Strand Leaders: Julia Angeles, Jessica DeLeuw, Hwai Lin and Sally Mearns
Connect with a community of dynamic world language professionals in a supportive, collegial environment to develop your target language instruction. Enhance your lessons for different proficiency levels with can-do statements and activities for the three modes of communication. Come away with a multitude of ready-to-use strategies that promote student engagement. Learn to design clear, goal-driven, lesson plans that align with the California World Languages Standards and Framework, specifically Communication, Cultures, and Connections.
What do you need for this strand? Enthusiasm for language teaching and learning; - A desire for professional growth as a language teacher.
What do we go over in this strand? An overview of the following topics: - California World Languages Standards and Framework - Backward Design and lesson planning - Proficiency levels - Can-do statements - Three Modes of Communication - Community building - Target language instruction
This strand is for you if youare a new or returning language teacher who wants to develop and improve your planning and teaching of effective lessons and learn how the California World Languages Standards and Framework can support and enhance your instruction.
