ACTFL Webinar Series: Enhancing Literacy - Improving Learners' Proficiency

The Language Center will be rebroadcasting the following ACTFL webinar series.

ACTFL Webinar Series: Enhancing Literacy - Improving Learners' Proficiency

Presenter: Laura Terrill, independent consultant and former coordinator for World Languages & ELL

1. Understanding Content: Teaching Strategies for the Interpretive Mode
Friday, November 18
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Jones 35
This webinar will focus on building students' interpretive skills in reading, listening and viewing. Emphasis will be placed on the use of authentic texts related to thematic curriculum units. Participants will consider how to make authentic text comprehensible by using before, during and after strategies that develop their students' literacy skills. Appropriate strategies for assessing individual student comprehension will also be shared.

2. Creating Content: Teaching Strategies for the Presentational Mode
Friday, December 9
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Jones 35
This webinar will consider the types of tasks that students are typically given to develop their ability to present in written and oral formats. Easy-to-implement strategies designed to help students articulate their ideas effectively while advancing a student's proficiency level will be shared. Strategies for providing effective feedback while minimizing the paperwork often associated with the presentational mode will also be considered.

3. Discussing Content: Teaching Strategies for the Interpersonal Mode
Wednesday, December 14
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Jones 35
This webinar will present ways teachers can create lessons that build toward real-life, unrehearsed communication so that students at all levels are prepared to communicate in meaningful ways. Participants will consider strategies designed to maximize use of the target language and learn effective classroom management strategies essential for interactive classrooms. Easily adapted activities for working with language learners at novice, intermediate and advanced levels will be shared.

You can learn more about this series at the ACTFL website.