Core practices: Backward design of world language curriculum
Kathy Shelton, world language education program specialist at the Ohio Department of Education, shares how backward planning can help teachers implement a proficiency-based curriculum.
Kathy Shelton, world language education program specialist at the Ohio Department of Education, shares how backward planning can help teachers implement a proficiency-based curriculum.
Lauren Hines, a Spanish and global competency teacher at Murray High School (Murray Independent), shares how her global travel has impacted how students learn in her classroom.
Apply now to host a visiting teacher from Spain for the 2017-18 school year.
In this third article in a series of seven focusing on the core practices of world languages instruction, the 2015 ACTFL National Language French Teacher of the Year Nicole Naditz shares tips for how educators can infuse interpersonal communication tasks at the earliest levels of language learning.
The K-12 Chinese Language, Culture Development and Enhancement Program allows local school districts in Kentucky to host highly qualified, licensed, native Chinese speaking educators to provide instruction at the elementary, middle and high school level.
Teacher Sara Merideth shares her thoughts about why teachers shouldn't be scared of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages' core practice that says educators should use the target language as the vehicle and content of instruction 90 percent of the time.
On March 25, several hundred world language students will gather at the new Cathy and Don Jacobs Building at the University of Kentucky for the Kentucky World Language Association’s 2017 State Showcase and Competition.
The University of Kentucky’s Confucius Institute's K-12 Chinese Language, Culture Development and Enhancement Program can help educators bring innovative international programs into their community, while also building their school's Chinese program offerings
Apply now to host a Chinese guest teacher for the 2017-18 school year. Since 2007, the College Board Chinese Guest Teacher Program has placed more than 1,000 visiting teachers in hundreds of schools nationwide.
Oldham County's Lori Foster believes global education can be a dimension that runs throughout the entire scope of student learning.