DECTFL Steps to Improving Oral Output and Proficiency presented by Grant Castner of Extempore

Wednesday, April 21, 2021
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Achieving authentic oral language from students remains one of the primary goals for all language teachers, but student anxiety and insufficient class time can negatively impact the quality and quantity of student output. In this webinar, learn how to use Extempore to integrate three foundations of authentic oral output: pronunciation, interpersonal communication, and real-world tasks. As a thank you for attending, all attendees will have a free, full-access trial of Extempore through June 30th, 2021.

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In order to receive clock hours for Delaware public school teachers, you must also sign up on PDMS for section #55544.
​ All other teachers will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the webinar series from DECTFL.
Grant Castner is Extempore’s Community Manager. While managing social media and creating content with Extempore, he also teaches high-school level Chinese in Minnesota. An avid user of Extempore for language assessment, he’s always on the lookout for ways to improve his teaching practice. ​

DECTFL Using Art to Teach Social Justice Webinar presented by Linda Villadoniga
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Wednesday, May 19, 2021
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Have you ever thought about using Art to teach Social Justice? We will explore (Hispanic artists whose works reflect social justice issues of their time. Come and learn how to TOTALLY engage your students using Project Based Learning as a summative assessment that will not only have them using the TL, but also their creativity.​

Free for DECTFL Members !​ Sign up here!

Not a member? Visit our membership page and join today!

In order to receive clock hours for Delaware public school teachers, you must also sign up on PDMS for section #55544.
​ All other teachers will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the webinar series from DECTFL.
I am a retired high school and post secondary Spanish teacher. During my years as a teacher, I served as Department Chair and on many curriculum committees (including the Florida Committee that wrote the latest version of the Sunshine State World Language Standards). I have been President of the Florida Foreign Language Association, the Florida Chapter of AATSP and FLENEF (our regional WL organization - Foreign Language Teachers of NorthEast Florida). I am presently the Conference Chair for the Florida Chapter of AATSP as well as the Poster Contest Coordinator and the Editor of La Voz, its weekly newsletter. I have presented at regional, state, national and international conferences for the past 20+ years.


Avant MORE Learning is partnering with the Delaware Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages and the Delaware Department of Education to bring you this engaging webinar on "Developing Language and Literacy for Life-Long Learning in DLI and WL Contexts!”

Join us as Delaware teachers, Ryan Allen, Xue Qin and Antonio Ortiz will share their experiences and strategies for developing second language literacy in early language learners from the early years in Delaware dual language immersion programs, through middle and high school immersion and world language classrooms.

Join us and learn with us!

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Free for all to view !​

Not a member? Visit our membership page and join today!

In order to receive clock hours for Delaware public school teachers, you must also sign up on PDMS for section #55544.
​ All other teachers will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the webinar series from DECTFL.

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