Global Competency/World Languages

2017 Chinese Guest Teacher Program applications due

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.

By |2017-01-12T09:13:35-05:00January 5, 2017|

World languages: Strengthen your core!

This article is the first in a series of seven that will be published in the coming months, focusing on the core practices of world languages instruction. This series will try to open a window for world languages teachers, nontraditional world languages teachers and other educators as to what world languages education is about.

By |2021-09-22T08:33:49-04:00January 5, 2017|

Day of the Dead project keeps language alive

Model Laboratory High School instructor Ernest McClees said that by building a traditional Day of the Dead altar, his Spanish Honors Society students gave them the unique opportunity to discover the Spanish language.

By |2016-12-01T08:24:46-05:00December 1, 2016|

Globalizing your mathematics class

While a global curriculum has many obvious intersections in most subject areas, the one content area that seems at odds is mathematics. But on a deeper examination, even mathematics can be infused with a global approach.

By |2020-09-14T15:01:52-04:00December 1, 2016|

UK Confucius Institute hosting Chinese studies seminars

The University of Kentucky Confucius Institute (UKCI) will offer four one-day seminars in its China Studies for Kentucky Teachers program beginning in December. Topics will be Chinese religions and philosophies, Chinese art, Chinese literature and Chinese history. The seminars are designed to enrich social studies teachers’ knowledge of the topics so they can be integrated into their classrooms. The first [...]

By |2016-12-01T09:10:10-05:00December 1, 2016|
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