Global Competency/World Languages

Study Buddy sessions make classrooms without borders possible

Through a collaborative effort between schools in western Kentucky and Grace English School in Guatemala, several hundred Kentucky students are learning about Spanish language and culture, while more than 100 Guatemalan students are learning both written and spoken English.

By |2019-12-11T15:30:12-05:00November 3, 2016|

Free mini-course about global education

Primary Source – a developer of global online professional learning and resources – in collaboration with the National Educational Associate, have a comprehensive four-hour long mini professional learning course about global education.

By |2016-11-01T09:28:38-04:00November 3, 2016|

Two KET programs win national awards

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) received two awards from the National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) at NETA’s recent annual professional development conference in Baltimore. “News Quiz,” KET’s long-running current events program aimed at students in grades 4-8, won a 2016 NETA award in the instructional media – broadcast program category. “Exploraciones,” KET’s new multimedia collection of online tools for teaching Spanish [...]

By |2016-10-20T09:13:01-04:00October 20, 2016|

Starting them off global

In our current knowledge economy, knowing information is useless unless you can do something with that knowledge.

By |2018-09-21T11:42:16-04:00October 6, 2016|

Why 90 percent+ is our goal

The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages recommends language educators and their students spend at least 90 percent of class time communicating in the language being studied. This task may seem daunting, but I have seen its impact.

By |2021-01-04T14:46:50-05:00October 6, 2016|
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