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SUMMARY:Bilingualism and Autism: Bridging the Gap between Research and Beliefs
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URL:https://www.caslt.org/en/event/olbi-20240411/
CATEGORIES:Community Spotlight
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SUMMARY:Virtual Professional Learning Day (April)
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now closed\nCASLT’s Virtual PL Days provide a platform for teachers to connect with colleagues\, engage in interactive professional learning opportunities\, and share best practices. Our experienced team of professional learning facilitators will explore research-informed teaching approaches and strategies to inspire\, motivate\, and challenge teachers to improve their practice. \nRegistration Options\nMultiple registration options are available to accommodate scheduling and budgetary constraints: \n\n\n\nOption\nMember Price\nNon-Member Price*\n\n\n\n\nFull day (10:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET)\n$55 + tax\n$85 + tax\n\n\nHalf day AM (10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. ET)\n$30 + tax\n$60 + tax\n\n\nHalf day PM (12:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET)\n$30 + tax\n$60 + tax\n\n\n\n*Includes a one-year CASLT membership. \nSchedule\nEach Virtual PL Day will include two streams of three 90-minute workshops. Each workshop will be offered once in English and once in French. Full day registration includes access to all three workshops\, and half day registration (either AM or PM) includes access to two workshops. \n\n\n\nStart Time*\nEnd Time*\nDescription\n\n\n\n\n10:30 a.m.\n10:45 a.m.\nWelcome and Introduction (Full day or Half day AM registrants)\n\n\n10:45 a.m.\n12:15 p.m.\nLinguistic Security: How to Develop Oral Confidence for All FSL Learners \nDenis Cousineau\nChanger les perspectives en FLS : centration sur la voix et l’identité des élèves\, ainsi que la PSAC \nKaren Devonish-Mazzotta\n\n\n12:15 p.m.\n12:30 p.m.\nBreak (Full day or Half day AM registrants) \nWelcome and Introduction (Half day PM registrants)\n\n\n12:30 p.m.\n2:00 p.m.\nEquity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion: Using a Structured Literacy Approach in the FSL Classroom \nLindsay Cochrane\nSécurité linguistique : comment développer la confiance orale pour tous les apprenants du FLS \nDenis Cousineau\n\n\n2:00 p.m.\n2:15 p.m.\nBreak\n\n\n2:15 p.m.\n3:45 p.m.\nShifting Perspectives in FSL: Centring Student Voices\, Identity\, and CRRP \nKaren Devonish-Mazzotta\nL’équité\, la diversité et l’inclusion : utiliser une approche de la littératie structurée dans la classe de FLS \nLindsay Cochrane\n\n\n\n* Eastern Daylight Time \nSession Descriptions\nEquity\, Diversity\, and Inclusion: Using a Structured Literacy Approach in the FSL Classroom\nFacilitator: Lindsay Cochrane\nDiscover the Science of Reading and how to use a Structured Literacy approach to reading and writing in your FSL classroom (Tier 1) as well as in small reading remediation groups for struggling readers (Tier 2). This session will explain how to adapt evidence-based strategies from Orton-Gillingham for FSL students. In this workshop\, Lindsay will share the What\, Why\, and How of adapting a Structured Literacy approach in the FSL language classroom. Teachers will leave this workshop with practical\, high yield strategies for each of the six elements of a Structured Literacy approach — oral language\, phonemic awareness\, phonics\, vocabulary development\, fluency\, listening and reading comprehension — as well as strategies to support student printing and spelling skills. Most importantly\, teachers will leave this workshop feeling confident in their ability to help struggling readers in FSL and inspired to learn more about the Science of Reading to support second language learners! \nLinguistic Security: How to Develop Oral Confidence for All FSL Learners\nFacilitator: Denis Cousineau\nLearning an additional language is always a challenge. It makes us vulnerable and requires a willingness to take risks. This often frightens us because we want to understand and be understood. What happens if I make a mistake or use the wrong word? Will I look ridiculous? Millions of people face these questions every day when they put their language skills into action\, starting with their listening\, production\, and interaction skills. For some researchers\, the focus is on that anxiety known as linguistic insecurity. Others\, like Monica Tang\, focus on the construction of a legitimate bilingual or multilingual identity. This workshop will look at a pedagogical approach that aims to develop a greater sense of security\, identity\, and even confidence in speaking. Like any good swimming instructor\, let’s help our students learn to float without worrying about drowning! Some may go on to swim in the Olympics while others play in our wonderful Canadian lakes\, but let’s allow everyone to have fun. Confident bilingualism is within everyone’s grasp! \nShifting Perspectives in FSL: Centring Student Voices\, Identity\, and CRRP\nFacilitator: Karen Devonish-Mazzotta\nTo better engage FSL learners\, educators must shift their attention to centring student voice\, student interest\, student agency\, and student identity. When students have more opportunities to see themselves in the FSL classroom and to make meaningful and relevant connections with their lived experiences\, second language learning becomes an opportunity to explore and apply language in transformative ways. During this workshop\, participants will engage in a deep dive reflection on their social identities and how these inform their practice\, FSL pedagogy\, and learning. A juxtaposition between Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy\, Intercultural Understanding and Awareness\, and French as a Second Language curriculum will provide an opportunity to explore anti-oppressive teaching strategies and to highlight the importance of critical consciousness in all aspects of FSL policy\, practice\, teaching\, and learning.
URL:https://www.caslt.org/en/event/virtual-pl-day-april-2024/
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SUMMARY:Honing Our Craft Canada
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming virtual conference\, “Honing Our Craft Canada\,” in collaboration with the BC Association of Teachers of Modern Languages. Mark your calendars for April 20th\, where we will embark on a transformative journey to enhance language education across Canada. Topics will include inclusivity and diversity in the classroom\, telecollaboration\, and reading comprehension strategies.
URL:https://www.caslt.org/en/event/klett-20240420/
CATEGORIES:Community Spotlight
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SUMMARY:The second edition of National French Immersion Day - Our Languages: The Bridge That Unites
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URL:https://www.caslt.org/en/event/acpi-20240424/
CATEGORIES:Community Spotlight
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Our Community Session 5: Move! Sing! Dance! Think! Chat!
DESCRIPTION:FSL Fundamentals: Strengthening our Community\nVIRTUAL COMMUNITY-BUILDING EVENTS\nThe main goal of this virtual event series is to strengthen our community through participation in hands-on learning activities that will develop a sense of belonging to a network of French as an additional language teachers. Through a series of five sessions between fall 2023 and spring 2024\, we will discover cultural elements specific to the French-speaking world. Each session will be interactive\, allowing you to learn about a cultural theme through experiences. You will be able to transfer what you’ve learned to your classroom or simply take advantage of these moments to relax. \nWe work so hard to meet our students’ needs that we sometimes forget to consider our own emotional needs. Take some time to have fun while making connections\, speaking French\, and developing your intercultural skills in a relaxed environment. \nSession 5: Move! Sing! Dance! Think! Chat!\nMusic impacts our hearts\, our minds\, and our speech – and those of our French learners. \nPlato said that “If you want to know a people\, you have to listen to their music.” Music allows our students to learn to better understand and appreciate the cultural diversity of the Francophonie. It encourages students to develop not only their literacy skills\, but their understanding of francophone culture. Music also helps us build a community that respects students’ identities and preferences. Watching music videos in the classroom allows you to use texts (oral and written) as well as visual elements to develop language skills\, which can also serve as triggers to examine themes\, social issues\, stereotypes\, and identities. \nIn this hands-on\, interactive session\, participants will take on the role of students who have been given the opportunity to respond to different French-language songs and genres while developing their language and essential/transversal skills. You will leave the session with a free toolkit that can be used in your classroom to engage your students in the learning process using French-language music. \nIn this final session of the series\, get ready to move\, dance\, sing\, and enjoy and evaluate French-language music!
URL:https://www.caslt.org/en/event/strengthening-our-community-session-5/
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