Hi, I am a world language chair of Saint David's School in Manhattan, NY and last summer I taught a course for teachers who came to Spain on how to integrate authentic resources in planning for an IPA unit. I am happy to share materials from the course and outlines of units with you since I think they could very easily be adapted to French. One example that comes to mind is having students design a tour (brochure, video or poster) of their own town for visitors (in the target language ---including famous persons) after they study a model tour of a target culture site.
If you would like to know more about these projects and how we worked to design them I can discuss further. Please contact me offline at vgilbert@saintdavids.org or let me know if you will be at ACTFL.
Victoria Gilbert, Ed.D.
Original Message:
Sent: 11-04-2016 08:55
From: Daniel Teitelbaum
Subject: Introduce Yourself Here!
Bonjour tout le monde.
Hello, I'm Dan Teitelbaum and I have been teaching French since 1988 (do the math :-) ) I am currently working at Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, NC. For the previous 9 years I served as the Chair of the World Languages Department here and this year I am taking a much needed year off! Currently I teach first year, second year, second year honors and AP French. I have been an AP reader since 2006 and for the last two years I served as a table leader for the Cultural Comparison.
I earned my MA in French from American Univ. in DC and many years later earned an M. Ed. from NCSU here in Raleigh.
Our department's current overarching goal is proficiency based planning, instruction and assessment. We are striving to incorporate comprehensible input along with IPAs. If there are colleagues our there with successful suggestions, strategies and even trials/errors that you've learned from, I would love to hear from you.
Thanks, Genevieve, for the nudge to post.
Dan
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Daniel Teitelbaum
daniel.teitelbaum@ravenscroft.org
Original Message:
Sent: 03-11-2016 11:02
From: Lisa Campo
Subject: Introduce Yourself Here!
Hi all,
I'm Lisa Campo, ACTFL's new marketing & communications manager.
In south Louisiana, I grew up in a family descended from Canary Islanders, who had assimilated by losing their original language and picking up some French sayings and words. As a result, I studied French all through elementary, high school & college, but still probably couldn't hold a full conversation in it. I love linguistics and learning about different dialects. I've also briefly studied Russian, Czech and my family's original language, Spanish. Eventually, I would like to have at least limited proficiency in Spanish so that I can reply when people assume I speak it!
As you can tell, I'm close to my extended family, who all still live in Louisiana -- many of whom are teachers or administrators in my hometown, St. Bernard Parish. I'm a huge supporter of education, and, by proxy, language education.
I am excited to contribute to ACTFL's mission by helping Genevieve communicate our many benefits to you! I hope to speak to you all online and then at the conference in November.
Please message me with any comments, questions, suggestions, et cetera.
p.s. - if you're interested in learning more about the Canary Islands community in Louisiana, check out http://www.losislenos.org/
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Lisa Campo
ACTFL Marketing & Communications Manager
lcampo@actfl.org
(703) 894-2900 ext 119
Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2016 12:50
From: Genevieve Borello
Subject: Introduce Yourself Here!
Welcome to the ACTFL Community!
Our ACTFL community gets bigger every day. Many of you already know one another, while others are brand-new faces. For everyone new, and not-so-new, take a little time to introduce yourselves.
Share your name, where you're from, what language(s) you teach, at what level, and why you believe language education is important.
I'll start: I'm Genevieve, I'm the Membership Manager at ACTFL. One summer in college, I taught English in Costa Rica for to young adults, it was a learning experience for everyone! In college, I minored in Spanish and studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain. I think language education is important because it expands our horizons, exposes us to new cultures and traditions, and empowers us to learn a little more about the rest of the world.
Join the conversation - introduce yourself today and begin networking with your peers. I look forward to "meeting" many of you, learning more about you, and hearing the opportunities and challenges that you are facing.
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Genevieve Borello
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
Membership Manager
gborello@actfl.org
(703) 894-2900
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