Presented by Carl Blyth, Noah Geisel, Felix Kronenberg, and Kevin Gaugler
From 2013 ACTFL Convention & World Languages Expo
This presentation will provide attendees with the knowledge and resources needed to create theme-based instructional units that are constructed around the Integrated Performance Assessment. The IPA is a prototype developed by ACTFL that places the Standards of Foreign Language Learning at the forefront of instructional planning and promotes a seamless interface between instruction and assessment. Thematic units are ideal for establishing a meaningful context, interweaving culture into the curriculum, and relating instruction to students’ lives outside the classroom. The presenter will demonstrate how the IPA and the thematic unit can be combined to enrich language instruction. The presenter will share outlines of IPA-based thematic units and provide a template for attendees to use in their own instructional planning.
It is commonplace to say that schools are broken. But according to Sugata Mitra, educational visionary, schools aren’t broken. Rather, they are obsolete. This plenary begins with a radical assertion: our schools have reached the tipping point—they no longer meet the needs of the present generation who prefers to learn new kinds of content in new ways. In this plenary, four language educators share their stories of re-imagining their classrooms, their practices and their professional values in an age of profound social and technological change. Despite their differences, all four educators agree that a new design for language learning includes the following features: open educational resources (OER); adaptive, personalized curricula; collaborative learning communities; participatory culture; and integrative learning spaces.
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