies for increasing student use of the target language. Practical strategies and assessment ideas for implementing the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning in your classroom. A comprehensive foreign language resource handbook filled with ideas for developing active, student center lessons and more.

This interactive workshop is designed for K-16 teachers of German and offers an immersion setting that allows participants to maintain and expand their knowledge of German language, culture, and history of German-speaking communities. Participants are familiarized with new techniques and materials for combining the teaching of language, cultural, and historical themes. The workshop also provides a great avenue to network with other German teachers across levels and to share ideas and materials. For more info: Angelika Kraemer, Ph.D. kraemera@msu.edu

Arabic language teachers will participate in instructional workshops to provide participatns with the expertise and skills to effectively incorporate cultural products and practices into Arabic language teaching. Cultural artifacts and other appropriate materials will be used to enhance learning. Teachers will develop lesson plans and work with middle and high school students in order to learn how to effectively incorporate cultural practices and products into their language instruction.

This course has a closed registration process. Participants will be trained in High/Scope key indicators and introduced to the Trainer of Trainers program. High/Scope consultants will be training Detroit Public Schools Pre-kindergarten teachers.

Learn to dramatically improve your students´ foreign language proficiency with easy-to-implement activities to be used in your classroom tomorrow to revitalize your program.

Designed for teachers in grades 6-12, this seminar will teach activities that enhance students´ language acquisition; get students speaking more and with greater confidence and skill; teach organizational techniques and much more.

This workshop will assist participants in integrating the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching for practical use in the classroom. A focus will be on designing learning scenarios and standards-based student assessment that are grounded in the standards. Course under different title in summer 2003, some information may be different this summer 2004

This one-day seminar will teach techniques of interactive communication, increase motivation, engagement and achievement of beginning-level and intermediate-level foreign language students.

This workshop will provide you with the skills to create online assessment activities for reading, writing, listening and speaking. Special emphasis will be placed on aligning these assessments with state and national standards and the particular curricular objectives of your language program. At the end of the workshop, you will be able to conduct online assessment activities with your students and provide them with feedback that they can use to develop their language skills. Please contact Joy Campbell at joycamp@msu.edu in the College of Arts and Letters for further information.

Offered to Calhoun County District’s employees and families an intermediate sign communication (American Sign Language) class. Lots of “hands-on” activities.

Participants will expand and develop new and appropriate vocabulary; acquire more complex grammar constructions; add to knowledge previously learned and continue to develop and refine speaking and listening skills. They will become more fluid in the cadence of speaking and to sustain conversation on a variety of topics.

Participants will expand and develop their Spanish vocabulary, aquire more complex grammar constructions, add knowledge previously aquired and continue to develop and refine speaking and listening skills. They will also become more fluid in the cadence of speaking and sustain conversation on a variety of topics. Participants will continue in the process of acquiring cultural awareness of countries who have Spanish as their native language.

The program will help school staff and parents who come in contact with hearing impaired students have a better means of communication with the child. Functional vocabulary that is used in the school and practical vocabulary of everyday life will be addressed. The program will build confidence in the learner’s ability to converse with a hearing impaired individual.

This class is for educators who have Japanese children or adults in their classrooms. Participants will learn to speak basic Japanese phrases and learn about Japanese Culture.

This workshop will have two parts. The first focuses on teachers’ language use and describes strategies that teachers can use to teach in the target language, particularly in difficult contexts such as when working with beginners and teaching grammar. In addition, demonstrations of various techniques will be given including how to give directions for complex activities while speaking only in the target language. The participants will act as beginning language learners in these demonstrations. The presenter will also discuss how small amounts of English can be used effectively instead of as something to fall back on when target language use becomes difficult. The second part of the workshop will focus on student language use. Participants will be provided techniques for beginners to start speaking the target language quickly, in new contexts and using a variety of tasks. Participants again will act as students in various demonstrations of a new language, this time speaking the language. The presenter will then provide sample activities for more advanced students that will not only keep them speaking the target language but also push them to produce more advanced language. For more information contact Joy Campbell at joycamp@msu.edu in the College of Arts and Letters at MSU.

Technology in the classroom can ease your classroom management tasks, provide a change of pace for your students, provide you with an opportunity to include the target community, and provide you with easy access to written documents of students` language production. During the workshop you will learn how to use computer technology (such as course-management software, chat rooms, Instant Messaging, and websites). On the one hand you will experience the technology from a learner`s perspective at the same time you will be provided with activities for your own teaching. Finally, you will also have the opportunity to develop your own materials suited for your class. The workshop will introduce free (in case your district is unable to purchase software) as well as commercially available software programs (in case your district is considering purchase or has already purchased programs). For more information contact Joy Campbell at joycamp@msu.edu in the College of Arts and Letters at MSU.

Registration will be online at MABE.org. Program is offered to educators at all levels. Participants will focus on bilingual education and developing complex academic literacy.

Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing rich, contextualized input. The combination of aural and visual cues naturally makes video input more comprehensible. However, there are several uses of video that extend beyond listening comprehension activities. For example, video can be effectively used to teach grammar and in promoting output (both oral and written). This workshop will consider multiple uses of video as well as techniques for adapting authentic materials to learners of various proficiency levels. The workshop will address the following topics: choosing appropriate video materials (authentic versus scripted video materials and appropriate uses of each; sequencing a lesson with video (pre-viewing, during viewing, post-viewing); top-down and bottom-up activities for each stage of working with video; creating selective listening activities for video segments; uses of video without sound ; using video to teach grammar; using video to promote output; using video to teach cultural topics; combining video and reading materials; and using DVD with subtitles. For more information contact Joy Campbell at joycamp@msu.edu in the College of Arts and Letters at MSU.

Teachers and researchers agree that video materials can enhance the learning environment in foreign language classrooms by providing rich, contextualized input. The combination of aural and visual cues naturally makes video input more comprehensible. This workshop will consider multiple uses of video as well as techniques for adapting authentic materials to learners of various proficiency levels.

This workshop takes foreign language teachers through the steps to use the Internet in their classes. It focuses on CALL methodology and designing online communicative and task-based activities.

The workshop takes foreign language teachers through the steps to use the Internet in their classes. It focuses on CALL methodology and designing online communicative and task-based activities.

Michigan Foreign Language Association promotes improvement for teachers of foreign language in the areas of curriculum instruction, assessment and standards implementation. For registration information please contact the Michigan Foreign Language Association.

The Michigan Foreign Language Association offers workshops on foreign language teaching pedagogy at its annual conference. The following workshops are being offered this year: `French Songs of Yesterday and Today,` `International Day Celebration on a Shoestring Budget,` `Butterflies and Chaos: Finding the Leader Within,` `Connecting with Your Community: Electronic Classroom Portfolios,` `Central States Extension Workshop: Involve Me and I`ll Learn,` `You Plus Your Website Equals Increased Student Learning,` `Using Learning Scenarios and Webquests to Develop a Standards-Based Curriculum,` `Reaching and Motivating Our Students,` `Casa Blueprints: Hands-On Practicum for Web-Based Activities,` `Convergence: Creativity, Critical Thinking, Curriculum and the 5 Cs,` and `How Could We Teach Grades K-12 Without the Use of English?`

The Michigan World Language Association offers workshops on foreign language teaching and pedagogy at its annual conference. Twelve different workshops are being offered this year. Individual workshops` titles and descriptions are included in the agendas that will be sent in hard copy, but character/space limitations do not allow them to be fully listed here. Please contact Joy Campbell at joyclear@msu.edu for course and registration information.

The Michigan World Language Association offers workshops on foreign language teaching and pedagogy at its annual conference. The following workshops are being offered this year: `Grammar, Games, and Good Ideas,` `Don`t Just Sit There, Habla Something!,` `Enhancing Language and Culture Learning Strategies for Travel, Living, and Experiences Abroad,` `World Language and NCLB: Improving Student Achievement,` `Meeting Multiple Needs through Multimedia and Meaningful Materials,` `Strategies for the New Spanish Teacher,` `Every Student Can Learn: Teaching the Special Needs Student in the World Language Classroom,` `Articulation K-12: Target Language Instruction,` `Teaching the Language Skills from an Arabic Perspective,` `Tricks of the Trade,` `Assessing and Improving Oral Spanish Skills with Audio Portfolios at MSU,` and `Let`s Learn Chinese.`

The Michigan World Language Association (formerly Michigan Foreign Language Association) offers workshops on foreign language teaching pedagogy at its annual conference. The following workshops are being offered this year: `How to make your class come alive with TPRS,` `Unleashing the power of PowerPoint,` `Function-al raps: One way to build language acquisition,` `Literacy for the 21st century langauge learner,` `Yawning be gone: Endearing yourself to your students while teaching grammar,` `Olympic odyssey: The torch to Torino,` `Activities for children of all ages,` `Linking language and culture: Intermediate-level strategies and techniques,` `Grammar, games and good ideas,` `Enseigner un film, enseigner a partir d`un film,` Karin Gundisch im Deutschunterricht,` and `Teaching proficiency through reading and storytelling.`

A series of workshops will be offered over the course of two days at the Michigan Foreign Language Association´s Fall 2002 conference. Workshops will expose foreign language teachers to new methodologies, ideas, and concepts related to teaching. Topics include how to teach grammar, speaking, listening, reading, writing, and culture. Using these ideas, the teachers will be motivated to improve and enhance their classes.

The Michigan Foreign Language Association offers workshops on foreign language teaching pedagogy at its annual conference. The following workshops are being offered: 1. "Meeting the Needs of Our Ever-changing Student Population", 2. "Moving From Trivial Pursuit to Authentic Cultural Understanding", 3. "Teaching Verb Conjunctions in a Meaning ful Context", 4. "La civilization par le film I: Jeanne d "Arc", 5. "The Search for Holistic Assessment", 6. "Using Webquests to Develop a Standards-Bases Curriculum", 7. "What is TPR Storytelling?", 8. "World Languages Other Than English (WLOE) National Board of Certification (NBC)", 9. "Speak up!", 10. "Blindfolds, Lost Souls, and Weather Pick-Up Lines: Classroom Activities Ranging from Beginning to Advanced Levels", and 11. "Literary Text in the German Classroom".

Participants will attend intense training sessions that prepare them to actually give an Oral Proficiency Interview. They will apply the ACTFL Speaking Guidelines to a series of our own students, and give them a "Rating" on their speaking ability. This technique is to be applied in assessing ALL students in our program. Outcomes include: 1. A thorough knowledge of the ACTFL Speaking Guidelines 2. A very structured view of second language acquisition 3. The ability to place a student on a linguistic continuum, and thereby know what the next level of acquisition needs to be. For registration information, please contact Katherine Young, Birmingham Public Schools at 248-203-3786.

A Spanish language and culture course with emphasis on colloquial Mexican expressions, idioms, and proverbs. Spanish media of newspapers and comics will be used as vehicles of cultural knowledge that can be adapted to classroom use. Meets in Guadalajara, Mexico.

This course is for teachers of Spanish at all levels who would like to improve their knowledghe of Spanish grammar and its application in the classroom. The core of the course is disigned to offer explanations of crucial grammatical aspects of the Spanish grammar as well as practical exercises. There will also be a cultural component that will focus on the multicultural nature of Spain, a rich mosaic of cultrual and linguistic mixtures: from medieval Toledo to 21st century modern cities. Students can also take a workshop where they can acquire or improve practical skills they can use in their classes in the area of Cinema and Literature in the Teaching of Spanish as a Foreign Language.

An additional week to continue the Multicultural Spain and Its Language course with emphasis on colloquial Spanish expressions, idioms and proverbs. Spanish media of newspapers and comics will be used as vehicles of cultural knowledge that can be adapted for classroom use.

Restricted to members of the Periodic Review Panel

This course is for teachers of Spanish at all levels who would like to improve their knowledghe of Spanish grammar and its application in the classroom. The core of the course is disigned to offer explanations of crucial grammatical aspects of the Spanish grammar as well as practical exercises. There will also be a cultural component that will focus on the multicultural nature of Spain, a rich mosaic of cultrual and linguistic mixtures: from medieval Toledo to 21st century modern cities.

"Promoting Language Development and Culture Understanding in the Foreign Language Classroom" will provide teachers with reasons, ideas, and resources for rethinking and planning curriculum, instruction, and assessment along the lines proposed by the National and State Standards for Foreign Language Learning with the purpose of enhancing all students’ proficiency levels. For further information and registration go to www.L2Educator.com

Macromedia Flash is a development program for creating interactive multimedia. The language teaching applications of this program are the focus of this workshop. Teachers will be provided with experience in creating and editing computer-based media, the basics of Flash. With these basics, the teachers will be able to create interactive multimedia for their foreign language classes.

Macromedia Flash is a development program for creating interactive multimedia. The Language teaching applications of this program are the focus of this workshop. Teachers will gain experience in creating and editing computer-based media, the basics of Flash, and creating interactive multimedia for their foreign language classes.

Macromedia Flash is a development program for creating interactive multimedia. The language teaching applications of this program are the focus of this workshop. This workshop was offered in summer, 2003.

Learn strategies to maximize student reading achievement, and maximize comprehension in the target language using reading strategies.

This seminar is designed to provide foreign language teachers with effective and proven strategies to increase student learning and reading in a foreign language. The day will be filled with dozens of activities that not only are research-based but also are practical and hands-on, ready to take back to the classroom and use immediately. This seminar is specifically for foreign language teachers interested in achieving a deeper level of engagement and learning by all of their students, at all levels. Seminar offered by BER. Questions? www.ber.org or 800-735-3503

Middle school world language teachers will meet with the district webmaster for training in using online and digital resources in the classroom. Other topics will include technology integration (Promethean Boards), data-driven decision making, and Class A assessment.

In this online course, students will learn whole-language skills including listening, reading, speaking, and writing in Spanish. The Rosetta Stone Course utilizes advanced interactive technology with native speaker voicing and a rich visual environment to mimic the complete immersion process, which is most effective for successful language learning.

This course has a closed registration process. Participants will be provided with a variety of successful language teaching and acquisition activities and strategies designed to motivate all learners that reflect language acquisition theory.

This course has a closed registration process. Participants will be provided a variety of successful language teaching and acquisition activities and strategies designed to motivate all learners that reflect language acquisition theory.

To involve all students with the pleasure of learning a foreign language and to help teachers teach a foreign language successfully and to achieve the purpose of teaching a foreign language.

The Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP®) Training for Teachers provides schools and districts with a research-based sheltered instruction model for educators teaching English Language Learners. Participants will learn to build consensus and gain motivation about implementing the SIOP® Model with teachers who may have limited skills in teaching English Language Learners. Participants will also: gain in-depth knowledge of the eight (8) components and deepen their understanding of each one; get hands-on experience and practice implementing the model in the classroom and learn how to use the observation protocol component to improve sheltered instruction. Questions? Please call 517.244.1282.

This four day Summer Institute has been initiated to help teachers continue developing skills in teaching second language learners. For registration informatin call (734)487-0370 or email cgannon@emich.edu

This course is designed for those with some experience using conversational Spanish. Participants will increase their skills in understanding, speaking, and writing in Spanish through an intense immersion experience. Using a number of activities--individual, small group and whole group-- participants will increase their fluency level to an advanced level. Instruction will be targeted based on the language needs of participants.

This course in Spanish is designed for those with little experience in the language. Participants will learn to speak, understand, and read Spanish through an intensive immersion program. By interacting with the instructor and others in the class, participants will become fluent in the use of the Spanish language at a basic level.

This is a cooperative course with the University of Deusto and the Embassy of Spain Education Office and will be offered in Bilbao, Spain. The course is for teachers of Spanish at all levels who would like to improve their knowledge of Spanish grammar & its application in the classroom.For information regarding course and travel cost, contact:Diane Phelps, (616)331-7117

This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn Spanish quickly. You´ll learn six easy recipes for gluing Spanish words together to form sentences. After completing this course, you will be able to go into any spanish speaking situation and coverse in Spanish.

For registration information, contact Catherine Luzier at 586/226-4801. Open to teachers. Learn to engage in conversational Spanish in no time.

For registration information, contact Catherine Luzier at 586/226-4801. Open to teachers. Learn to engage in conversational Spanish in no time.

Strengthen Your Foreign Language Instruction with the Three A´s: Activities, Articulation, and Assessment. Creative and innovative activities that will engage students and increase their proficiency in the target language. Fresh ideas that will help you organize and present dynamic lessons that will motivate your students. Practical strategies for assessment that get students to demonstrate what they know and are able to do. A comprehensive foreign language resource handbook filled with ideas for developing active, student-centered lessons. To register or for more information go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-735-3503.

Designed for foreign language educators serving grades 6-12. Strengthen your students´ achievement and increase their proficiency in the target language. Provide dozens of highly effective strategies and activities for increasing students´ understanding and use of the target language. Innovative and practical strategies for assessment that support the National Standards for Foreign Language Learning. A comprehensive foreign language resource handbook filled with ideas for developing active, student-centered lessons will be provided.

Practical, highly effective strategies to integrate ALL of the National Standards into your curriculum. Interactive, step-by-step demonstrations on how to increase speaking and writing competence by converting selections from your text book into engaging TPRS (Teaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) scenarios. Ready-to-use, high-interest activities using music, gesture and movement which accelerate learning and increase memory retention. Multitude of internet-based interactive resources proven to reinforce grammar and expand vocabulary and cultural understanding. Concise explanations on how to create student-to-student, class-to-class international partnerships through technology to bring the world into your classroom. For more information or to register go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-260-8180.

The ideas that are presented are applicable for all levels of foreign language instruction and all languages. Participants will experience exciting activities that they can easily use in their teaching immediately following the seminar. All of the strategies presented in this seminar are research-based and support national standards-based practices. This seminar is designed specifically for foreign language educators who are interested in practical ways to boost the proficiency and motivation of their foreign language students. Seminar offered by BER. Questions? www.ber.org or 800-735-3503

New and innovative strategies for strengthening your students´ abilities to communicate in the target language. Ways to effectively incorporate the internet and other new technology in your foreign language program. Strengthen student language proficiency. How you can apply the recommendations of the Standards for Foreign Language Learning in your classroom. Techniques to maximize student participation in the target language. Proven strategies for helping all or your students achieve success in second language learning. Each participant will receive an extensive resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar.

Obtain a wealth of highly effective teaching strategies to actively involve all your students. Learn new technques, mixer activities, pair activities, instructive games, and much more that get students to use the target language. The ideas shared are proven techniques to improve students´ participation and achievement. Come away rejuvenated and inspired to implement new ideas and strategies. Each participant will receive an extensive resource handbook filled with ideas, projects, paired and group communicative techniques, and directions for a wide variety of classroom-proven language activities to fully involve every student.

Learn ways to strengthen students´ achievement and proficiency in foreign language learning by providing dozens of highly effective strategies for increasing students´ use of the target language.

This course introduces students to the major movements and genres of Hispanic literature and to the accompanying vocabulary. Students learn how to read and evaluate literature in a second language through short prose, drama, and poetic texts,and they sharpen theirkills in critical writing and literary analysis. This course is designed to prepare students for survey and advanced-level literature courses in the Spanish Department. Oral presentations and/or research paper required. Prerequisite: Spanish 301 or concurrent registration with Spanish 301. Course may be taken for academic credit (3 semester hours) or for SB-CEUs (9). Those taking the course fo CEUs are allowed to audit the course (at a lower tuition rate). A student who audits the course will complete all assignments (except for a final exam or project) and will receive no credit on their transcript. A student may take the course for credit or as an audit for CEU´s, but not both.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota offers participants the use of the national Standards for Foreign Language Learning and integrated performance assessment units to develop aligned assessments for use in their classrooms.

This one-week, intensive summer institute aims to address current approaches to the teaching of Spanish as a second language for middle and high school students. Its focus is on the cultural and functional aspects of learning Spanish through an exploration of the theme Ethnicity in Latin America. Sessions will include presentations and discussions led by MSU faculty, K-12 resources and teaching ideas, and opportunities to network with MSU faculty and other teachers.

This one-week, intensive summer institute aims to address current approaches to the teaching of Spanish as a second language for middle and high school students. Its focus is on the cultural and functional aspects of learning Spanish through an exploration of the theme Ethnicity in Latin America. Sessions will include presentations and discussions led by MSU faculty, K-12 resources and teaching ideas, and opportunities to network with MSU faculty and other teachers.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota will focus on the analysis of learners´ language output with an in-depth look at the following key questions: How can we better understand what second language features learners know? and What are possible implications of this understanding for what needs to be taught?

Knowing the basics of second language acquisition can help language teachers better meet the needs of their students. This institute will focus on the analysis of learners´ language output with an in-depth look at the following key questions: How can we better understand what second language features learners know? and What Re possible implications of this understanding for what needs to be taught?

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota will help teachers develop instructional strategies for integrating language learning into a systematic culture curriculum, as well as tools and techniques for assessing growth in intercultural understanding.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota provides instructors of less commonly taught languages with practical tools and hands-on experience in developing a wide range of materials that will fit the needs of LCTL students and will improve their ability to use the language for communicative purposes.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota is a must for new immersion teachers and administrators which provides a research-based introduction to the challenges, options and issues in the unique world of immersion education.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota targets language instructors, study abroad program coordinators/advisers, and others who facilitate language and culture learning for study abroad, language learning, or other contexts. Participants will gain information and tools designed to improve their students´ understanding and use of language-and culture-learning strategies.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota offers participants a range of oral language proficiency assessment tools available for K-8 immersion programs, including interview and role-play assessments, teacher-rating tools, and student self-assessments.

This Summer Institute at the University of Minnesota provides a research-based introduction to the challenges, options and issues in the unique world of immersion education (K-12).

This summer institute offered at the University of Minnesota offers students the opportunity of create materials and lessons and explore ways to incorporate strategies into their own language curricula. Participants will have an opportunity to apply SSBI according to their own interests.

This summer institute at the University of Minnesota provides both theoretical and practical insights on how to enhance second/foreign language instruction byu incorporating the appropriate use of language. Participants will have hands-on opportunities to develop instructional materials and techniques for integrating pragmatics into their classroom.

This summer institute at the Unviersity of Minnesota is intended for experienced and new teachers alike, it will help participants examine, evaluate and apply the use of technology in teaching second languages. Through hands-on exploration, demonstration, readings, mini-lectures, and discussion, participants will examine and utilize technology resources for language teaching, their role in enhancing language instruction and the theoretical and methodological justifications for their use.

This workshop is designed for secondary teachers and focused around the new AP Latin (Cicero) syllabus.

The goals of this regional early childhood education conference follow: * To provide information & tools to create holistic, integrated programs for children & their families. * To assist in retention of current child care providers, thru the gaining of information & resources to make their work easier, is an additional goal of this conference. * To increase awareness of young children´s needs and available resources by parents, early hcildhood personnel & community members. *To recruit new early childhood professionals. * To increase number of children ready to exceed when entering K-12 ed. system. The 1000 conference participants will have the following specific learning outcomes: * Will enhance skills of child care providers, parents of young children, early childhood educators and human service providers working with young children. * Enhancement of skills of ocnference participants will improve quality of edu-care services offered to young children. * Young children receiving care in quality care & ed. settings will have greater opportunity of being ready to succeed when entering K-12 ed. system. T

The objective of this program is to examine best practices of applying the balanced literacy and assessment model to the language classroom. The program will explain how to integrate language and content assessments into teaching. The program will also examine how to build a balanced language program within a district.

This workshop focuses on various aspects of the reading process and the role of reading skills in the language classroom. This course was offered in summer 2003.

This workshop focuses on listening and speaking in foreign language classrooms through discussion and activities. Discussion topics include listening in foreign languages, facilitating the listening process and reviewing pronunciation, lexical and grammatical accuracy in speaking.

An introduction of modern Middle Eastern language and culture. The workshop will focus on providing Middle Eastern Language with emphasis on Arabic instructional seminars for middle school and high school teachers. To register please call 313-577-4029.

The Teacher´s Workshop will focus on instructing in the Middle Eastern Language with an emphasis on Arabic instructional seminars for middle school and high school teachers. The workshop is designed to provide students with basic language patterns, vocabulary and cultural awareness.

This workshop is intended to help educators devise feasible methods of assessment of student proficiency in world languages that remain true to the spirit and intent of the new Michigan Merit Curriculum standards, including an introduction to a “prototype” created by Michigan world language educators.

This session will focus on Teaching and Assessing World Languages effectively according to the New Michigan Standards.

This seminar will provide an introduction to important themes in East Asian history and culture that will enable teachers to more easily teach about China, Japan and Korea in the middle and high-school classroom. This seminar is part of the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia and is funded by the Freeman Foundation; administered by the Asian Studies Center at Michigan State University. For more info: Dr William Londo londo@msu.edu

This workshop will help teachers acquire the necessary skills to design articulated, thematic based curriculum, specifically with regard to the ACTFL Arabic Learning Standards (5Cs) and plan instruction with assessment in mind.

These workshops will introduece participants to integrating the National Standards for foreign Language Teaching for practical use in the classroom. Sessions include: The Five Cs, Teaching Reading in the Foreign Language Classroom, Teaching a foreign Language through Didactic Units, & Relations Between Creativity and Global Approach in the Teaching of Languages at High School Level.

This interactive workshop is designed for K-16 teachers of German and offers an immersion setting that allows participants to maintain and expand their knowledge of German language, culture, and literature. In a hands-on approach, participants are familiarized with new techniques and materials for combining the teaching of literature and language in their classrooms. The workshop also provides a great avenue to network with other German teachers across levels and to share ideas and materials.

This workshop focuses on various aspects of the reading process and the role of reading skills in the foreign language classroom. The goal of this workshop is to stress the the importance of teaching reading and it´s role in the National Standards. The reading process and classroom instruction activities are featured. In addition to assisting teachers in developing reading activities to improve reading skills, culture will also be stressed.

Experience-proven strategies for strengthening your students´ achievement, meaningful communication and motivation in learning Spanish. Acquire a myriad of practical ideas and activities that improve achievement and build your repertoire of teaching strategies for increasing student proficiency in Spanish. Discover best practices and Spanish teaching resources for accelerating speaking, reading, writing, and listening in Spanish for all students. Increase engagement and time on task for optimal learning in your Spanish classroom. Receive a comprehensive Spanish language teaching resource handbook. For more information go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-260-8180.

This workshop focuses on listening and speaking in foreign language classrooms through discussion and activities. Discussion topics will cover why listening in a foreign language is differnt than listening in one´s native language, and what can be done to facilitate the listening process. Pronunciation, lexical and grammatical accuracy in speaking and oral feedback from the teacher are also a focus of this workshop.

This workshop covers several areas of foreign language writing instruction. It begins with a general discussion of how writing fits into a general skill foreign language class and the role it plays in meeting the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching. There is some focus on essay writing including how to: 1) construct assignments; 2) create prewriting activites; and 3) give feedback on and assess assignments.

This workshop covers several areas of foreign language writing instruction. It focuses on essay writing and how to: 1.) Construct Assignments, 2.) Create pre-writing activities, and 3.) Give feedback on and assess assignments. Examples will be presented of writing activities for beginners, controlled writing tasks, and those that target grammatical structures. This workshop provides foreign language instructors with information and ideas for teaching writing. Participants will receive hands-on experiences in creating writing examples and assesing them. An emphasis will be placed on the use of technology and how it applies to the teaching of writing.

This workshop will cover several areas of foreign language writing instruction, including how writing fits into a general skill foreign language class, and the role writing plays in meeting the National Standards for Foreign Language Teaching.

This workshop focuses on listening and speaking in foreign language classrooms through discussion and activities. There are discussion topics such as 1)why is listening in a foreign language different than lsitening in one´s native language, and 2) what can be done to facilitate the listening process. Pronunciation, lexical and grammatical accuracy in speaking, and oral feedback from the teacher are also the focus of this workshop.

The TEFL/TESL certificate is specifically designed for teachers who would like to teach English in foreign countries and for teachers who are teaching international students in their classrooms in the United States. This course will help the teacher to understand how language is learned and how important it is to know about other cultures. The course includes grammar, writing, speaking and listening.

The TEFL/TESL certificate is specifically designed for teachers who would like to teach English in foreign countries and for teachers who are teaching international students in their classrooms in the United States. This course will help the teacher to understand how language is learned and how important it is to know about other cultures. The course includes grammar, writing, speaking and listening.

This course encompasses an analysis of both historical and contemporary Yucatec Maya culture and the application of that knowledge to curriculum for the elementary and middle school levels. The course, offered to educators who teach academic content in Spanish, will be conducted primarily in this language.

In this workshop`s discussions and activities, teachers will weave together teaching and assessment practices in a manner that leads naturally to productive learning experiences for all students. This will be accomplished by first reviewing basic principles of both traditional and nontraditional assessment, and then exploring how these principles can be applied in the development of assessment materials that align with the curriculum and state and national standards. Participants will also be given guidance and hands-on experience in the development of assessment materials that suit the local context in which they teach.

This workshop will introduce teachers to a highly effective, holistic method (Total Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling) of teaching both foreign language and English as a Second Language, which dramatically increases student achievement and interest in learning another language. This method is effective for learning any foreign language.

Concise, step-by-step instruction for incorporating TPRS (Teaching Proficiency Through Reading and Storytelling) into your existing lessons and curriculum. Cutting-edge foreign language teaching strategies that raise the bar for student proficiency and overall communicative competency. Easy to implement reading activities. Demonstrations, role plays, sample TPRS lessons, and a comprehensive foreign language instruction resource handbook. For more information or to register go to www.ber.org or call 1-800-735-3503.

Participants will become familiar with the World Languages Standards and Benchmarks and work with a standards-based curriculum in French, German and Spanish.

Foreign Language techers will become familiar with the World Languages Standards and Benchmarks.

This workshop will focus on issues related to using communicative activities that focus on grammatical structures. It will help teachers create interesting activities that will motivate their students and contribute to an atmosphere of meaningful communication in the target language. Teachers will create meaning-based activities that will: 1.) Supplement the structural goals of the curriculum and/or textbook, 2.) Help students learn to use the targeted grammatical structures in meaningful communication, and 3.) Use authentic materials that promote student interest while still meeting the structural goals of the curriculum.

This interactive session using a variety of hands-on examples of instructional techniques that can help students access any world language through a variety of intelligences and learning styles, such as bodily-kinesthetic, visual-spatial, and interpersonal intelligences. Participants will also be invited to share effective ideas from their world language classrooms. We will also discuss the new Michigan world languages standards and what they mean for courses and programs and explore a variety of resources for better understanding and addressing the latest Michigan standards for world language teaching in grades K-12.

Educators will experience the power of TPRS method firsthand through demonstrations and learn how to apply the strategies in their own program. Whether familiar or not with TPRS, participants will hone their skills and become updated on the latest TPRS and learn the importance of how TPRS strategies can help reach even the most reluctant language learners. Each participant will receive a comprehensive handbook, which includes step-by-step explanations of how to apply the steps to TPRS, sample lessons, dozens of activities for engaging students and maximizing use of the target language, and a collection of popular communicative games, activities, rubrics, helpful articles, and more!

This workshop will outline the role of vocabulary in developing second language learners` fluency. It will also focus on identifying problems learners face when they learn words and when they try to use these words to communicate their ideas.

This one day session is an introduction of the new 1-12 curriculum. Along with the introduction of this session, it will include a complete overview of the new resources available to support the curriculum, including support materials, technology integration and assessment.

World Language teachers will spend time collaborating with others to building proficiency assessments, which are part of the new state requirements. A focus on understanding the state proficiency standards and finding authentic materials will aid teachers in developing quality assessments.

World Language teachers will enjoy a day-long event filled with multiple professional development sessions. These sessions will include new technology for the classroom, TPRS (Total Proficiency Through Storytelling), building quality assessments, strategies for special education students in the foreign language classroom, along with many others. Sessions will be built around the five World Language strands: Communication, Culture, Connections, Comparisons, and Communities.

The World Languages Roundtable is one of the Subject Area K-12 School meetings which will provide a forum for thoughtful conversation about common purpose, curriculum, instruction, and assessment with COOR ISD area superintendents, administrators, curriculum people and teachers in the area of World Languages. Participants will discuss best practice, MDE requirements in this area, and future direction.

World Language teachers will participate in a hands-on computer work session covering both basic and advanced video streaming applications. Teachers will have time to experiment, explore and create classroom multi-media presentations incorporating PowerPoint and live streaming.