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Professional Development Workshops for Teachers
I offer the following workshops regularly online for teachers from anywhere around the world. I also provide a more in-depth version of these workshops, or customized workshops suited to a specific school or department's needs, on site at schools in the northeastern United States.
Workshops
Hitting 90%: How to Get Students Talking in the Target Language
Workshop Goals:
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Educators identify the factors that contribute to students’ willingness to use the target language both in and outside of class, including identity-based considerations, affective filters, classroom culture, and more.
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Educators analyze their own classroom practices and culture to identify opportunities for growth with regard to fostering use of the target language among students.
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Educators implement specific high-leverage strategies in curricular design, classroom management, and instructional practices that increase students’ use of the target language.
Culture as the Core
Workshop Goals:
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Educators identify cultural learning goals for novice, intermediate, and advanced language learners.
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Educators articulate identity-based factors that contribute to their own and their students' understanding of culture.
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Educators implement specific strategies to "dig to the core" of existing themes in language courses and adjust instructional design to re-focus on cultural concepts.